NCIS is pleased to share that BI Norwegian Business School has been awarded the role of coordinator for EMANAIRE (Empowering Human Agency in AI-Augmented Futures of Work), a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network.
EMANAIRE is led by NCIS members Christian Fieseler and Suzanne van Gils (both from the Department of Communication and Culture), together with Petra Kipfelsberger (Department of Leadership and Organizational Behavior).
The project, with a Horizon Europe funding of €4.75 million, will train 15 doctoral candidates distributed across a consortium of nine European universities. BI will host three of these doctoral candidates in Oslo and will also lead the network's overall management and training programme.
The network examines how generative and agentic AI reshape leadership, workflow design, collaboration, and longer-term questions of skills and careers. A central concern is that AI at work is not only a matter of efficiency, but also an institutional question about authority, accountability, and discretion, and about whether human agency is strengthened or eroded as AI becomes embedded in everyday organizational life.
As Christian Fieseler puts it: "The harder and more important question is how organizations distribute responsibility, expertise and room for judgement when AI becomes part of everyday work".
The EMANAIRE consortium brings together BI Norwegian Business School (coordinator), TU München, LMU München, Stockholm School of Economics, Aarhus University, University of Ljubljana, University of Zurich, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Hanken School of Economics. Doctoral fellows will conduct research across eight European countries and collaborate with practice organizations in public, private, and international sectors.
PhD positions within the network will be announced soon.