The Future of Unpaid Work: AI's Potential to Transform Unpaid Domestic Work in the UK and Japan
Project Outline
The future of unpaid household and care work has received little research attention. This is in spite of the fact that unpaid work occupies substantial amounts of time across genders and age groups: This project will introduce unpaid domestic work into the discussion of AI's potential to influence the future of labour. Our goal is to make realistic predictions as to whether and how AI powered technology will replace or facilitate human work in multiple domestic tasks. We will go beyond purely technological criteria and analyse relevant economic factors (affordability of technology) and social factors (acceptability of machines performing different tasks in the domestic context). Based on these dimensions we will build realistic simulations of the future of unpaid work and use them to evaluate the social consequences of automation in UK and Japan.
Investigators
NAGASE Nobuko (Principal Investigator) |
Faculty of Core Research Human Science Division, Ochanomizu University |
Professor |
OHTA Yuji |
Faculty of Core Research Natural Science Division, Ochanomizu University |
Professor |
ITO Takatoshi |
Faculty of Core Research Natural Science Division, Ochanomizu University |
Professor |
OMORI Yoshiaki |
Faculty of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University |
Professor |
USUI Emiko |
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi Universty |
Associate Professor |
MATSUKURA Rikiya |
College of Economics, Nihon University |
Associate Professor |
FUKUDA Setsuya |
Department of Research Planning and Coordination, National Institute of Population and Social Security Reserach |
Senior Researcher |
TAKEZAWA Junko |
Department of Research Planning and Coordination, National Institute of Population and Social Security Reseach |
Senior Researcher |
SATO Itaru |
Department of Theoretical Social Security Research, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research |
Senior Researcher |
NAGAMACHI Rieko |
Department of Economics, Ottemon Gakuin University |
Associate Professor |
Participating and Cooperating Organizations
Ochanomizu University |
Yokohama National University |
Hitotsubashi University |
Nihon University |
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research |
Ottemon Gakuin University |