Seminario When the white coat meets the code: medical professionals and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Italy negotiating with trust and boundary work
19 febbraio 2026
6th STS Lab
- 11:00 - 12:30
- Online su Microsoft Teams e in presenza : Sala Apollo, Via Zamboni 38, Bologna
- Salute, Scienza e tecnologia In inglese
Per partecipare
Ingresso libero
Programma
As AI is deployed, medical professionals undergo technology-driven challenges, such as maintaining control over the diagnostic process and renegotiating their tasks and areas of expertise. In this article, we explore the social implications of AI in the Italian healthcare system. We do this by investigating the multiple factors that co-construct trust in AI systems. We also examine the various forms of boundary work that professionals use to redefine their authority and professional autonomy. Firstly, our findings suggest that different assemblages of trustworthiness collate into three trusting attitudes (epistemic-infrastructural, institutional-regulatory, and relational-practical), showing how trust in medical tools is configured in the AI age. Secondly, clinicians perform three strategies of boundary work (defensive, regulatory and transformative) to negotiate their roles and expertise as AI contests workflows, impacts decision-making authority, and redefines professional boundaries.
Chi interverrà
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Laura Sartori
Department of Political and Social Sciences
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Marianna Musmeci
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Contatti
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Lorenzo Olivieri