Launching a new MAIJobCare project: exploring the impacts of AI and algorithmic management on the long-term care sector

IER is pleased to announce the launch of MAIJobCareLink opens in a new window, an international research project led by IER, examining how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Algorithmic Management (AM) are reshaping job quality and workforce dynamics in long-term care (LTC).

As LTC systems across Europe face mounting pressures from ageing populations and persistent staffing shortages, MAIJobCare investigates whether digital tools, such as automated rostering, recruitment platforms, and performance monitoring, can support better care outcomes and working conditions, or whether they risk intensifying work and surveillance.

The project brings together partners from Austria, Belgium, Spain, Sweden, and the UK, and will deliver comparative case studies, stakeholder engagement, and policy-relevant insights. It aims to identify the conditions under which AI can improve both care outcomes and employment standards, and to refine job quality frameworks to reflect emerging digital realities, thereby informing European and national care policy.

MAIJobCare is funded under the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) programme, with the ESRC as the UK funder, alongside national funding organisations in Austria, Belgium, Spain, and Sweden. The project has officially launched with an in-person meeting, marking the start of collaborative work across five core work packages.