i2TIC-IA Lab
i2TIC-IA Lab
ICT interdisciplinary research group - AI Lab

AI, skills and future of work

Along these lines, we investigate the link between AI, human skills, and the future of work. Specifically, we analyze the factors influencing the adoption and personal use of AI; its complementarity with people’s digital skills and competencies and with patterns of individual behavior; and how the interaction between AI and related digital technologies, individuals, work, space, and society generates trajectories of outcomes in labor and socio-environmental terms. The main lines of research in this area are:

  • Background on the adoption and personal use of AI or other digital technologies.
  • Complementarities between AI uses, digital skills, and individual behaviors.
  • Effects of AI and related technologies on the quantity, quality, and outcomes of work.
  • AI, digital transition, learning, and changes in the structure of work and employment.

Most recent publications:

Méndez-Ortega, C., Vogl, T., & Micek, G. (2025). Tourism, coworking spaces, and knowledge services: urban-rural co-agglomeration as local innovation proxy. Tourism Geographies, 1-21.

Peñarroja, V. (2024). Are there differences in the perceived advantages and disadvantages of teleworking? The identification of distinct classes of teleworkers. International Journal of Manpower, 45, 1-15.

Herrero-Olarte, S., Torrent-Sellens, J., Aguirre, K. (2024). Internet use at work and income inequality in Ecuador. Technology in Society, 79, 102738.

Ficapal-Cusí, P., Torrent-Sellens, J., Palos-Sánchez, P., González-González, I. (2024). The telework performance dilemma: Exploring the role of trust, social isolation and fatigue. International Journal of Manpower, 45(1), 145-168. 

Ruiz-Viñas, C., Pretel-Jiménez, M., Del Olmo Arriaga, J.L., & Miró Pérez, A. (2024). The influence of artificial intelligence on Generation Z’s online fashion purchase intention. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, 19, 2813-2827. 

Coll-Martínez, E., & Méndez-Ortega, C. (2023). Agglomeration and coagglomeration of co-working spaces and creative industries in the city. European Planning Studies, 31(3), 445-466.

Ballestar, M.T., Camiña, E., Díaz-Chao, A., Torrent-Sellens, J. (2021). Productivity and employment effects of digital complementarities. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 6(3), 177-190.