Upcoming
Responsible Management and Skill Transformation in AI-Mediated Workplaces
BIG.AI@MIT Conference, Cambridge, MA, April 2–3, 2026
Poster presentation examining how AI-mediated work environments reshape responsibility, skill recognition, and managerial practice.
Recorded Talks
Emergent Skills and Responsible Management
Up-Skill Final Conference, Brussels, February 11, 2026
Presentation examining the paradoxes of Industry 5.0 and arguing that skills and responsibility emerge through situated practice rather than predictive models. Introduces the SPOT framework for skill stewardship and draws on empirical case studies across sectors.
Selected Conference Presentations
Globalising Local Repair Skills: An Italian SME Thinking Otherwise in Skills Transmission
41st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, July 3–5, 2025
Co-presented paper examining how artisanal firms reinterpret skill transmission under global pressures and technological change.
Crafting the Future: Reimagining Artisanal Work in the Age of Digital Technologies
14th International Critical Management Studies Conference (ICMS), Manchester, June 18–20, 2025
Paper exploring how craft organizations negotiate digital imaginaries and technological transformation.
Balancing Tradition and Innovation Amidst Industry 5.0: The Evolving Skills and Work Practices in European Manufacturing
Advancing Industry 5.0 Conference, Leuven, June 16–17, 2025
Presentation analyzing how firms reorganize and manage skills, roles, and responsibilities under Industry 5.0 frameworks.
Between Professionalism and Amateurism: Pathways for Skills Acquisition in Accordion Repairing
40th EGOS Colloquium, Milan, July 4–6, 2024
Co-presented paper examining informal learning, identity formation, and the boundaries of professional expertise.
(Re)Configuring Hybrid Meetings: Moving from User-Centered Design to Meeting-Centered Design
19th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW), 2021
Presentation of award-winning research introducing meeting-centered design as a shift in understanding hybrid collaboration.
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