Now it's all official, I can let people know that I have been awarded an #ERCAdG ERC Advanced Grant for my LivePlatforms project to critically examine the actors involved in determining how - or whether - people make livelihoods in the platform economy.
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
📣 Good news: 281 top researchers have just won ERC Advanced Grants!
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
The new funding, worth nearly €721 million, is part of the 🇪🇺 EU’s #HorizonEurope programme.
Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!JYKxkD
#ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @ec.europa.eu
June 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Now it's all official, I can let people know that I have been awarded an #ERCAdG ERC Advanced Grant for my LivePlatforms project to critically examine the actors involved in determining how - or whether - people make livelihoods in the platform economy.
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabour
“The CLT worker can’t catch a break!”
New DeepLab takeaway unpacks memes, labour precarity & the digital hustle dream. Read here labdeep.com/takeaways/
Image source - © Brenda Rocha Blossom via Canva.com #DigitalLabour #CLT #DeepLab @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @jessicamatheus.bsky.social
New DeepLab takeaway unpacks memes, labour precarity & the digital hustle dream. Read here labdeep.com/takeaways/
Image source - © Brenda Rocha Blossom via Canva.com #DigitalLabour #CLT #DeepLab @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @jessicamatheus.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“The CLT worker can’t catch a break!”
New DeepLab takeaway unpacks memes, labour precarity & the digital hustle dream. Read here labdeep.com/takeaways/
Image source - © Brenda Rocha Blossom via Canva.com #DigitalLabour #CLT #DeepLab @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @jessicamatheus.bsky.social
New DeepLab takeaway unpacks memes, labour precarity & the digital hustle dream. Read here labdeep.com/takeaways/
Image source - © Brenda Rocha Blossom via Canva.com #DigitalLabour #CLT #DeepLab @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @jessicamatheus.bsky.social
How is Instagram shaping digital work? Who benefits—and who gets left behind? Our latest report dives into the social, cultural, and political impacts of Instagram’s labour market shift. Read here: labdeep.com/reports-2/
Inquiries: deeplab@ucd.ie
#DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #PlatformInequality
Inquiries: deeplab@ucd.ie
#DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #PlatformInequality
February 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
How is Instagram shaping digital work? Who benefits—and who gets left behind? Our latest report dives into the social, cultural, and political impacts of Instagram’s labour market shift. Read here: labdeep.com/reports-2/
Inquiries: deeplab@ucd.ie
#DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #PlatformInequality
Inquiries: deeplab@ucd.ie
#DigitalLabour #FutureOfWork #PlatformInequality
This chapter, #Unionisation and #DigitalLabour, will be published in 2026 in the ‘Sage Handbook of Digital Labour’. @etui.bsky.social
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This chapter, #Unionisation and #DigitalLabour, will be published in 2026 in the ‘Sage Handbook of Digital Labour’. @etui.bsky.social
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
It argues that #platformunionism has not yet crystallised into a dominant associational form
#PlatformEconomy #LabourStudies #FutureOfWork
How gig platforms like Fiverr are reshaping the video game development industry
#Fiverr #Business #GigEconomy #Labour #VideoGames #GigEconomy #GameDevelopment #Freelancing #Outsourcing #DigitalLabour #GameIndustry #IndieGames #TechTrends #GigWorkers
the-14.com/how-gig-plat...
#Fiverr #Business #GigEconomy #Labour #VideoGames #GigEconomy #GameDevelopment #Freelancing #Outsourcing #DigitalLabour #GameIndustry #IndieGames #TechTrends #GigWorkers
the-14.com/how-gig-plat...
the-14.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
How gig platforms like Fiverr are reshaping the video game development industry
#Fiverr #Business #GigEconomy #Labour #VideoGames #GigEconomy #GameDevelopment #Freelancing #Outsourcing #DigitalLabour #GameIndustry #IndieGames #TechTrends #GigWorkers
the-14.com/how-gig-plat...
#Fiverr #Business #GigEconomy #Labour #VideoGames #GigEconomy #GameDevelopment #Freelancing #Outsourcing #DigitalLabour #GameIndustry #IndieGames #TechTrends #GigWorkers
the-14.com/how-gig-plat...
