Past events
Workshop on good policy practices across the EU regions
29 June 2023, Brussels + online
The current workshop aims to discuss policy practices that make labour markets more inclusive, while capitalising on the opportunities created by automation technologies. The following policy areas will be in the focus of the workshop – education and training, labour market and employment, innovation and entrepreneurship, migration and labour mobility. The project team will present findings collected through desk research and ten regional case studies across the EU (namely, in Germany (Köln), Denmark (Nordjylland), Czech Republic (Prague), Estonia, France (Pays de la Loire), Malta, Portugal (Lisbon), Poland (Dolnoslaskie, Közép-Dunántúl), and Latvia).
CESifo Venice Summer Institute 2023
Technological Change and the Future of Work: Combining Disciplinary Approaches
21.-22.6.2023, Venice, Italy
There are worse things in life than decamping to a leafy island right across the water from San Marco in Venice. And if you can check the “work” box for it, well, that much better. SPRU and Pillars will be holding a workshop at the famed lagoon town in June 2023, devoted to combining different disciplinary approaches to tackle the effects that technological change will have on the future of work, instead of letting each discipline toil away on its own silo.
Scientific Organizers: Maria Savona and Oliver Falck
Labor Market Effects of Automation and Technology Adoption in the Global Economy
1-2 June 2023, Santiago de Chile
This workshop aims to bring together a group of researchers working on topics related to automation, technological change, and labor markets in a global economy. We will discuss theoretical and empirical contributions that help us understand the determinants of automation in an open economy and discuss the impact of automation and technology adoption on firms and their workers.
(Business) Relationship with China Put to the Test - Is a Rupture Imminent?
8 May 2023, Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria, Max-Joseph-Str. 2, 80333 Munich
Supply-chain turmoil during the covid crisis and also China's stance in the Ukraine war have made Germany and Europe aware of the risks that dependence on China can entail. Whereas economic policy and business decisions used to be based on economic criteria, geopolitical factors such as stability and political security are now increasingly coming to the fore.
What do all these developments mean for future business relations with China? How should Europe position itself?
Pillars-ifo-IHK Workshop: The Future of Work – How Novel Data Reveals Future Skills Needs
Arbeitswelt im Wandel: Wie lassen sich mit neuen Daten die Kompetenzen der Zukunft ermitteln?
23 March 2023, IHK für München und Oberbayern, Max-Joseph-Straße 2, 80333 München
It is a powerful line-up: Pillars is joining forces with the renowned ifo Institute and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria to review how data can be leveraged to ascertain not only the state of skills availability, but also which skills will be needed in the future. A workshop, to be held in Munich March 23rd, will offer representatives of industry, public administration and politics a chance to discuss findings directly with Pillars and ifo researchers.