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Is digitalisation threatening the future of work and welfare?
Drawing on cutting-edge research from the EU-funded project BEYOND 4.0, this major empirical study explores how digital technologies are transforming work and welfare across Europe. Moving beyond speculative forecasts, it offers grounded, multi-level analysis of how automation and AI are reshaping labour markets, skills, production and social policy.
The authors—leading scholars and policy advisors—show that, with the right choices, technology can support inclusive growth in Europe offer stronger welfare systems, and a better future for workers.
Foreword – Mariana Mazzucato
Introduction: Beyond Industrie 4.0 – Chris Warhurst, Steven Dhondt & Katharina Sarter
Part 1: Context
1. Policy Responses to Digitalisation at Work – Hilda Ragnarsdottir, Chris Warhurst, Steven Dhondt, Ollie Kangas & Katharina Sarter
2. States, Markets and Golden Ages: Learning From the Past To Shape a Better Future – Carlota Perez & Tamsin Murray Leach
Part 2: Levels of Analysis
3. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Digital Transformation – Steven Dhondt & Vassil Kirov
4. Digital Transformation Within Companies: A Strategy of Collaboration – Peter Oeij, Gerben Hulseggen & Steven Dhondt
5. The Socioeconomic Outcomes of Technological Transformation – Nathalie Greenan & Silvia Napolitano
Part 3: Building a Better Future
6. Skills for the Digital Future or Digital Skills for the Future? – Michael Kohlgrüber, Clara Behrend, Adrian Gotting & Sally Wright
7. Working on the Digital Frontier – Steven Dhondt, Olli E. Kangas, Egoitz Pomares, Sally-Anne Barnes, Sally Wright & Peter Oeij
8. The Transformation of the Mode of Production and the Welfare State – Heikki Hiilamo, Olli Kangas & Esa Karonen
Conclusion: Delivering an Inclusive Future for Europe – Chris Warhurst, Steven Dhondt & Nathalie Greenan
Appendix: Outline of the Research Design