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Job loss and AI-exposed jobs: Q&A with sociology professor

Jennie Brand, a UCLA professor of sociology with an appointment in statistics and data science, is an expert on the socioeconomic effects of job loss, including the long-term economic, psychological, physiological and intergenerational…

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UCLA sociology professor Jennie Brand, who also holds a position in statistics and data science, studies the socioeconomic impacts of job loss, covering long‑term economic, psychological, physiological, and intergenerational effects. She and colleagues at the Occupation Lab are investigating how the current job market, reshaped by artificial intelligence, influences workers’ mobility. Their research focuses on “AI‑exposed jobs,” defined as positions where tasks could be performed more efficiently by AI. The team is analyzing how such occupational changes affect workers’ career trajectories.

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