NFR finansierer forskningsprosjekt som bygger på MBB!
OsloMet har fått innvilget 13 forskerprosjekter gjennom Forskningsrådets utlysning med frist 25. mai i år. En av disse prosjekter er Digital Prism and the Nordic Model of Workplace Democracy under Pressure (DigiWORK) som bygger direkte videre på Medbestemmelsesbarometeret. Eivind Falkum skal lede prosjektet. Dette er gledelige nyheter for AFI, Partnerskapet og alle forskere på prosjektet. Prosjektet starter i april 2021 og mer informasjon blir tilgjengjelig på et senere tidspunkt.
Prosjektsammendrag på engelsk:
Big data and artificial intelligence are radically transforming the ways in which we work, are hired and fired, managed and led. Datafication is impacting our ability to influence our work conditions. Yet, the consequences of datafication of work for workplace democracy, co-determination, individual autonomy and participation have so far not been fully understood. Workplace monitoring, algorithmic management systems, automated decision-making support systems, performance quantification and similar technologies represent a new form of workplace governance. Algorithmic governance, as a new mode of power, puts the Norwegian model of workplace democracy and the tripartite collaboration between employees and trade unions, employers, and authorities, under pressure. This project investigates the effects of digital transformation of work on the Norwegian model of workplace democracy. DigiWORK brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Norway, Denmark and England, from across critical sociology, social anthropology, management, criminology, law, and history to investigate this fundamental transformation through a combination of qualitative case studies and quantitative surveys of co determination, workplace democracy, participation and autonomy in the Norwegian 1) law enforcement, 2) healthcare, 3) higher education, and 4) petroleum industry. We will deliver an in-depth and robust theory of the transformation of power and governance in and across these sectors as a result of datafication. Our novel comparative analysis, complemented by historical and legal perspectives, will also provide actionable insights and policy relevant recommendations for stakeholders, e.g. trade unions and policymakers.