(2-4 December 2025, IISER Mohali)

The effect of digitalisation in our everyday life is transforming the world of work, employment relations, labour markets, social institutions, and gender norms. The fourth industrial revolution, with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and data-driven technologies, is reshaping industries, altering economic and social organisations of the labour market, and influencing socio-economic inequalities. At this juncture, we aim to critically reflect on how society and the economy are interplaying together in response to everyday digital effects on the lives of the commons, particularly consumers, workers, and producers, and understand collective efforts to address this socio-economic, demographic, and political structural transformation.

The conference is organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) of IISER Mohali in collaboration with Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA and The Institute for New Economic Thinking and Its Young Scholars Initiative (INET-YSI), with funding from SPARC, Ministry of Education, Government of India. The conference intends to bring together academicians, young scholars working on these issues, policymakers, and experts from different organisations to explore how digitalisation reshapes work and society, examining key themes such as economic shifts, evolving social relations, gender dynamics, and cultural transformations. The conference aims to generate policy-oriented insights for an inclusive future by fostering dialogue across disciplines.