{"id":11,"date":"2026-09-14T18:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-10-04T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T16:02:46","slug":"project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/project\/","title":{"rendered":"Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertie-school.org\/en\/research\/hulog\">Hertie School project on Humans in Digital Logistics (Hulog)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project aimed to look at &#8220;how digital technologies shape work and employment conditions in warehouses.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertie-school.org\/en\/research\/hulog\">link<\/a>) They also wanted to see how digital resources are driving companies to maximize workforce flexibility and analyze how this affects working conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;HuLog examines how digital technologies are deployed in the organization of warehouse operations, including how they:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>shape warehouse workers\u2019 experience of work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>drive warehousing companies\u2019 employment strategies to maximize workforce flexibility, and how this affects working conditions.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hertie-school.org\/en\/research\/hulog\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They conducted case studies in warehouses in four hubs in Europe, including Western Poland, Berlin-Leipzig-Halle (Germany), Limburg (Belgium), and West Yorkshire (United Kingdom). Through interviews and collaboration, this project will identify places of negotiation for human-centered warehousing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those involved in this project include project lead Professor Dr. Anke Hassel, who is a professor of public policy at the Hertie School in Berlin. The other researchers included Markus Helfen, a senior research fellow at the Hertie School, and Pit Jasper Lee, who is a research associate at the Hertie School <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outcomes are discussed in the publication, but overall, it confirmed the need for more human-centered warehousing due to the harsh working conditions occurring in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project ran from November 1, 2022, to October 31, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HULOG-logo-300x100-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hertie School project on Humans in Digital Logistics (Hulog) This project aimed to look at &#8220;how digital technologies shape work and employment conditions in warehouses.&#8221; (link) They also wanted to see how digital resources are driving companies to maximize workforce flexibility and analyze how this affects working conditions. They conducted case studies in warehouses in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/HBProjMan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}