Digitalization and Social Inequalities
Working Group 1 focuses on social inequalities that influence and are shaped by digitalization in an ageing workforce.
Feature One
→ concerns the (changing) inequalities between younger and older workers due to technological change
Feature Two
→ shapes differences between groups of older workers, based on (for instance) gender, occupation, migration background, health, or socioeconomic class
Feature Three
→ inequalities may in turn also influence the pace and type of digitalization
Jelle Lössbroek
Leader
Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute & University of Groningen, Netherlands
Jelle is a postdoctoral researcher who defended his PhD dissertation in 2019. As a labour market sociologist, he studies how different trends shape the future of work and social security: ageing, migration, and technological change. The interplay between organization and worker is central to most of his research, with a specific focus on the financial situation of older migrants.
Sylwia Przytula
Co-Leader
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Sylwia is Associate Professor in the field of human resources management. Her specific scientific interests are diversity management, expatriation, higher education and global mobility. The diversity context in her research concerns employees of various organizations (in public and private sector), representating various age and gender. She is a member of the European Academy of Management (EURAM).