Riccardo Campa
Papers
15
Total Citations
147
H-Index
7
About
Riccardo Campa is an Italian sociologist and futurist whose scholarship sits at the productive intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and the social sciences. Best known for his influential review "The Rise of Social Robots" (2016, 53 citations), Campa has consistently argued that the rapid evolution of robotics demands genuine interdisciplinary collaboration between engineers and sociologists — a perspective that has shaped how researchers approach the field. His work on technological unemployment, including "Technological Growth and Unemployment: A Global Scenario Analysis" (2014) and "Three Scenarios of the Future of Work" (2019), maps the profound societal consequences of automation and AI, offering scenario-based frameworks that have become touchstones for scholars studying labor displacement. Beyond academia, Campa is recognized as one of the world's leading voices on transhumanism, having authored *Mutare o Perire* (2010), the first Italian-language monograph on the movement. His book *Humans and Automata* further demonstrates his commitment to examining robotics through a rigorous social lens. With research spanning legal personhood for machines and public attitudes toward AI, Campa's body of work offers students and researchers an indispensable sociological compass for navigating humanity's technological future.
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Top Papers
- 1The rise of social robots : a review of the recent literature53 citations · 2016
- 2Technological growth and unemployment : a global scenario analysis15 citations · 2014
- 3The Rise of Social Robots15 citations · 2016
- 4Public Opinion on Artificial Intelligence Development11 citations · 2021
- 5Humans and Automata10 citations · 2015
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- 7Mutare o perire : la sfida del transumanesimo7 citations · 2010
- 8Humans and Automata: A Social Study of Robotics6 citations · 2015
- 9Workers and Automata: A Sociological Analysis of the Italian Case5 citations · 2014
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