Fabian Stephany is an economist and researcher specializing in AI, skills, technological change, and the future of work. He is a Lecturer in AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, where he leads SkillScale, a research project examining skills as a lens for understanding changing labor markets. His research on technological change, digital labor, and the future of work has been published in leading academic journals and covered by international media. Fabian also co-created the Online Labour Observatory with colleagues at the Oxford Internet Institute and International Labour Organization, providing data and research on online platform work.

With a background in economics, social sciences, and data science, Fabian has worked with organizations including UNDP, the World Bank, and the OECD, as well as in the private sector as a senior data scientist. He was a Senior Fellow in the first cohort of the Microsoft AI Economy Institute and has held research positions at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital. His work combines economic research and data science to examine how AI and technological change are reshaping skills, jobs, and labor markets.