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Aina Gallego is a prominent political scientist whose research sits at the intersection of labor market transformations and political behavior. Her work focuses on understanding how technological change — particularly automation, digitalization, and artificial intelligence — reshapes workers' political attitudes, preferences, and participation. At a time when rapid technological disruption is generating widespread anxiety about job security, Gallego's scholarship provides crucial insight into the political consequences of these economic shifts. Her most influential contribution, "Automation, Digitalization, and Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Implications for Political Behavior" (2022), has already accumulated 146 citations, establishing her as a leading voice in this emerging field. The paper offers a comprehensive review of how robotics and AI-driven labor market change may fuel political upheaval, synthesizing economic and political science perspectives in ways that resonate broadly across disciplines. More recently, Gallego has extended her analysis to compare how automation threats differ from globalization pressures in shaping workers' policy preferences — examining whether individuals exposed to job displacement favor preventative or compensatory policy responses. Her research is increasingly indispensable for scholars seeking to understand how twenty-first-century technological transformation is redrawing the political landscape.
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- 2Automation versus openness: support for policies to address job threats10 citations · 2023