The Work Research Institute at OsloMet, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), and the University of Oslo invite you to a conference in Oslo for an exciting day of research talks, book presentation, and policy-oriented panel discussions.
The conference centers on how the Norwegian model – at both central and local level – confronts and is confronted by new digital technologies and what challenges lie ahead for the labour movement and workers.
This event has been supported by funding from Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) under the Digital programme: Algorithms at the workplace and the Research Council of Norway for the project no. 314486 Digital Prism and the Nordic Model of Workplace Democracy under Pressure (DigiWORK).
Agenda
Morning
- 09:00-09:10: Welcome/Agenda FEPS & OsloMet, by Gerard Oosterwijk, FEPS & Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet
- 09:10-09:50: Report Launch: Algorithmic Governance and Co-Determination in Norway: Insights from White-Collar Workers and Trade Union Representatives in Finance and News Media Industries, by Tereza Østbø Kuldova and Gudrun Rudningen, OsloMet
- 09:50-10:10: Report presentation: When the Boss Uses Artificial Intelligence: What are the Consequences of Algorithmic Management for Employees? by Hilde Wisløff Nagell, Agenda
- 10:10-10:40: Panel Discussion with Presenters & Trade Unions, by
- Lars Øystein Eriksen, Finance Sector Union of Norway
- Ingunn Saltbones, Norwegian Union of Journalists
- Heidi Amalie Bang, Negotia. Moderator: Gerard Oosterwijk, FEPS
- 10:40-11:00: Coffee Break
- 11:00-11:45: Conversation between Tereza Østbø Kuldova and Craig Gent on his book Cyberboss (versobooks.com)
- 11:45-12:30: Lunch Break
After lunch
- 12:30–14:00: Research Pitches from the DigiWork Project: Digital Prism and the Nordic Model Under Pressure (oslomet.no):
- From Taylorism to Algorithmic Governance: Debating Power, Control and Surveillance at the International Labour Organization 1919 to the Present, by Daniel Maul, University of Oslo
- Digitalization and the Norwegian Micro Model: Fit for Boxing or Dancing? by Inger Marie Hagen, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University
- The Quest for Digital Decisions and Social Dialogue, by Elin Moen Dahl, OsloMet
- Professional Responses to Digital Projects and Systems in Norwegian Hospitals: Retaining Autonomy through Negotiation, Strategic Adaptation and Opposition, by Anders Underthun, OsloMet
- Understanding Health Professionals’ Non-adoption of a Smartphone Tool: A Case Study from a Norwegian Hospital, by Vidar Bakkeli, OsloMet
- ‘Computer Says No:’ Digitalization of Workforce Planning in the Norwegian Police
Christin Thea Wathne, OsloMet - Conundrums of Creativity and Copyright: How AI is Changing Power Dynamics in the Music Industries, by Ingrid Tolstad, OsloMet
- Algorithmic Governance of the Working Environment: Handling or Mapping Critique? by Bitten Nordrik, OsloMet
- 14:00-14:30: Q&A Discussion of Research Pitches
- 14:30-14:45: Break
Roundtables
- 14:45-15:15: Roundtable 1 – Regulating Digital Technologies in the Workplace and the Possibilities of the Nordic Model
- Ida Flaaten, Finance Sector Union of Norway
- Kaja Breivik Furuseth, The Norwegian Data Protection Authority
- Hanne Nordkild Skjønsberg, Union of Employees in Commerce and Offices
- Moderator: Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet
- 15:15 – 15:45 Roundtable 2 – Grassroot Responses to Algorithmic Governance and the Possibilities of the Norwegian Micromodel
- Karolina Lindqvist, Finance Sector Union of Norway
- Julie Lødrup, LO Norway
- Christian Grimsgaard, The Norwegian Medical Association
- Moderator: Inger Marie Hagen, OsloMet
- 15:45 – 16:00 Concluding Remarks by Gerard Oosterwijk, FEPS & Tereza Østbø Kuldova, OsloMet
