Joan Torrent-Sellens

Full Professor of Economics (Faculty of Economics and Business Studies) and Main Researcher of the Interdisciplinary Research group on ICT and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (https://blogs.uoc.edu/i2tic/en/) at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). I2TIC-IA Lab is recognized by AGAUR as a consolidated research group (2021 SGR 1031) and brings together 45 social science researchers. I2TIC-IA Lab conducts interdisciplinary research on digital transformation and transition, and its effects on business, labour, the overall economy, individuals’ wellbeing, social welfare and environmental sustainability. In this context, my lines of research are the political economy of digital transformation and transition; AI & robotics, innovation and productivity; digital transition & sustainable management; job quality and wellbeing; future of work; and eHealth, telemedicine and occupational health. Since May 2025, I am the director of the UOC's Research Centre for Digital Transformation and Governance (UOC-DIGIT: https://www.uoc.edu/en/research/centres/digital-transformation-governance).