<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Örsan Şenalp</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:orsan1234@hotmail.com">orsan1234@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 4:01 AM<br>Subject: [NetworkedLabour] Fwd: [CPERN] CfP The digital economy and its implications for labour<br>To: "<<a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a>>" <<a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Jan Drahokoupil <<a href="mailto:jan.drahokoupil@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">jan.drahokoupil@GMAIL.COM</a>><br><b>Date:</b> 29 Jan 2016 12:02:21 GMT+1<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:POLITICAL-ECONOMY-RN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK" target="_blank">POLITICAL-ECONOMY-RN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[CPERN] CfP The digital economy and its implications for labour</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Jan Drahokoupil <<a href="mailto:jan.drahokoupil@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">jan.drahokoupil@GMAIL.COM</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br></div><div><div><a href="http://trs.sagepub.com/site/includefiles/Transfer_CfP_digital_economy.pdf" target="_blank">http://trs.sagepub.com/site/includefiles/Transfer_CfP_digital_economy.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:3.75pt 18.3pt 0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Call for <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">contributions</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>the <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">special</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">issue</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.2pt"> </span><i>Transfer:<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">European</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Review </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Labour</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Research</span></i></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0.1pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:-0.1pt">The</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">digital</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">economy</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">its<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">implications</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">for</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">labour</span></span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:2.95pt 18.3pt 0.0001pt 18.2pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Edited</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">by</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Maria</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Jepsen</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia">&<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Jan<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>Drahokoupil</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="margin-top:0.2pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia"> </span><br></div><p style="margin-right:5.65pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Georgia">The<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">themed</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">issue</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">addresses</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">implications</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">digital</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">economy</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">jobs,</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">distribution</span><span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">productivity</span><span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">gains,</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">dynamics</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">job</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">destruction</span><span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>job<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">creation,</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">particular</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">possible</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">recast</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">labour</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">market</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">light</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">‘gig’</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">or</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">‘sharing’</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">economy.</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">research</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:0.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">labour</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">aspects</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">digitalization</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.3pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">growing</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">rapidly</span><span style="letter-spacing:3.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">but</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">its</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">findings</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">are</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">no</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">means</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">unequivocal.</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Many</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">are</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">predicting</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">transformative</span><span style="letter-spacing:3.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">change</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">global</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">distribution</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">jobs</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">wealth</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">as</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">well</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">as</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">with</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">regard</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">what</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">jobs</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">will</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">exist.</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">However,</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">research</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">looking</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">at</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">place</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">role</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trade</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">unions</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">is</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">embryonic</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">at</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">best.</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">This</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">special</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">issue</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">aims</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">at</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">clarifying</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">what</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">future</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">labour</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">market</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">might</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">look like</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">what</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">policy</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">choices</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">are</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> crucial </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> shaping</span> the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">outcomes.</span></font><span style="font-family:Georgia"> </span></p><p style="margin-right:5.65pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Georgia">We<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">thus</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">encourage</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">submission</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">proposals</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">for</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">contributions</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">that</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">address</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">wide</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">range</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.9pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:0.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">issues</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">related</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">labour</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">implications</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">digitalization.</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span>At<span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">same</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">time,</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">we</span><span style="letter-spacing:3.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">are actively seeking</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">papers</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">that</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">address</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">following</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">questions</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">themes:</span></font></p><div style="margin:0cm 5.8pt 0.0001pt 20.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:12.5pt"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Is</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">this</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">time</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">different?</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span></i></b><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Assessment</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">specificity</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">fourth</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">industrial</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">revolution </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> comparison</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">with</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">previous</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">ones</span><u></u><u></u></font></div><div style="margin:0.25pt 5.9pt 0.0001pt 20.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.520000457763672px"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:12.800000190734863px">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Who</span></i></b><b><i> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">is</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">going</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">end</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">up</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">unemployed?</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span></i></b><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">The evolution </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">demand</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">for</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">skills</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">tasks</span> on<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">European</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> labour</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">markets</span><u></u><u></u></font></div><div style="margin:0.15pt 5.7pt 0.0001pt 20.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:12.5pt"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">What</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span></i></b><b><i>are<span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">lessons</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">from</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">new</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">economy</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">champions?</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span></i></b><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Case</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">studies</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">multinational</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">companies</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">such</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">as</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Amazon</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">that</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">ride</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">digitalization</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">wave</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>while<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">exploiting</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the diversity</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">in</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> labour</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">markets</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">industrial relations</span> in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">Europe</span><u></u><u></u></font></div><div style="margin:0.05pt 5.8pt 0.0001pt 20.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.640000343322754px"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:12.933332443237305px">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">How</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:0.9pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span></i></b><b><i>make<span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">welfare</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">states</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">labour-market</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">regulation</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span>fit<span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">for</span><span style="letter-spacing:3.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">purpose?</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt"> </span></i></b>The<span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">future</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">insurance</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">systems</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">era</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">gig</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">employment,</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">role</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>of <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">basic</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">income schemes and</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">other</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">policy </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">responses</span><u></u><u></u></font></div><div style="margin:0.1pt 5.8pt 0.0001pt 20.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:12.5pt"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Are</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span></i></b><b><i>we<span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">all</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">going</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">end</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">up</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">self-employed?</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span></i></b><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">The</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">extent</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">which</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">platforms</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">are</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">transforming</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">labour</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">markets</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">their</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.7pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">potential</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.75pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">undermine</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">employment</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">relations</span><u></u><u></u></font></div><div style="margin:0cm 5.75pt 0.0001pt 20.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:11.760000228881836px"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:13.066666603088379px">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Can</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">technology</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">give</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trade</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">unions</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">new</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span>life<span style="letter-spacing:1.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">line?</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span></i></b><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Existing</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">strategies</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trade</span><span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">unions</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">using</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">new</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">technology,</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">possibilities</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">that</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">technology</span><span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">offers</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.6pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trade</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">unions,</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">digital</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">era</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">as</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">opportunity</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.8pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trade</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.9pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">unions</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.95pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">forge</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.85pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">new</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">role </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> societies,</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">organizing</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">self-employed</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">workers</span><u></u><u></u></font></div><div style="margin:0.1pt 5.85pt 0.0001pt 20.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height:12.5pt"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-size:10pt">·<span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Is</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">this</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">the</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">end</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">of</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">manufacturing</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">global</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">supply</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">chains?</span></i></b><b><i><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span></i></b><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Shift</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">from</span><span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">manufacturing</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">supplier</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">relations</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">to</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">services</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">and</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span>3D<span style="letter-spacing:0.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">printing,</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">shift</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.45pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">from</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trade</span><span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> goods</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">to</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trade </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> information,</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.1pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">trends</span><span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> re-shoring,</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">production</span> <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">relocation</span></font></div><p style="margin-right:5.7pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Georgia"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">Proposals</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">contributions</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">including</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">abstracts</span><span style="letter-spacing:1.4pt"> </span>of<span 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