WhatsApp calls in India, podcast activism in Brazil—platform workers are finding solidarity across borders. Read DeepLab's Miguel Paolo Rivera, Rashmi Guha Ray & Wagner Alves da Silva’s reflections from fieldtrip in Rio labdeep.com/takeaways/ #DigitalLabour@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
WhatsApp calls in India, podcast activism in Brazil—platform workers are finding solidarity across borders. Read DeepLab's Miguel Paolo Rivera, Rashmi Guha Ray & Wagner Alves da Silva’s reflections from fieldtrip in Rio labdeep.com/takeaways/ #DigitalLabour@erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social
Indonesia Fairwork report launches 25 Sept!
We’ll dive into what platform workers are facing and what decent work should look like.
Save the date
#Indonesia #Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour
We’ll dive into what platform workers are facing and what decent work should look like.
Save the date
#Indonesia #Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour
September 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Indonesia Fairwork report launches 25 Sept!
We’ll dive into what platform workers are facing and what decent work should look like.
Save the date
#Indonesia #Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour
We’ll dive into what platform workers are facing and what decent work should look like.
Save the date
#Indonesia #Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour
Ladi Anzaki Olubunmi, a TikTok content moderator in Kenya, died last week—denied leave, overworked, unheard.
Her death is a stark reminder: we need real accountability and protections for data workers.
Fairwork stands in solidarity.
#JusticeForLadi #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
Her death is a stark reminder: we need real accountability and protections for data workers.
Fairwork stands in solidarity.
#JusticeForLadi #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
March 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ladi Anzaki Olubunmi, a TikTok content moderator in Kenya, died last week—denied leave, overworked, unheard.
Her death is a stark reminder: we need real accountability and protections for data workers.
Fairwork stands in solidarity.
#JusticeForLadi #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
Her death is a stark reminder: we need real accountability and protections for data workers.
Fairwork stands in solidarity.
#JusticeForLadi #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
Fairwork’s Mark Graham speaks to Globalnyt about the invisible labour powering today’s AI systems—and why tech firms must do better.
Read (in Danish): globalnyt.dk/professor-ka...
#AI #GigWork #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
Read (in Danish): globalnyt.dk/professor-ka...
#AI #GigWork #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
August 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Fairwork’s Mark Graham speaks to Globalnyt about the invisible labour powering today’s AI systems—and why tech firms must do better.
Read (in Danish): globalnyt.dk/professor-ka...
#AI #GigWork #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
Read (in Danish): globalnyt.dk/professor-ka...
#AI #GigWork #Fairwork #DigitalLabour
We’ve just dropped the speaker list for our upcoming launch of Platform Sex Work.
These voices are pushing for justice in digital labour—don’t miss the conversation.
📅 15 May
🔗 Register here: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SexWorkIsWork #PlatformSexWork #FairWork #DigitalLabour
These voices are pushing for justice in digital labour—don’t miss the conversation.
📅 15 May
🔗 Register here: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SexWorkIsWork #PlatformSexWork #FairWork #DigitalLabour
May 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We’ve just dropped the speaker list for our upcoming launch of Platform Sex Work.
These voices are pushing for justice in digital labour—don’t miss the conversation.
📅 15 May
🔗 Register here: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SexWorkIsWork #PlatformSexWork #FairWork #DigitalLabour
These voices are pushing for justice in digital labour—don’t miss the conversation.
📅 15 May
🔗 Register here: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#SexWorkIsWork #PlatformSexWork #FairWork #DigitalLabour
Up to 435M people work on cloud platforms without basic labour protections.
This month, the ILO considers a global convention on platform work.
Fairwork’s new report shows why that matters.
Read the Cloudwork Ratings 2025:
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Cloudwork #DigitalLabour #ILO2024 #Fairwork
This month, the ILO considers a global convention on platform work.
Fairwork’s new report shows why that matters.
Read the Cloudwork Ratings 2025:
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Cloudwork #DigitalLabour #ILO2024 #Fairwork
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Up to 435M people work on cloud platforms without basic labour protections.
This month, the ILO considers a global convention on platform work.
Fairwork’s new report shows why that matters.
Read the Cloudwork Ratings 2025:
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Cloudwork #DigitalLabour #ILO2024 #Fairwork
This month, the ILO considers a global convention on platform work.
Fairwork’s new report shows why that matters.
Read the Cloudwork Ratings 2025:
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Cloudwork #DigitalLabour #ILO2024 #Fairwork
Have you read our US report?
Fairwork scored 11 major platforms on worker fairness. Not one passed the halfway mark.
