OVER A DECADE OF SHAPING EU POLICIES

03 - 04 March 2025

#CEPSlab2025

Organised by CEPS – one of Europe’s most independent and reputable think-tanks, Ideas Lab is the most high-profile annual event on policies of the European Union.

The aim of Ideas Lab is to provide a high-level intellectual forum for exchanges concerning the wide range of current and pressing issues faced by the EU.

The discussions are open, insightful and impactful, with the active involvement of policymakers, researchers and representatives from industries and the civil society. 

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#CEPSlab2025 in a nutshell:

After a 2024 dominated by elections, rising geopolitical tensions and looming challenges that cannot be avoided, 2025 promises to be yet another year of turbulence, where a ‘new normal’ is beginning to take shape throughout the global order.
This is why the EU will need to rely on its own strengths, as traditional allies become less predictable. This is easier said than done due to growing populism and anti-European sentiment across Member States, exacerbated by disinformation campaigns and the increasing influence of social media platforms and key digital figures on the democratic process.
With new leadership and agendas emerging in key nations, being able to predict the resulting dynamics of global geopolitics is no easy task.
This year, Ideas Lab will showcase CEPS’ interdisciplinary and data-driven research that seeks to analyse and influence these developments.

IDEAS LAB

Our Annual Flagship Event

15:15 - 16:30

ROOM 206

AI and the future of work: a new division of labour

Recent developments in generative AI have helped to democratise expertise, making knowledge more accessible to a wide range of non-expert workers. Meanwhile, however, many high- and middle skilled occupations continue to experience labour shortages. This lab session will explore how such advancements in AI could be leveraged to redesign jobs and organisations, addressing skill shortages and providing new career paths. (For further background, listen to this CEPS Tech podcast episode)

With:

Enrique Fernandez-Macias, Researcher and coordinating the Employment and Skills team, Joint Research Centre

Marlene de Koning, Director and leading the HR Tech & Digital team, PwC Netherlands

Isabelle Schömann, Deputy General Secretary, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

Isabella Loaiza Saa, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Sloan School of Management

Laura Nurski, Associate Research Fellow and Head of Programme on Future of Work, CEPS (moderator)