No. 53

Download

Share

Print

Industry 4.0 as an Organisational and Cultural Challenge: What Can the Social Sciences and Humanities Contribute to the Renewal of Estonia’s Manufacturing Industry?

  • Aarne Toomsalu

    Aarne Toomsalu

    Industrial Analyst, Executive Director of the Estonian Inventors’ Association

  • Rein Murakas

    Analyst, Institute of Cultural Research, University of Tartu

  • Keiu Telve

    Keiu Telve

    PhD, founder of Center for Applied Anthropology, University of Tartu

The article asks how to connect new technologies in Estonia with market understanding, work organisation, decision-making, and skills in the context of Industry 4.0.

This connection is described as an organisational-technical solution. A central argument is that social sciences and humanities are not an add-on to engineering but essential for understanding and achieving this integration. In Estonia, the issue is sharpened by the contrast between the highly visible digital state and the less visible manufacturing sector.

Feedback