Strategies for learning and digital transformation in knowledge-intensive professions
Short description
Digitalisation and AI are rapidly changing the world of work, creating a demand for continuous learning and digital competence. At the same time, older professionals risk being marginalised as experience-based knowledge is devalued in favor of technical skills. This project examines strategies for learning and digital transformation in knowledge-intensive professions such as law, medicine and architecture. Through interviews, observations and collaboration with employers, the project will analyse how digitalisation and AI affect learning practices, competence assessment and intergenerational collaboration.
Digitalisation and AI are transforming today's working landscape. In many knowledge-intensive professions, such as law, medicine and architecture, work processes, skill requirements and ways of collaborating are changing rapidly. At the same time, the demand for continuous learning and digital competence is increasing.
Previous research shows that older employees are often perceived as less flexible and less technologically competent, despite their extensive experience-based knowledge. This can result in valuable expertise being lost and workplaces becoming less inclusive.
This project examines strategies for learning, digital transformation and competence development in knowledge-intensive professions such as law, architecture and radiology.
Aim
The project aims to investigate the impact of digitalisation and AI on learning practices, competence assessment and inclusion in knowledge-intensive professions. The project will contribute knowledge about strategies for learning, digital transformation, and competence development in such professions.
Research questions
The project focuses on the following questions in particular:
How does digital transformation affect the assessment of experience-based and digital competence?
What characterises strategies for learning and collaboration?
How are inclusion and exclusion shaped through workplace learning practices?
How does digitalisation and AI affect intergenerational collaboration?