Dear colleagues,
The call for submissions for the 4S Meeting in Seattle on 3-7 September, 2025
is out now and this is an invitation for submitting a paper for our open
panel on Expertise, AI and Automatization (panel 21). The panel is convened by
Maja Hojer Bruun, Aarhus University and Dorthe Brogaard Kristensen, University
of Southern Denmark, and Francis Lee, Chalmers University of Technology and
Robert Evans, Cardiff University will act as discussants.
https://www.4sonline.org/accepted_open_panels_seattle.php
Deadline for submissions is 31st January.
Best wishes for the holidays and 2025!
Maja
Expertise, AI and Automatization
Maja Hojer Bruun, Aarhus University
Dorthe Kristensen, University of Southern Denmark
Francis Lee, Chalmers University of Technology
Robert Evans, Cardiff University
When various types of AI systems and automated decision-making systems are
introduced in different fields and organizations, often with the promise of
improving efficiency or quality or lowering costs, they co-exist alongside
other forms of expertise and established professional norms and values. This
implies a redistribution and reconceptualization of expertise and a
reconfiguration of AI systems in larger organizational and sociotechnical
settings. The aim of this panel is to explore how work practices, professional
identities, knowledge, skills and expertise are transformed with the
implementation of AI and to examine the reverberations of these
transformations across professional landscapes.
AI systems often function and arrive at decisions in ways that appear obscure,
both to their users, their objects, and sometimes also their developers. AI
providers typically lack insight into specific institutions and work
organizations. It is also commonly recognized that AI technologies are far
from flawless, and that human skills and expertise are required both to
understand, complement and repair the failings of algorithmic systems.
Nevertheless, fears of deskilling, job displacement and human redundancy have
intensified. As new forms of decision-making and human-machine interaction
emerge, are we observing a shift in certain skills or types of expertise, or
the development of new concepts of expertise, such as substantial/contributory
or interactional expertise?
The session will zoom in on the capabilities, practices and forms of expertise
that are enacted by or expected of individual professionals, communities of
practice, institutions and others when they integrate AI and digital
technologies into work practices and everyday lives.
Maja Hojer Bruun
Associate Professor
Aarhus University
Department of Educational Anthropology
Danish School of Education (DPU)
Nobelparken, building 1483 - 550
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
T: +45 2124 2730
Website: au.dk/mhbruun@edu
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