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Sergio Torrejón @sergiotorrejon.com · 9d

Escribo sobre cómo los algoritmos, a través de la creación de incentivos para la generación y el consumo de productos llamativos, generalizables y fácilmente consumibles, homogeneizan y empobrecen la cultura 👇 www.sergiotorrejon.com/blog/c%C3%B3...

sergiotorrejon.com - Cómo los algoritmos empobrecen la cultura

Cómo los algoritmos empobrecen la cultura El auge de los flujos algorítmicos en redes y plataformas Los feeds o flujos de información algorítmicos, que determinan el contenido que aparece en redes y p...

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · 9d

Teacher bias or unobserved ability? @ssreditorial.bsky.social paper w/ @marespadafor.bsky.social Test score error & omitted behavior = 🐘 in the (class)room to identify SES discrimination. Still, beyond "true ability", well-off (low-performing) kids get higher teacher ratings: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

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Sergio Torrejón @sergiotorrejon.com · 22d

my first solo single as palmera noir is out today! Listen 🎧 and share if you enjoy it open.spotify.com/album/7jYTUo...

🌴🖤 #music #newrelease

Estrellas y Limones

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Laura Nurski @lauranurski.bsky.social · 22d

Work is not (yet?) disappearing – it’s being reorganised.

I contributed to a new JRC report that challenges myths about automation & jobs. @quiquefm.bsky.social @sergiotorrejon.com

Some highlights in this 🧵
#EconSky #sociology
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

Work in the Digital Era: How Technology is Transforming Work and Occupations

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of digital technologies on work and occupations in Europe, critically reassessing dominant narratives of mass unemployment and job polarisat...

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · 25d

We just published a new report synthesizing more than 7 years of research on the impact of digital technologies on employment in Europe carried out with my team in the JRC. Lots of evidence and ideas for discussion! #EconSky #sociology
@sergiotorrejon.com @lauranurski.bsky.social

Work in the Digital Era: How Technology is Transforming Work and Occupations

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of digital technologies on work and occupations in Europe, critically reassessing dominant narratives of mass unemployment and job polarisat...

publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · 25d

And our working papers series on Labour, Education and Employment: ideas.repec.org/s/ipt/laedte...

JRC Working Papers on Labour, Education and Technology, Joint Research Centre | IDEAS/RePEc

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · 25d

For more info, see our website: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/projects-and...

Employment, the nature of work in Europe

The digital and green transitions, along with demographic trends and globalisation, are changing the nature of work in Europe: reshaping labour markets, transforming tasks, occupations and skills, and...

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · 25d

Digital tools are changing how we work (either in front of computers or using mobile/wearable digital devices), how work is organised (labour platforms and new forms of outsourcing) and controlled (digital monitoring, algorithmic management). The challenge is job quality, not mass unemployment.

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · 25d

We argue that robots are not destroying jobs in a significant way, computers are not polarising labour markets, and AI tends to complement rather than substitute labour. In our view, the main impact of digital technologies has been on the nature and organisation of work, not on employment numbers.

A summary table with the main findings of the report "Work in the Digital Era: How Technology is Transforming Work and Occupations"

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · 25d

In the research summarised in this report, we try to confront dominant narratives with carefully compiled evidence. In the last few years there has been a kind of "automation anxiety" which in our view is completely unsupported by data.

Table of contents of the report "Work in the Digital Era: How Technology is Transforming Work and Occupations"

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · 25d

We just published a new report synthesizing more than 7 years of research on the impact of digital technologies on employment in Europe carried out with my team in the JRC. Lots of evidence and ideas for discussion! #EconSky #sociology
@sergiotorrejon.com @lauranurski.bsky.social

Work in the Digital Era: How Technology is Transforming Work and Occupations

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of digital technologies on work and occupations in Europe, critically reassessing dominant narratives of mass unemployment and job polarisat...

publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu

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Sergio Torrejón @sergiotorrejon.com · 27d

Just published: a Joint Research Centre ( @ec.europa.eu ) report on ‘Work in the Digital Era: How Technology is Transforming Work and Occupations | publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h... @quiquefm.bsky.social @lauranurski.bsky.social

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · Jun 26

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · Mar 10

I wrote a new piece for foreign policy.

The US's postwar role as guarantor of Europe’s security is over – and may even turn adversarial. But Europe has an overlooked trump card.

When it comes to manufacturing Europe blows the US out of the water.

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Heavy Industry Is Europe’s Trump Card

The continent has an upper hand in its looming security competition with the United States.

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Sergio Torrejón @sergiotorrejon.com · Mar 3

📢 Book Alert! "Global Trends in Job Polarisation and Upgrading: A Comparison of Developed and Developing Economies" is out!

Published by Palgrave Macmillan/ Springer, this volume examines global patterns of job creation at a global scale | 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #EconSky #sociology

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Stefan Schubert @stefanschubert.bsky.social · Feb 27

Inheritance flows are rising as a share of national output in many rich countries (The Economist)

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Antonio Aloisi @aloisi.bsky.social · Feb 25

🔋 The terms “twin” and “#justtransition” have, up to now, been a discursive device rather than a framework guiding policy. However, the interplay between the transitions is more than a matter of terminology – it is what dictates regulatory actions & practical implementations: bit.ly/eutwintransit

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Carlos J. Gil @karlosj89.bsky.social · Feb 24

No class death/decomposition—Wealth accumulation is firmly stratified by social classes in Europe, harming equal opportunity: new @socialindicators.bsky.social📝 by @psalasr.bsky.social @guillemvidal.me Villani 👇
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Wealth and Income Stratification by Social Class in Five European Countries - Social Indicators Research

Wealth is a central determinant of life chances and intergenerational status persistence in modern societies. Despite increasing attention, sociologists traditionally overlooked its role in class-base...

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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · Feb 24

🗳️ Germany: Left, centre, and right at the federal elections since 1949, updated with the official 2025 preliminary results

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · Feb 20

New paper out on "Green Jobs. A critique of the occupational approach to measure the employment implications of the green transition." In it, we critically examine the predominant occupational method for assessing green employment, revealing significant limitations. 1/7 #sociology #econsky

Green Jobs. A critique of the occupational approach to measure the employment implications of the green transition

The green transition is set to transform labour markets, yet its impact remains difficult to measure. This paper critically examines the occupational approach—based on task-based measures—which is the...

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · Feb 20

Bonus: in our "Labour, Education and Technology" (LET) working paper series, we are publishing other interesting studies on the employment impact of the green transition, check it out!

JRC Working Papers on Labour, Education and Technology, Joint Research Centre | IDEAS/RePEc

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · Feb 20

In short, we argue that the occupational approach cannot adequately capture the evolving labor market dynamics of the green transition. Alternative methodologies, based on measuring green outputs and processes at the company level, are needed. 7/7 END

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · Feb 20

Empirical application across 24 EU countries (2011-2022) suggests (misleadingly) very little change in the share of green jobs in the last 15 years. Furthermore, no correlation is found with key environmental indicators. 6/7

Chart that shows the evolution in the share of employment in green jobs according to the occupational approach

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · Feb 20

Also, the occupational approach is vulnerable to "greenwashing". Companies may create "green-sounding" positions with little real impact, skewing results & undermining effective policy monitoring. If an indicator is prone to manipulation, it loses effectiveness. 5/7

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Enrique Fernández Macías @quiquefm.bsky.social · Feb 20

Methodological challenges include inconsistent categorizations, arbitrary task definitions, outdated classifications, and flawed assumptions regarding temporal and cross-national consistency in occupational content. 4/7

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