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May 2026
BRAINSTORM workshop on the impact of AI on ageing at work
Abstract
The increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) at work is radically transforming the workplace dynamics, labour processes, and working conditions of workers at all career stages. Despite the vast body of scholarship exploring the quantitative and qualitative impact of such a transformation, little attention has been devoted to the role of age in shaping the workers’ experiences with AI tools. Anecdotal evidence demonstrates that two age groups, namely “young” and “aged” workers, are particularly exposed to AI risks, albeit in distinct ways and for different reasons. AI may exacerbate the existing systemic barriers that both groups have been facing before the advent of the latest technology wave, as well as it may generate new, AI-specific risks that still have to be uncovered and analysed through an innovative multi-disciplinary lens. Current regulatory frameworks fail to take account of these vulnerabilities specific to workers’ life stages.
By gaining a multi-disciplinary understanding of the relationship between workers’ age and the AI adoption at work and mapping the risks related to “algorithmic ageism”, the A(I)geing@Work workshop will contribute to designing fair, adequate, and responsive policy measures. Innovative policy approaches are needed to mobilise AI potential to foster social inclusion for both young and older workers and to protect them from further marginalisation and precarisation. AI policies, trainings aimed at increasing AI literacy, and labour regulations (including collective bargaining agreements) need to accommodate the expectations and limitations that are common at these specific life stages. Therefore, designing the path(s) forward can only be achieved by bringing together perspectives from law, psychology, economics, ethics, sociology, and tech, as well as practical insights from stakeholders and policy makers.
November 2025
Incoming visits to University of Luxembourg
October, 2025 – Prof. Dr. C. M. (Tineke) Fokkema will visit the institute of Lifespan Development, Family and Culture and, among other, hold a public lecture on researching loneliness in older migrants.
November, 2025 – Dr. Tom van Daele will visit our institute and give both a public lecture and a workshop focusing on best practices when developing and implementing online interventions.
June-October 2025
Conference participation, and some observations
Evora
In June, I attended the Mid-term conference of the European Sociological Association, Network 16 (Sociology of health and medicine) that took place in the beautiful city of Évora, Portugal. I co-organized the symposium “Aging in motion: Addressing challenges and opportunities for migrant older adults” (Chair Dr. A.C. Teixeira Santos).
My presentation addressed the data scarcity and implications for health in ageing migrants.
Interesting discussions on the future role of digital technology in providing healthcare in vulnerable populations took place at the conference. One discussion stood out to me in particular: A philosophical perspective on how hospitals and the healthcare sector creates health disparities but also is a mirror to our societal health norms.
Cyprus
In July, I attended the 19th European Congress of Psychology that took place in sunny Paphos, Cyprus.
My presentation highlighted ways to address the unique healthcare needs and life experience of older migrant populations.
I also offered a three-hour workshop of using R and RStudio to create web applications and websites. Those who attended the workshop appreciated the introductory level of the contents as well as the rich material.
Also at this conference there were many rich and informative discussions involving digital health technology but not only. One particular round table stood out to me – where an APA representative and the future EFPA president were present.
I learned during this round table that EFPA (European Federation of Psychologists’ Association) has recently published 6 principles that should govern the societal engagement with advancing technology. Read the full information on the EFPA website: https://www.efpa.eu/digitalisation.