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.
Earlier conferences
4th conference10–11 June 2026
AI and White-Collar Work
3rd conference12–13 June 2024
AI and White-Collar Work
2nd conference15–16 June 2022
AI and White-Collar Work
TIISA 2021 conference8–12 November 2021
Trade and the Digital Transformation of Services
1st conference25 November 2020
The Impact of AI on White-Collar Work
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.
Upcoming
2026-09-11Carlo Pizzinelli International Monetary FundTo be announced
2026-10-09Kristina Palm Karlstad UniversityWorking with robots — from a work-environment perspective
2026-11-13TBDTo be announced
2026-12-11Dennis Facius & Roberto Iacono EUI · NTNUTo be announced
2027-02-12TBDTo be announced
2027-03-12TBDTo be announced
2027-04-09TBDTo be announced
2027-05-14TBDTo be announced
Previous seminars (14)
2026-05-08Tomáš Oleš University of Economics, BratislavaTo be announced
2026-04-10Joonas Tuhkuri Stockholm UniversityTo be announced
2026-03-13Mariola Pytlikova CERGE-EI, PragueWho Adopts AI? Evidence on Firms, Technologies and Workers
2025-12-12Fredrik Heinz Linköping UniversityEuropean Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda for AI, data and robotics
2025-11-14Malin Heintz Swedish Public Employment ServiceDigitalisation and Labor Demand in Female-Dominated Occupations: Evidence from Swedish Vacancy Ads
2025-10-10Charlotta Kronblad University of GothenburgAlgorithmic injustice and multilayered blackboxing
2025-09-12Otto Kässi ETLA · Oxford Internet InstituteWinners and losers of generative AI: Early evidence of shifts in freelancer demand
2025-05-09Peter Njekwa Ryberg Jönköping International Business SchoolToss a Coin to your Robot: The Automation and Augmentation of Tasks in Firms
2025-04-04Magdalena Ramstedt Stadin Uppsala UniversityAI and working environment
2025-02-07Kerstin Enflo Lund UniversityPower for progress: The impact of electricity on individual labor market outcomes
2025-01-10Mark Hellsten Aarhus University · RatioAutomation and skill demand: Evidence from Denmark
2024-12-13Mark Granberg Ratio · Örebro UniversityHeterogeneous wage and employment premia of AI adoption? Evidence from Sweden
2024-11-29Tomáš Oleš University of Economics, BratislavaImpact of Robots and Artificial Intelligence on Wages and Skill Demand: Evidence from the UK
2024-09-20Emilie Vestergaard University of CopenhagenThe Adoption of ChatGPT (with Anders Humlum)
Attending
- Monthly, online via Zoom
- 12:00–13:00 CET (12:30–13:30 from autumn 2026)
- 20–30 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.
Aug 14 2026The AIEL Monitor launched, on the lab's own domain and with a rebuilt website: open, dated indicators on AI and work across countries, with Sweden in depth, refreshed from public data. The first issue of the monthly AIEL Monitor Brief went out the same day, on barriers to AI use. The MonitorMonthly brief
Jun 24 2026The paper "Artificial Intelligence for Public Use" (Lodefalk, Engberg, Lidskog, Skargren & Tang) was accepted for publication in Digital Society.
Jun 17 2026A column was published in ProMarket (Stigler Center, Chicago Booth), "AI Is Not Reducing Employment but Rather Who Gets Hired" (Lodefalk, Löthman, Koch & Engberg), drawing on the "Same Storm, Different Boats" paper. ProMarket
Jun 10–11 2026The fourth conference on AI and white-collar work was held at Katrinelund outside Örebro: 27 participants, 12 papers, keynotes by Michael Lechner (St. Gallen) and Christina Gathmann (LISER / Luxembourg). Dates set for the AIEL/AISCAF 2028 conference, 14–15 June 2028.
Apr 2026Research grant from Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, 1 MSEK.
Mar 27 2026ORU working paper released: "Who Adopts AI? Evidence on Firms, Technologies and Workers" (Pulito, Pytlikova, Schroeder & Lodefalk). ORU WP
Mar 16 2026ORU and Ratio working papers released: "Same Storm, Different Boats: Generative AI and the Age Gradient in Hiring" (Lodefalk, Löthman, Koch & Engberg), with an accompanying op-ed with the labour-market partners' AI council in DN. ORU WPRatio WPDN op-ed
Mar 7 2026A one-page summary released of the forthcoming "Same Storm, Different Boats" working paper on AI and workers across age groups. One-pager