🚲 Calling all Edinburgh food delivery riders to the next monthly gathering of riders' collective ROOM!
📆 Wed 28 October
⏰ 2.00 pm-4.00 pm
📍Old College
South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
(Teaching room 3)
🌯 Lunch
🔋 Charge your e-bike batteries!
📩 Questions? Drop a message
#gigwork #platformwork
📆 Wed 28 October
⏰ 2.00 pm-4.00 pm
📍Old College
South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
(Teaching room 3)
🌯 Lunch
🔋 Charge your e-bike batteries!
📩 Questions? Drop a message
#gigwork #platformwork
October 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
🚲 Calling all Edinburgh food delivery riders to the next monthly gathering of riders' collective ROOM!
📆 Wed 28 October
⏰ 2.00 pm-4.00 pm
📍Old College
South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
(Teaching room 3)
🌯 Lunch
🔋 Charge your e-bike batteries!
📩 Questions? Drop a message
#gigwork #platformwork
📆 Wed 28 October
⏰ 2.00 pm-4.00 pm
📍Old College
South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL
(Teaching room 3)
🌯 Lunch
🔋 Charge your e-bike batteries!
📩 Questions? Drop a message
#gigwork #platformwork
Platform workers log extreme hours, raising health and road safety concerns #Estonia #platformwork #workersrights
Platform workers log extreme hours, raising health and road safety concerns
About one in four food couriers and taxi drivers in Estonia works more than 50 hours a week, with some logging over 100 hours, a study has found. The findings were reported by ERR. The study by the Development Monitoring Centre and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications found that pl…
www.dailybaltic.com
October 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Platform workers log extreme hours, raising health and road safety concerns #Estonia #platformwork #workersrights
Do you research gender and the gig economy? Just over a week left till abstracts close for the XXI ISA World Congress. We'd love to see you there! #gigeconomy #platformwork #gender #sociology isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20... @isa-sociology.org @rc30sociologywork.bsky.social PLS SHARE
October 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Do you research gender and the gig economy? Just over a week left till abstracts close for the XXI ISA World Congress. We'd love to see you there! #gigeconomy #platformwork #gender #sociology isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc20... @isa-sociology.org @rc30sociologywork.bsky.social PLS SHARE
What happens when care work is mediated through online platforms?
We took that question to Bern, Switzerland, for the SOR4D programme and shared two papers on domestic workers, platforms and digital resilience in Kenya under the UPDATE project.
Watch 👉🏾 youtu.be/246mjuGOY_Q
#PlatformWork
We took that question to Bern, Switzerland, for the SOR4D programme and shared two papers on domestic workers, platforms and digital resilience in Kenya under the UPDATE project.
Watch 👉🏾 youtu.be/246mjuGOY_Q
#PlatformWork
SOR4D Research Conference 2026
YouTube video by Pollicy
youtu.be
October 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
What happens when care work is mediated through online platforms?
We took that question to Bern, Switzerland, for the SOR4D programme and shared two papers on domestic workers, platforms and digital resilience in Kenya under the UPDATE project.
Watch 👉🏾 youtu.be/246mjuGOY_Q
#PlatformWork
We took that question to Bern, Switzerland, for the SOR4D programme and shared two papers on domestic workers, platforms and digital resilience in Kenya under the UPDATE project.
Watch 👉🏾 youtu.be/246mjuGOY_Q
#PlatformWork
New EU rules + ILO Convention 193 set the standard. Serbia's Labor Law reform must catch up.
Real work = real rights. ⏳
#PlatformWork #GigEconomy #Serbia #WorkersRights #ILO #EUintegration #FutureOfWork
Real work = real rights. ⏳
#PlatformWork #GigEconomy #Serbia #WorkersRights #ILO #EUintegration #FutureOfWork
September 29, 2026 at 11:56 AM
New EU rules + ILO Convention 193 set the standard. Serbia's Labor Law reform must catch up.
Real work = real rights. ⏳
#PlatformWork #GigEconomy #Serbia #WorkersRights #ILO #EUintegration #FutureOfWork
Real work = real rights. ⏳
#PlatformWork #GigEconomy #Serbia #WorkersRights #ILO #EUintegration #FutureOfWork
Serbia likely ranks among Europe's top 5 countries for platform work — yet its labour law is 22 years old. EU rules & ILO Convention 193 offer a fix. I hope... #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #WorkersRights #Freelance #Freelancer #Freelancers #digital #digitalWork #digitalnomad
September 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Serbia likely ranks among Europe's top 5 countries for platform work — yet its labour law is 22 years old. EU rules & ILO Convention 193 offer a fix. I hope... #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #WorkersRights #Freelance #Freelancer #Freelancers #digital #digitalWork #digitalnomad
Gov & platforms discussing legalizing shadow work. Aims to bring 7.5M people into the formal economy by reducing barriers, clarifying relations, and making platform work more predictable. Temp work shifts could jump from 360K to 1.1M by 2025! #labor #economy #platformwork
September 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Gov & platforms discussing legalizing shadow work. Aims to bring 7.5M people into the formal economy by reducing barriers, clarifying relations, and making platform work more predictable. Temp work shifts could jump from 360K to 1.1M by 2025! #labor #economy #platformwork
Digital platforms do not simply distribute music.
They classify musicians, structure visibility and influence what counts as a legitimate professional career.
New conceptual research in MRev:
#PlatformWork #MusicIndustry
They classify musicians, structure visibility and influence what counts as a legitimate professional career.
New conceptual research in MRev:
#PlatformWork #MusicIndustry
September 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Digital platforms do not simply distribute music.
They classify musicians, structure visibility and influence what counts as a legitimate professional career.
New conceptual research in MRev:
#PlatformWork #MusicIndustry
They classify musicians, structure visibility and influence what counts as a legitimate professional career.
New conceptual research in MRev:
#PlatformWork #MusicIndustry
#AI #AIGovernance #DigitalJustice #GlobalSouth #TechPolicy #Geopolitics #DigitalEconomy #AlgorithmicGovernance #Crypto #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #TechnologyAndPower
September 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
📢 Tomorrow in Brussels Sofia Kypraiou, