The European University Institute hosts the second conference part of the Widening Europe Programme funded project AISOME bringing together partners from Europe and the United States.
The seminar develops the EUI contribution to the ERC Synergy AISOME proposal by advancing the idea of EUI Widening AISOME with affective publics and by presenting a set of case studies that connect AI, migration, governance, public institutions, labour, and digital contestation. It also aims to consolidate the comparative agenda emerging from the transatlantic collaboration and to discuss the feasibility of a broader EU-USA AI & Society Transatlantic Observatory (AISOME).
AISOME examines how AI is reshaping welfare, labour markets and labour migration, and migration governance in Europe, with a focus on Widening countries. It pilots comparative mapping, institutional coding, and participatory tools to document impacts on affected publics (workers, migrants, civil society) and to identify conditions for accountable, democratic oversight, feeding into an ERC Synergy proposal for 2026.
This project has received funding via the EUI Widening Europe Programme call 2026. The EUI Widening Europe Programme initiative, backed by contributions from the European Union and EUI Contracting States, is designed to strengthen internationalisation, competitiveness, and quality in research in Widening countries, and thus foster a more cohesive European Higher Education and Research area.
More information about the AISOME project can be found here.
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