Join us for an in-person event, hosted by King's Business School.

The Department of Public Services Management & Organisation at King’s Business School invites you to the book launch of Professor Elisabeth Kelan’s latest book ‘Patterns of Inclusion: How Gender Matters for Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of Work’. The event will feature a keynote and panel discussion where leading experts will explore the book’s themes on gender and the future of work in a digital age. A networking reception will follow.

18.00	Arrival
18.30	Keynote and panel discussion with audience q&a
20.00	Networking reception
21.00	Event close

 

About the Book:

It is widely presumed that digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) shape the future of work; yet, gender is rarely considered in those debates. This ground-breaking book, written by a leading thinker on gender, inclusion and organisations, is based on in-depth research to show which patterns of gender and digitalisation emerge. By weaving these different patterns together, is it possible to understand the dynamic and complex ways gender and digitalisation intertwine in the work context?

The book highlights how futures of work are imagined between automation and augmentation: it shows which tasks are expected to be done by machines, and where humans are expected to have a competitive advantage. The book showcases how algorithmic bias is constructed as ultimately fixable, and analyses in/visibilities in AI production processes. Above all, the book shows how patterns relating to gender and inclusion are shaped and could be re-shaped.

This innovative book provides a stimulating and provocative read for those who are interested in how automation and AI shape the future of work in regard to gender and what this means for inclusion.

Access the book here.

Elisabeth Kelan is a Professor of Leadership and Organisation in the Department of Public Services Management & Organisation at King's Business School. Her research focuses on digitalisation and diversity at work, inclusive leadership and gender in organisations. Her research has been used to engage men as change agents in gender equality, to develop women as leaders and to create generational awareness in the workplace. Elisabeth held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship on which this book is based.