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #US #WorkerRights
Fairwork scored 11 major platforms on worker fairness. Not one passed the halfway mark.
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #US #WorkerRights
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Have you read our US report?
Fairwork scored 11 major platforms on worker fairness. Not one passed the halfway mark.
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #US #WorkerRights
Fairwork scored 11 major platforms on worker fairness. Not one passed the halfway mark.
fair.work/en/fw/public...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #US #WorkerRights
Say hi to Shilpa
She’s joining the Fairwork team to support interviews, research, data, and project work. We’re so excited to have her with us!
#Fairwork #WelcomeShilpa #DigitalLabour
She’s joining the Fairwork team to support interviews, research, data, and project work. We’re so excited to have her with us!
#Fairwork #WelcomeShilpa #DigitalLabour
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Say hi to Shilpa
She’s joining the Fairwork team to support interviews, research, data, and project work. We’re so excited to have her with us!
#Fairwork #WelcomeShilpa #DigitalLabour
She’s joining the Fairwork team to support interviews, research, data, and project work. We’re so excited to have her with us!
#Fairwork #WelcomeShilpa #DigitalLabour
Fairwork’s Tobias Kuttler joined cnbcafrica to unpack findings from our South Africa report—spotlighting fairness (or the lack of it) in the gig economy.
Watch here: www.cnbcafrica.com/media/gdPxmr...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #SouthAfrica
Watch here: www.cnbcafrica.com/media/gdPxmr...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #SouthAfrica
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fairwork’s Tobias Kuttler joined cnbcafrica to unpack findings from our South Africa report—spotlighting fairness (or the lack of it) in the gig economy.
Watch here: www.cnbcafrica.com/media/gdPxmr...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #SouthAfrica
Watch here: www.cnbcafrica.com/media/gdPxmr...
#Fairwork #GigWork #DigitalLabour #SouthAfrica
#PhD #FirstGenPhD #platformwork #platformeconomy #algorithmicmanagement #gigwork #workeragency #globalsouth
#digitallabour #workerrights
#digitallabour #workerrights
May 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Join Jessica Pidoux and Kauna Malgwi at the 9th annual conference of the INDL-9 for their presentation titled "Auditing African Content Moderators' Working Conditions..."
📅 Friday, September 11
📌 Geneva
🔗 indl-9.sciencesconf.org/740880
@ilo.org #personaldata #digitallabour #moderators #AI #GDPR
📅 Friday, September 11
📌 Geneva
🔗 indl-9.sciencesconf.org/740880
@ilo.org #personaldata #digitallabour #moderators #AI #GDPR
September 9, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Join Jessica Pidoux and Kauna Malgwi at the 9th annual conference of the INDL-9 for their presentation titled "Auditing African Content Moderators' Working Conditions..."
📅 Friday, September 11
📌 Geneva
🔗 indl-9.sciencesconf.org/740880
@ilo.org #personaldata #digitallabour #moderators #AI #GDPR
📅 Friday, September 11
📌 Geneva
🔗 indl-9.sciencesconf.org/740880
@ilo.org #personaldata #digitallabour #moderators #AI #GDPR
📢 On May 20 at 2PM BST, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social will launch the Cloudwork Ratings 2025 — a new report assessing fairness across 16 digital labour platforms.
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
May 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📢 On May 20 at 2PM BST, @towardsfairwork.bsky.social will launch the Cloudwork Ratings 2025 — a new report assessing fairness across 16 digital labour platforms.
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
🔗 Register for the launch event: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #DigitalLabour #PlatformWork #AIWorkforce #OIIEvents
Fairwork is featured in the UN’s latest report on AI and human rights!
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Fairwork is featured in the UN’s latest report on AI and human rights!
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Our research highlights how AI supply chains affect vulnerable workers—and why fair AI must start with fair work.
Read the report: www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
#Fairwork #AI #HumanRights #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #UN
Read the full paper here: www.tinyurl.com/disinformationthinkpiece
@fesonline.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @manchester.ac.uk
#Disinformation
#FeministResearch #PolicyReform #DigitalLabour
#GenderJustice #GlobalSouthVoices #TechandSociety#MediaLiteracy
@fesonline.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @manchester.ac.uk
#Disinformation
#FeministResearch #PolicyReform #DigitalLabour
#GenderJustice #GlobalSouthVoices #TechandSociety#MediaLiteracy
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“I’d love a union.”
