Social Class Analysis in the Digital Age – New Approaches and Perspectives

DigClass International Workshop: Social Class Analysis in the Digital Age – New Approaches and Perspectives

Description

The DigClass team at the Centre for Advanced Studies (Joint Research Centre – European Commission) is pleased to announce an international workshop titled «Social Class Analysis in the Digital Age: New Approaches and Perspectives». This workshop aims to explore innovative contributions to social stratification and inequality research in the context of the digital revolution.

The workshop comprises interdisciplinary academics and cutting-edge research on the following themes:

  1. Class measurement
  2. Class inequality
  3. Intergenerational transmission mechanisms
  4. Technology and labour market inequality
  5. Technology and politics
  6. Policy responses
  7. Political behaviour

The DigClass Team Scientific Committee organises the workshop: Leire Salazar, Carlos Gil-Hernández, Guillem Vidal-Lorda, Davide Villani, Alicia de Quinto

See the programme below or download the workshop brochure here:

Practical information

Languages: English
Organisers: Joint Research Centre
Location: Sevilla, Spain

Social Class Analysis in the Digital Age: New Approaches and Perspectives

International Workshop

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Event

DigClass International Workshop

Day 1: 4 December 2023
10:30 – 11:00

Registration (JRC Reception) & Coffee (JRC patio)

11:00 – 11:05

Opening Address: Asunción Fernández-Carretero (JRC, Head of Unit B6: Industrial Strategy, Skills and Technology Transfer)

11:05 – 11:35

Keynote: José Fernández-Albertos (CSIC & DG Social Security Planning, Spanish Government): Digital transition, and the supply and demand for redistribution

11:35 – 13:00

Session 1: Class Measurement
Chair: Marta Fana (JRC)
Speakers:

  • Roujman Shahbazian (Stockholm University): Later and less? New Evidence on Occupational Maturity for Swedish Women and Men
  • Karin Kristensson (Uppsala University): What is social class? A machine learning approach
  • Antao Li (Fudan University): A Socio-Economic Index of Occupational Status Based on Online Job Advertisement Data
13:00 – 14:10

Break

14:10 – 15:35

Session 2: Class Inequality
Chair: Carlos Gil (JRC, DigClass)
Speakers:

  • Edvin Syk (Stockholm University): Class Stratification: Evidence from a Century of Swedish History
  • Naht An Trinh (University of Oxford): Social Class and Earnings Growth over the Life Course
  • Guillem Vidal (JRC, DigClass): Wealth Inequality and Stratification by Social Classes in Europe
15:35 – 15:50

Break

15:50 – 17:40

Session 3: Intergenerational Transmission Mechanisms
Chair: Alicia de Quinto (JRC, DigClass)
Speakers:

  • Ginevra Floridi (University of Edinburgh): Income inequality and socio-economic divides in parental transfers to young adults
  • Marta Facchini (Sciences Po): How does parents’ employment uncertainty affect children’s early skills development? Patterns and mechanisms in France
  • Pablo Gracia (Trinity College Dublin): The Heterogeneous Impact of Broadband Internet Expansion on Adolescent Educational Outcomes: New Evidence by Intersecting Social Class, Gender, and Migrant Status
  • Mar Cañizares-Espadafor (UNED): The intergenerational effect of educational expansion: New evidence from a natural experiment using the Spanish 1970 education reform

DigClass International Workshop

Day 2: 5 December 2023
10:00 – 11:25

Session 4: Technology & Labour Market Inequality
Chair: Davide Villani (JRC, DigClass)
Speakers:

  • Katy Morris (Université de Lausanne): Uneven Shifts: The Geography of Occupational Change in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom 1992 – 2018
  • Leon Küstermann (European University Institute): Managers of change: How firms shape whether modernization leads to polarization
  • Jelena Reljic (Sapienza University of Rome): The effects of robotization on individuals’ working histories: evidence from Italy
11:25 – 11:40

Break

11:40 – 13:05

Session 5: Technology & Politics
Chair: José Fernández-Albertos (CSIC & DG Social Security Planning, Spanish Government)
Speakers:

  • Álvaro Canalejo-Molero (University of Lucerne): The political conflict potential of digitalization
  • Fabian Kalleitner (Hertie School): Robots, migrants, and offshoring. How perceptions of labour market risks explain policy preferences
  • Paolo Agnolin (Bocconi University): Robots Replacing Trade Unions: Novel Data and Evidence from Western Europe
13:05 – 14:15

Break

14:15 – 15:40

Session 6: Policy Responses
Chair: Leire Salazar (JRC, DigClass Lead Scientist)
Speakers:

  • Reto Bürgisser (University of Zurich): Can Government Policies Moderate Political Backlash to Structural Economic Change?
  • Marius Busemeyer (University of Konstanz): Digitalization and the Green Transition: Different Challenges, Same Social Policy Responses?
  • Emma Rose Álvarez-Cronin (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Social protection and in work poverty in Spain: Simulating different income guarantee schemes to fill in the gaps
15:40 – 15:55

Break

15:55 – 17:20

Session 7: Political Behaviour
Chair: Guillem Vidal (JRC, DigClass)
Speakers:

  • Delia Zollinger (University of Zurich): Upward mobility, gender, and progressive politics
  • Giuseppe Ciccolini (University of Milan and EUI): The Intergenerational Foundations of Class Voting: Social Mobility and Electoral Choice in Western Europe
  • Berta Caihuelas-Navajas (Carlos III University, Madrid): Exploring the effects of macro-economic factors on the class gap in turnout
17:20 – 17:30

Closing Address: Leire Salazar (JRC, DigClass Lead Scientist)

DigClass International Workshop

This workshop was organized by the DigClass team within the JRC-Centre for Advanced Studies. DigClass is a project born out of increasing concern in Europe about the implications of the digital revolution for social inequalities and democratic processes. The project aims to understand better how digital technologies alter the mechanisms that generate inequalities in the distribution of resources and life chances, which is crucial for social policies to respond to the challenges of the digital revolution.

Drop us a line at JRC-CAS-DIGCLASS@ec.europa.eu if you want to stay tuned with our seminar series, publications, and other activities.S-DIGCLASS@ec.europa.eu if you want to stay tuned with our seminar series, publications, and other activities.