Anticipating Labour Effects of Frontier Technologies: A Case Study of Three Sector Foresight Exercises

Authors

  • Iskra Gaydazhiev Centre for Strategic Foresight, Belasitsa Institute for Future Science, Petrich, Bulgaria Author
  • Idalgo Gaggiotti Department of Innovation Economics, Aspromonte Centre for Anticipatory Research, Reggio Calabria, Italy Author
  • Filipa Aksentijevic Centre for Strategic Foresight, Fruska Institute for Future Science, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22677493

Keywords:

Anticipating Labour Effects of Frontier Technologies; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in anticipating labour effects of frontier technologies right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for anticipating labour effects of frontier technologies, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2026-06-20