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Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
What happens to work when robots, automation and digital tools reshape industries overnight?
This book explores how work-life is transformed across sectors like construction, healthcare and retail from the perspective of the workers themselves. Based on five years of international research spanning Norway and Australia, the book offers real-world case studies that illuminate the challenges, possibilities and future anticipations faced by workers navigating automation. It provides clear, accessible insights into one of today’s most urgent social transformations.
This fascinating book is essential reading for students, scholars, professionals and anyone curious about the future of work.
Håkon Fyhn is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Senior Researcher at NTNU Social Research.
Mark Andrejevic is Professor at the School of Media, Film and Journalism at Monash University.
Mark Kharas is Researcher and Senior Advisor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Researcher at NTNU Social Research.
Debora Lanzeni is Research Fellow at Monash University’s Emerging Tech Research Lab.
Kristoffer Nergård is an anthropologist and Researcher at NTNU Social Research.
Paulina Noches Pareja is PhD fellow at Monash University and an industrial designer.
Sarah Pink is a design and futures anthropologist, Professor at Monash University and Director of the Emerging Technologies Research Lab and FUTURES Hub.
Aneta Podkalicka is Lecturer and Researcher in digital media and environmental sustainability at Monash University.
Jens Olgard Dalseth Røyrvik is Associate Professor in Department of Geography and Social Anthropology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Roger Søraa is Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Senior Researcher at NTNU Social Research.
Jin Kristian Hurum is PhD fellow at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
1. Introduction
2. What is work automation?
3. What is work and how is it changing?
4. Who are the workers and who will they be?
5. Who are the worker robots?
6. Re-imagining work futures