The Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier

Through its Big Idea initiative, the National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to understand the future of work at the human-technology frontier and fund useful, convergent research on human-technology partnerships. NSF’s work will inform the design of new technologies to augment human performance, illuminate the emerging socio-technological landscape, understand the risks and benefits of new technologies for workers, and foster lifelong and pervasive learning.

Towards this end, the Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) program charged the Center for Innovation Strategy and Policy (CISP), SRI International, to design and implement a series of virtual workshops. Workshop participants will include representatives from industry, academia, non-profits, intergovernmental organizations, and state and federal government agencies.

Learn more at the Future of Work website.

The National Science Foundation’s Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF) Big Idea Program supports convergent research at the intersection of future work, technology, and workers. On behalf of NSF, SRI International hosted a virtual PI/Co-PI meeting for FW-HTF Big Idea Program awardees on December 9, 2020. For the meeting, PIs and Co-PIs prepared lightning talk presentations highlighting their unique approach to convergent research. Presentations are bundled by topic area and may be downloaded from the links below.

• New awardee-PI
• Construction; infrastructure; agricultural sustainability; food
• Workplace of the future; gig and self-employed workers
• Health, healthcare; point of care
• Knowledge; learning; learning systems; creative service workers, designers and educators
• Skill enhancement, reskilling and collaboration
• Manufacturing; transportation, logistics and emergency systems