International Symposium ‘The Future of Unpaid Work: AI’s Potential to Transform Domestic Work in Japan and the UK’

2023年11月7日更新

POSTER How do AI and IoT technology change the future of unpaid domestic labour? The international collaborative research project ‘The Future of Unpaid Work: AI’s Potential to Transform Domestic Work in Japan and UK’ has examined this question since 2020. This international webinar features the research findings of the project and discusses the future of introducing smart technology to the home. This work was supported by JST RISTEX Japan Grant Number JPMJRX19H4.

Outline
Date	Friday, 24th November 2023, 18:00-20:00 in Japan, 9:00-11:00 in UK
Venue	Zoom
Audience	Open to the public (admission free, registration required)
Language	English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretations
Registration	Online registration form https://forms.gle/TbTpR9PtfyJoCiGk7 Registration deadline: Wed. 22^nd Nov. 12:00 in Japan Zoom link will be sent on 23^rd Nov.
Organizer	Institute for Gendered Innovations, Ochanomizu University ‘The Future of Unpaid Work: AI’s Potential to Transform Domestic Work in Japan and UK’ Project　（PI：Ekaterina Hertog（UK）Nobuko Nagase（Japan））
Inquiry	Institute for Gendered Innovations (email: igi-office@cc.ocha.ac.jp)

Programme

18:00-18:07 [9:00-9:05]	Opening: Setsuya Fukuda (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research) Welcome Remarks: Masako Ishii-Kuntz (Director, Institute for Gendered Innovations)
18:07-18:15 [9:07-9:15]	‘Introduction: Domestic AI: Collaborative Research between UK and Japan’ Nobuko Nagase （Ochanomizu University)
18:15-18:35 [9:15-9:35]	‘Expert Delphi Forecasts of Housework Automation’ Lulu Shi (Oxford University) and Vili Lehdonvirta (Oxford University)
18:35-18:55 [9:35-9:55]	Who wants the Smart Wife? Perceptions and Attitudes towards the Use of Domestic Automation in daily Life in UK’ Ekaterina Hertog (Oxford University)
18:55-19:15 [9:55-10:15]	‘Consumer Willingness to Use Automated Devices for Domestic Work: The Case in Japan’ Nobuko Nagase (Ochanomizu University)
19:15-19:35 [10:15-10:35]	‘ Intergenerational Transfer of Unpaid Work: How Technology Would Meet with Future Unpaid Work Demand in Japan and the UK ?’ Setsuya Fukuda (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)
19:35-19：45 [10:35-10:45]	‘Presentation Wrap-up: The Future of Unpaid Work’ (TBC) Nobuko Nagase　and others
19:45-20:00 [10:45-11:00]	Q&A and Discussion Moderator: Rikiya Matsukura (Nihon University)
20:00　[11:00]	End of Webinar

18:00-18:07

[9:00-9:05]

Opening: Setsuya Fukuda (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)

Welcome Remarks: Masako Ishii-Kuntz (Director, Institute for Gendered Innovations)

18:07-18:15

[9:07-9:15]

‘Introduction: Domestic AI: Collaborative Research between UK and Japan’

Nobuko Nagase （Ochanomizu University)

18:15-18:35

[9:15-9:35]

‘Expert Delphi Forecasts of Housework Automation’

Lulu Shi (Oxford University) and Vili Lehdonvirta (Oxford University)