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Microsoft’s AI Economy Institute (AIEI) supports independent, policy-relevant research on how AI is reshaping productivity, labor markets, education, and economic opportunity. Its fourth Senior Fellows cohort focuses on “AI and Jobs: designing for augmented work,” examining how organizational choices determine whether AI complements human labor, substitutes for it, or creates new economic activity—and who captures the resulting value.

The call welcomes research on workflow design, team structure, governance, incentives, accountability, and expertise development. It seeks rigorous findings and practical guidance for policymakers, educators, employers, and workers, including explanations of when augmentation succeeds, when automation dominates, and why. Qualitative, quantitative, theoretical, and mixed-methods approaches are acceptable. The cohort combines research with peer exchange, an edited-book contribution, and academic dissemination.