Gender egalitarian justice, AI, and the future of work

Policymakers, industry stakeholders, and the research community face urgent questions about how to govern opaque AI systems and shape the future of work in ways that advance equality rather than entrench bias. This keynote and workshop bring together philosophical analysis and practical implications for regulation, organizational decision-making, and worker autonomy.

Drawing on her influential scholarship, Kate Vredenburgh examines the moral implications of deploying opaque AI in key social institutions and argues for a right to explanation as a safeguard for informed self-advocacy. Her work develops an ethically grounded account of algorithmic bias and outlines how principles of justice and fairness should guide institutional responses. Turning to the workplace, Vredenburgh uses egalitarian theories of justice to argue that AI ought to be designed and introduced to expand equality at work, warning that opacity can erode autonomy and alienate workers from their labor.

About the speaker and the event
Kate Vredenburgh (London School of Economics) works in the philosophy of social science, political philosophy, and the philosophy of technology, and was recently awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for a project on the future of work. The keynote lecture takes place as part of the 2nd installment of the Dortmund Conference on Philosophy and Society: "Themes from Kate Vredenburgh: XAI, Fairness, the Future of Work." The first day of the conference is reserved for five presentations from speakers selected via a call for papers and Kate Vredenburgh's keynote lecture. On the second day, we hold a student workshop on Vredenburgh’s work.

Practical information
Date & time: 10/01/2025, 5:00–6:30 PM
Location: International Meeting Center, TU Dortmund (online attendance is not possible)

How to attend the workshop and/or the keynote lecture
If you would like to attend the workshop and/or the keynote lecture, please send an e-mail to Sara Mann (subject: Registration).

AI Colloquium
The AI Colloquium is a series of lectures dedicated to cutting-edge research in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence, coorganized by the Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (Lamarr Institute), the Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security (RC Trust), and the Center for Data Science & Simulation at TU Dortmund University (DoDas).