Digit Programme Explores How Work is Changing [Video]

Digital technologies like AI are set to restructure the worlds of work and employment. A new research programme from the University of Leeds is working to help businesses, communities and policymakers understand what that means.

The ESCR Centre for Digital Futures at Work – also known as Digit – is a leading international centre of excellence for research into workplace digitisation. We caught up with Digit Co-Director and Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation at Leeds University Business School, Mark Stuart, to find out more.

“There is a great deal of speculation and hype about the potential impact of digitalisation, most recently in terms of developments in AI, on the world of work,” Stuart explained. “Digit as a research centre is focused on understanding just what is happening in the new world of work.”

Working alongside the University of Sussex and other partner organisations, Digit will draw together a large pool …