Events
Conference & seminars
The lab runs two things. Its flagship is an annual, interdisciplinary conference on AI and white-collar work, held since 2020 at Katrinelund on Lake Hjälmaren near Örebro. Alongside it runs a monthly online brown-bag seminar series, part of AISCAF. For publications, media, grants and people since 2019, see the news archive.
Flagship · next conference · 5th AIEL conference
The Impact of AI on White-Collar Work.
14–15 June 2028 · Katrinelund, near Örebro, Sweden. Hosted by AI-Econ Lab · Örebro University · Ratio · WASP-HS AISCAF. Organisers: Lodefalk, Kyvik-Nordås, Längkvist, Schroeder, Görg.
- Call for papers expected September 2027; abstracts (max 300 words) to ai.econlab.event (at) gmail (dot) com.
- Deadlines: abstracts 17 Apr 2028, decisions 29 Apr, registration 28 May, papers to discussants 1 Jun.
- 12 papers; 35-min presentations with a 10-min discussant and 15-min discussion; every presenter also discusses.
- Sponsors: Handelsbanken Research Foundations (tbc) and WASP-HS.
Seminar series
AIEL brown-bag seminar series.
Since 2024 the AI-Econ Lab arranges a monthly, virtual brown-bag lunch research seminar. From autumn 2025 it is part of the Swedish research cluster on AI, Structural Change and the Future of Work (AISCAF), funded by WASP-HS. Internal or invited external researchers present work-in-progress and get feedback from colleagues.
Previous seminars (15)
Abstract
We propose an extension to occupation-level measures of Artificial Intelligence (AI) exposure, accounting for AI's potential as either a complement or a substitute for labor, where complementarity reflects lower risks of job displacement. We validate the classification on US Commuting Zones (CZs) using a large dataset on online job postings. CZs with greater employment in industries with greater AI adoption have witnessed a relatively larger decline in the share of vacancies in high-exposure low-complementarity occupations since 2019. Using worker-level microdata from 2 Advanced Economies (AEs) and 4 Emerging Markets (EMs), we find that AEs feature higher employment shares in high-exposure occupations, roughly evenly distributed between high- and low-complementarity jobs. Within countries, common patterns emerge in AEs and EMs, showing unevenly distributed risks and opportunities. Women and highly educated workers face greater occupational exposure to AI, at both high and low complementarity. Higher-earning workers are more likely to be in occupations with high exposure but also high potential complementarity.
- Monthly, online via Zoom
- 12:00–13:00 CET (12:30–13:30 from autumn 2026)
- 35–40 minutes presentation, then Q&A
- Slots by invitation, first-come-first-served
Contact: Magnus Lodefalk, firstname.surname (at) oru (dot) se
News
Latest from the lab.
Publications, media, grants and people. The 8 most recent items; the full record since 2019 is in the news archive.