Fabian Stephany
Fabian Stephany is a Non-resident Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in the future of work, technological change and digital labour.
His research covers artificial intelligence, the impact of technology on the nature, quantity and quality of work, welfare systems and inclusive growth.
He speaks English, German and Italian.
He is also a member of the Future of Work and Inclusive Growth project, an Assistant Professor in AI & Work at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, as well as an inaugural fellow at Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute and a Research Affiliate at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. He leads the Skill Scale Project at Oxford, investigating how AI skills are becoming increasingly pivotal for workers and employers alike. He is a co-creator of the Online Labour Observatory, a digital data hub hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute and the International Labour Organization for researchers, policy makers, journalists and the public interested in online platform work. He holds a PhD in Social Science Statistics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
Reskilling and mobility: a round-up of project research
As the need for artificial intelligence and green jobs accelerates, there is extraordinary demand for reskilling within the European workforce
What are the the skills that Europe needs for the Twin Transition?
Twin transition skills dashboard
This dashboard displays the evolution of skills demand in the EU member states.
Skills or a degree? The rise of skills-based hiring for AI and green jobs
We explore whether employers have started focusing on individual skills rather than on formal qualifications in their recruiting.
The value of skill complementarity, especially in artificial intelligence
Understanding skill complementarity can help workers and employers keep up in the increasingly high-tech world of work
Can/Should robots look after the young and the old?
Exploring the potential, ethics and the willingness of people to automatise unpaid domestic work.
Why are remote jobs only happening in the cities?
How flexible are remote jobs?
The ‘anywhere’ jobs are not everywhere – they’re in cities
Given new remote working arrangements, online gigs can be completed in the lowest-cost locations; they’re mainly done by workers in large cities.
The dominance of the platform economy
How are digital platforms overtaking the state and how can we regain control?
Using online data to glimpse into the future of work
Labour-market data from online sources can identify emerging occupations and skill demand, helping policymakers prepare better for future needs.
Is the workforce ready for the jobs of the future? Data-informed skills and training foresight
For many newly emerging jobs, labour-market mismatches prevail as workers and firms are unable to apply precise occupation taxonomies and training lag
Online labour: Can we all just move to Tahiti?
How is online labour different from remote work?
All work
Analysis
04 March 2024
Reskilling and mobility: a round-up of project research
As the need for artificial intelligence and green jobs accelerates, there is extraordinary demand for reskilling within the European workforce
Newsletter
22 January 2024
Dataset
10 January 2024
Twin transition skills dashboard
This dashboard displays the evolution of skills demand in the EU member states.
Working paper
14 December 2023
Skills or a degree? The rise of skills-based hiring for AI and green jobs
We explore whether employers have started focusing on individual skills rather than on formal qualifications in their recruiting.
Analysis
14 December 2023
The value of skill complementarity, especially in artificial intelligence
Understanding skill complementarity can help workers and employers keep up in the increasingly high-tech world of work
Podcast
08 November 2023
Can/Should robots look after the young and the old?
Exploring the potential, ethics and the willingness of people to automatise unpaid domestic work.
Event
27 June 2023
Future of Work and Inclusive Growth Annual Conference 2023
Annual Conference of the Future of Work and Inclusive Growth project
Podcast
05 April 2023
Why are remote jobs only happening in the cities?
How flexible are remote jobs?
Blog post
07 December 2022
The ‘anywhere’ jobs are not everywhere – they’re in cities
Given new remote working arrangements, online gigs can be completed in the lowest-cost locations; they’re mainly done by workers in large cities.
Podcast
02 November 2022
The dominance of the platform economy
How are digital platforms overtaking the state and how can we regain control?