On 7 March 2025 the 1st Annual Conference of the Sectorplan SSH-Breed ‘The Influence of Digitalisation on Work, Prosperity and Entrepreneurship’ will take place in Rotterdam. The conference aims to bring together national and international scholars from a variety of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities (and beyond).
- Date
- Friday 7 Mar 2025, 09:00 - 17:00
- Type
- Conference
- Location
Hal 4 aan de Maas, Watertorenweg 200 3063 HA Rotterdam (walking distance from Campus Woudestein)
The goal of the conference is to advance and give impetus to the core focus of the EUR Sectorplan SSH-Breed: the influence of digitalisation on work, prosperity and entrepreneurship.
About the Conference
The proliferation of digitalisation is largely driven by advances in natural sciences and engineering, and the resulting technical progress. However, successful adoption of new technologies in society and making sure that consequent changes in our life and work constitute improvements and progress, are not trivial. In fact, besides generating unprecedented opportunities, digitalisation also creates substantial societal challenges, e.g. by blurring the distinction between privacy and work, and often by increasing the gap between rich and poor.
Both opportunities and threats require further academic scrutiny, not least from social sciences and humanities, to inspire more successful and inclusive implementation trajectories of digital solutions that affect us all. Through dedicated research and education, the EUR Sectorplan SSH-Breed aims to contribute to the resolution of this challenge through five core themes around which the conference is structured.
Programme
The programme consists of a plenary keynote ‘Here’s the Thing: 'Critically leveraging human-centric AI within the workplace' by Jason Pridmore (Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication; Co-Director for AI and Educational Technology, Community for Learning Innovation; Co-Lead AI Strategy group (Erasmus University Rotterdam)) and breakout workshops around each of the conference themes.
Registration
Participation is free of charge and open to all who are interested, but preregistration is mandatory. Please register via the web form at the bottom of this page and indicate which of the conference theme(s) you are (primarily) interested in to secure your seat in the parallel session of your choice.
Photography during the event
Photographs will be made during the Annual SSH-Breed Sectorplan Conference. It is possible that you are recognisable in the picture. As a visitor, you give permission for the storage and use of these images for commercial purposes.
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- More information
For further information, please contact us at sshbreed@eur.nl.