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Digitalization and the welfare state: Contours of a research agenda
DSPI Members will be sent joining link prior to the event, all others, please register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digitalization-and-the-welfare-state-contours-of-a-research-agenda-tickets-247329076927
This talk introduces ongoing research on the consequences of rapid technological change (digitalization and automation) for the welfare state. In the first part of the talk, I will discuss the contours of an emerging research agenda in this field, focusing on how technological change will impact both the politics of the welfare state and the policy responses. In the second part, I will present ongoing research on the impact of automation on social policy preferences. Using novel survey data for a large number of OECD countries, I show that a higher (subjective) risk of losing one’s job due to automation is related to higher support for compensatory social policy and less support for social investment policies. This poses difficult challenges for policy-makers when designing policy responses as they have to find a good balance between compensation and social investment.
Date:
10 March 2022, 16:00
Venue:
Venue to be announced
Speaker:
Prof Marius Busemeyer (University of Konstanz)
Organising department:
Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Organiser:
Dr Selçuk Bedük (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Dr Selçuk Bedük (University of Oxford)
Part of:
OISP Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digitalization-and-the-welfare-state-contours-of-a-research-agenda-tickets-247329076927
Booking email:
communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
FREE
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Lani Fukada,
Upasna Rai