“They don’t care about us—just profit.”
“You just hope someone logs on and pays.”
We’re launching our new report on online sex work May 15, 2PM BST.
Join us: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #WorkerRights #DigitalLabour
“They don’t care about us—just profit.”
“You just hope someone logs on and pays.”
We’re launching our new report on online sex work May 15, 2PM BST.
Join us: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #WorkerRights #DigitalLabour
May 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“I’d love a union.”
“They don’t care about us—just profit.”
“You just hope someone logs on and pays.”
We’re launching our new report on online sex work May 15, 2PM BST.
Join us: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #WorkerRights #DigitalLabour
“They don’t care about us—just profit.”
“You just hope someone logs on and pays.”
We’re launching our new report on online sex work May 15, 2PM BST.
Join us: wzb-eu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Fairwork #SexWorkIsWork #WorkerRights #DigitalLabour
Cybercrime in MMORGPs
negativepid.blog/cyb...
#gaming #MMORPG #OSINT #darkWeb #onlineScams #internetFraud #moneyLaundering #trading #virtualGambling #lootBoxes #Gacha #skins #goldFarming #dungeonGrinding #powerLevelling #digitalLabour #socialMedia #accounts #negativepid
negativepid.blog/cyb...
#gaming #MMORPG #OSINT #darkWeb #onlineScams #internetFraud #moneyLaundering #trading #virtualGambling #lootBoxes #Gacha #skins #goldFarming #dungeonGrinding #powerLevelling #digitalLabour #socialMedia #accounts #negativepid
Cybercrime in MMORGPs - Negative PID
MMORPGs can attract millions of users from all over the world. These users spend hours of their lives having fun and socializing on their favourite platforms,
negativepid.blog
April 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Back at the start. European Sociological Association's mid-term conference, research network 18. #Media #Communication #DigitalLabour I present on Academia as a public sphere. Hoping to get collective writing on a manifest going #AcademicSky #AcademicFreedom rn18esa.wordpress.com/conference-a...
Conference Agenda
Download the full conference agenda here: Commumication and Capital(ism)_Full Conference AgendaDownload
rn18esa.wordpress.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Back at the start. European Sociological Association's mid-term conference, research network 18. #Media #Communication #DigitalLabour I present on Academia as a public sphere. Hoping to get collective writing on a manifest going #AcademicSky #AcademicFreedom rn18esa.wordpress.com/conference-a...
3. Behind the hype are African gig workers. They train large language models, correcting errors and providing insight and oversight at every stage of development.
#DigitalLabour #GlobalSouth
#DigitalLabour #GlobalSouth
March 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
3. Behind the hype are African gig workers. They train large language models, correcting errors and providing insight and oversight at every stage of development.
#DigitalLabour #GlobalSouth
#DigitalLabour #GlobalSouth
Key open-access papers of #ICT4D:
Systematic evaluation of gig work against decent work standards: www.tandfonline.com/...
#DigitalLabour #GigWork #OpenAccess
Systematic evaluation of gig work against decent work standards: www.tandfonline.com/...
#DigitalLabour #GigWork #OpenAccess
May 21, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Key open-access papers of #ICT4D:
Systematic evaluation of gig work against decent work standards: www.tandfonline.com/...
#DigitalLabour #GigWork #OpenAccess
Systematic evaluation of gig work against decent work standards: www.tandfonline.com/...
#DigitalLabour #GigWork #OpenAccess
#citizenscience reading club
What if citizen science isn’t always democratic?
Riley & Mason-Wilkes reveal “dark citizen science” — hidden, unpaid digital labour like Google’s reCAPTCHA.
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
#Ethics #AI #DigitalLabour
What if citizen science isn’t always democratic?
Riley & Mason-Wilkes reveal “dark citizen science” — hidden, unpaid digital labour like Google’s reCAPTCHA.
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
#Ethics #AI #DigitalLabour
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#citizenscience reading club
What if citizen science isn’t always democratic?
Riley & Mason-Wilkes reveal “dark citizen science” — hidden, unpaid digital labour like Google’s reCAPTCHA.
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
#Ethics #AI #DigitalLabour
What if citizen science isn’t always democratic?
Riley & Mason-Wilkes reveal “dark citizen science” — hidden, unpaid digital labour like Google’s reCAPTCHA.
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
#Ethics #AI #DigitalLabour