Martin Upchurch

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Martin Upchurch is a leading scholar in the political economy of work, with a particular focus on the transformative impacts of automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics on labor markets. His research critically examines the socio-technical and economic constraints that shape the trajectory of technological change, moving beyond deterministic narratives to explore the contested futures of work. Upchurch’s most-cited work, "Robots and AI at work: the prospects for singularity" (2018, 67 citations), is a pivotal contribution that interrogates the hype surrounding technological singularity, grounding debates in the realities of capitalist production and labor resistance. This paper, alongside "Deep Automation and the World of Work" (2017), establishes him as a key voice in understanding how deep automation may restructure employment, intensify precarity, and alter the balance of power between capital and labor. His work is essential for students and researchers seeking a critical, empirically informed perspective on the future of work in an age of intelligent machines.