Listen & Watch

Podcasts and presentations

Interviews and talks on the topics covered in my research — for audiences beyond the usual academic suspects.

Podcast

AI and the future of work: A threat or a promise?

ILO "Global Challenges — Global Solutions" podcast. Interview with Uma Rani (ILO) on whether AI concerns in the world of work are warranted, and what policies might help address them.

ILO · Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
Podcast

Algorithmic management: What it is, what it does and what it means for the future of work

ILO "Global Challenges — Global Solutions" podcast, Episode 22. A conversation with Uma Rani about how algorithmic management is spreading beyond platforms into regular workplaces, and what this means for workers.

ILO · October 2022
Video

re:connecting Europe 2017

Presentation on work and employment in the digital age.

YouTube
Video

Applied Machine Learning Days — EPFL 2020

Robots in Europe: not so disruptive yet.

AMLD EPFL · Lausanne, January 2020 · YouTube
Video

FPeuskadi2021

La digitalización en el trabajo en tiempos de COVID-19 (in Spanish).

YouTube
Commentary

Columns and opinion pieces

Short, accessible pieces written for Social Europe, VoxEU/CEPR and others. They try to translate research findings into plain language for policymakers and general audiences.

Nov 2025
Social Europe

New evidence from the AIM-WORK survey on digital monitoring and algorithmic management across the EU.

Oct 2025
Social Europe

A synthesis of our eight-year research programme — arguing that platformisation, not automation, is the most consequential transformation.

Nov 2024
Social Europe

Despite decades of productivity growth, working hours for full-time employees remain remarkably stable. Why?

Jun 2021
Social Europe
Nov 2019
Social Europe
Oct 2018
Social Europe
Jun 2017
Social Europe
Sep 2016
Social Europe / VoxEU
May 2015
Social Europe
Contact

Get in touch

For questions, collaboration ideas, media enquiries or anything else: Enrique.FERNANDEZ-MACIAS@ec.europa.eu

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