Submissions are invited for New Developments in AI for Social, Economic, and Policy Research, a conference focused on AI and the Future of Work, taking place on January 29, 2027, at the Lee C. Bollinger Forum, Columbia University, New York City.
The conference will bring together academic researchers, industry practitioners, and policymakers to explore how AI is reshaping work, occupations, organizations, and inequality. Topics of interest include changing skill requirements and career pathways, human–AI collaboration, workplace practices, professional identities, and the policies and institutions shaping these developments.
Submissions are welcome from sociology, economics, political science, public policy, management, labor studies, computer science, and related fields, as well as organizations developing, implementing, regulating, or responding to AI in the workplace. Accepted submissions will be presented in paper or poster sessions, with opportunities for discussion, feedback, and networking.
Submission Details
Format: Extended abstract of approximately 1,000 words
Submission deadline: November 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST
1 – Organizations We invite paper submissions under the broad topic of organizations, including studies that assess the implications of their structures, norms, policies, and practices. (Session Organizer) Elizabeth A. Armstrong, University of Michigan; (Session Organizer) Matthew Clair, Stanford University
2 – Professions and Occupations We invite paper submissions on the broad topic of professions and occupations, including studies that focus on their emergence, evolution, and implications. (Session Organizer) Nicholas Occhiuto, Hunter College; (Session Organizer) Alexandrea Ravenelle, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
3 – Gender Inequality in Organizations We invite paper submissions under the topic of gender inequality in organizations. (Session Organizer) Sharla Alegria, University of Toronto; (Session Organizer) Alexandra Kalev, Tel-Aviv University
4 – Labor Markets We invite paper submissions under the broad topic of labor markets, including studies that examine their structures, dynamics, and consequences. (Session Organizer) Koji Chavez, Indiana University; (Session Organizer) Steve McDonald, North Carolina State University
5 – Future of Work We invite paper submissions under the broad topic of the future of work. (Session Organizer): Angèle Christin, Stanford University; (Session Organizer) Steve Vallas, Northeastern University
6 – Informal and Unregulated Economies We invite paper submissions under the topic of informal and unregulated economies, including studies that examine migrant and transnational dynamics. (Session Organizer) Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Princeton University; (Session Organizer) Patricia Ward, Bielefeld University
7 – AI in the Workplace (joint with Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section) We invite paper submissions under the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace. (NB: Thanks to a special relationship between the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology (CITAMS) section and the journal Information, Communication & Society (ICS), all papers with a theme of information, communication, or media that are presented at the 2025 meetings of the ASA are eligible for submission to a special issue of ICS edited by the CITAMS chair each fall.) (Session Organizer) Barbara Kiviat, Stanford University; (Session Organizer) Simone Zhang, New York University.
8 – Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work Refereed Roundtables (Session Organizer) Michel Anteby, Boston University; (Session Organizer) Sigrid Luhr, University of Illinois, Chicago
