Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences | Day two

Opening remarks

• Dr Gustavo Merino Director, Social Policies and Inclusion, UNESCO

• Era Dabla-Norris, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund

This session will consider the range of policy options at governments’ disposal for managing and responding to AI-related labour market impacts, spanning skills policy, welfare system design, regulatory interventions, taxation and monetary policy. Bringing together recent LSE research and panellist perspectives, the session will set out the landscape of relevant policy instruments, examine different motivations for considering them, and discuss the state of evidence in relation to specific proposals.

• Hyeongjun Bang, Research Fellow, Korea Labor Institute
• Adrian Brown, Chief Executive, Windfall Trust
• Philipp Hartmann, Deputy Director-General, Economics Department, European Central Bank
• Ioana Marinescu, Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
• Elizabeth Rhodes, Research Director, OpenResearch

• Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT, and Chair of the UK AI Economics Institute

This session will consider the institutional structures, processes, and expertise that governments need to be able to assess and respond effectively to AI’s labour market impacts, and examine different national approaches to building such capacity. Speakers will share perspectives from Spain, South Korea and Chile.

• Pablo Egaña Del Sol Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Business School, Chile
• Lucila Finkel, Director-General, New Forms of Employment, Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
• Deok Soon Hwang, Chair, Committee on Labor-Management Coexistence in the AI Transition, South Korea's Economic, Social and Labor Council

This panel will feature trade union perspectives on responding to AI’s possible impacts on labour markets and the nature of work. Speakers will bring insights from the UK, South Korea, Latin America, and a global angle. The discussion will consider worker perspectives on ways of addressing expected impacts as well as the role of trade unions in pursuing them.

• Evelyn Astor, Director, Economic and Social Policy, International Trade Union Confederation
• Mike Clancy, General Secretary, Prospect Trade Union
• Juan Pablo Martinez, Political Advisor, Trade Union Confederation of the Americas
• Mikyung Ryu, International Director, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions

• Peggy Hicks, Director, Thematic and Special Procedures Division, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• Martin Tisné, Founder and CEO, AI Collaborative

To close the Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences, this panel will reflect on the discussions across the two days, with a view to identifying key implications, priorities, and next steps for the international ecosystem in understanding and addressing AI’s labour market impacts. Speakers’ strategic perspectives will consider the role of global trade unions, international human rights frameworks, the research community, and the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on AI.

• Christy Hoffman, General Secretary, UNI Global Union
• Matthias Kloth, Head of Digital Governance and Sport Department, Council of Europe
• Helen Margetts OBE, Director, LSE Data Science Institute
• Leslie Teo, Senior Director at AI Singapore, and member of the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
• Xufeng Zhu, Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University