@article {15308,
	title = {Technology as enabler of the automation of work? Current societal challenges for a future perspective of work},
	journal = {Revista Brasileira de Sociologia},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {206-229},
	abstract = {<p>Due  to  the  innovative  possibilities  of  digital  technologies,  the  issue  of  increasing  automation is once again on the agenda {\textendash} and not only in the industry, but also in other branches and sectors of contemporary societies. Although public and scientific discussions about automation seem to raise relevant questions of the {\textquotedblleft}old{\textquotedblright} debate, such  as  the  replacement  of  human  labor  by  introducing  new  technologies,  the  authors  focus  here  on  the  new  contextual  quality  of  these  questions.  The  debate  should  rethink  the  relationship  between  technology  and  work  with  regard  to  quantitative  and  qualitative  changes  in  work.  In  this  article,  our  example  will  be  the introduction of automation in industry, which has been reflected in the widely recognized study by Frey and Osborne in 2013. They estimated the expected impacts of  future  computerization  on  US  labor  market  outcomes  as  very  high,  specifically  regarding the number of jobs at risk. Surprisingly, this study was the starting point of an intensive international debate on the impact of technologies on the future of work and the role of technological change in working environments. Thus, according to the authors, {\textquotedblleft}old{\textquotedblright} questions remain important, but they should be reinterpreted for {\textquotedblleft}new{\textquotedblright} societal demands and expectations of future models of work.</p>
},
	url = {https://rbs.sbsociologia.com.br/index.php/rbs/article/view/rbs.806},
	attachments = {https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/sites/default/files/abm/files/806-1705-1-pb_revbrassociologia.pdf},
	author = {Krings, Bettina-Johanna and Ant{\'o}nio B. Moniz and Frey, Philipp}
}
