EMANAIRE brings together comparative, longitudinal research across eight European countries and multiple sectors, including public administration, technology, manufacturing, and the creative industries. A total of fifteen doctoral researchers will be trained to study and help shape the so-called “augmented organisation”: workplaces where AI changes how people make decisions, collaborate, and develop skills.

Marleen Huysman and Ella Hafermalz from the AI@Work research group at the KIN Center for Digital Innovation are collaborating with Anna Essen and Elmira van den Broek from the House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics. Together with three doctoral researchers, they are investigating how generative AI reconfigures the creation, sharing, and validation of knowledge, tasks that are critical to learning and development in early careers.

A central theme of the research is the automation of entry-level work and what this means for the integration of new starters and the formation of skills over time. The team is working with RTL Nederland and KPMG Nederland and will use embedded ethnographic research to study how users, developers, managers, and other stakeholders interact with generative AI systems. The insights gained will inform the co-design and testing of practical interventions.

Expected outcomes include a better understanding of how generative AI reshapes workplace learning and experiential learning, along with actionable strategies to support early-career development. These may include task sequencing, mentorship, peer review checkpoints, and knowledge retention measures, with evidence of their impact on learning, reproducibility, and retention.

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks programme aims to deliver high-quality doctoral programmes through partnerships between organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond. The programme focuses on training highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulating their creativity, and enhancing their innovation capacity and long-term employability.