FUTURE OF WORK
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IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE DOM MUSEUM VIENNA
What does work mean for a society? It secures income, provides identity, organises solidarity.
Artificial intelligence is not the only, but a crucial driver of a change that questions all of this. The role of work is being renegotiated globally and individually. The debates about it swing between hysteria and promises of salvation. The scenarios range from redistribution and shorter working hours to increased inequality and precarious employment.
But who sets the course for which future? What education do we have today, and what will we need in the future? And what is necessary for this change to benefit people rather than devalue them?
Julia Bock-Schappelwein is an economist (Senior Economist) at WIFO and has been working in the research group "Labour Market Economics, Income and Social Security" since 2004; in 2024, she received the Grete Rehor Prize for Economics as part of the Austrian Women's Prize.
Barbara Prainsack, Professor at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Vienna and at the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine at King's College London; in Vienna, she heads the research group “Contemporary Studies of Solidarity“ (CeSCoS) and the new research platform „Governance of Digital Practices“; board member of the Bruno Kreisky Forum
Isa Rosenberger is an artist and, as a graduate of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, has exhibited her work internationally in numerous group and solo exhibitions. She currently teaches as a Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In her videos and installations, Rosenberger frequently addresses forgotten or suppressed (women's) history/ies as well as sociopolitical changes and their social and economic consequences.
Moderation
Therese Guttmann, An ecological economist and expert in strategic participation processes in energy expansion projects. As the managing director of GUSTA Consult, she develops research-based, participatory methods to promote stakeholder acceptance in the energy transition; extensive experience in combining scientific research, policy advice, and business practice.
The exhibition Everything in progress The exhibition is running at Dom Museum Wien until 30 August 2026 and can be visited as part of the event.