Arun Rai, a distinguished scholar who has studied digital innovations in organizations and communities for more than 35 years, will deliver the University of Georgia’s annual Ethics Week Lecture on Nov. 7.

Hosted by the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the lecture will be held from 11 a.m. to noon in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Rai’s lecture, “Responsible AI for the Future of Work,” is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged.

“This lecture is an exciting opportunity for our students and faculty to hear from someone who has played a critical role in shaping knowledge of the digital transformation of organizations, supply chains, communities, platform ecosystems and markets for more than three decades,” said Benjamin C. Ayers, the university’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “We are fortunate to have Dr. Rai share his depth of knowledge on such a timely, relevant topic with our campus community.”

Rai serves as a Regents’ Professor and the Howard S. Starks Distinguished Chair in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. He co-founded and directs the Robinson College’s Center for Digital Innovation, an interdisciplinary research center on digital innovation that leverages industry-university collaborations.

His work currently focuses on responsible artificial intelligence usage for the future of work — especially jobs and skills, human–AI augmentation and fairness — while exploring the intersection between research, education and policy.

Rai is the principal investigator for the Georgia Hub of Pathways for AI Training and Hiring, a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgia State University and Google to build AI-skilling pathways between higher education, business and government. Additionally, he serves on the state of Georgia’s AI Advisory Council and leads executive education programs on AI strategy and workforce transformation for senior leadership teams at major organizations. Rai is a recipient of the Association for Information Systems LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business Influential Leader Award.

The Ethics Week Lecture is part of Ethics Awareness Week, an observance designated by the University System of Georgia across all USG institutions as an important reminder of shared core values of integrity, excellence, accountability and respect. UGA’s observance of the week is part of the institution’s ongoing effort to promote an ethical culture on campus and to raise awareness about ethics resources available at the university.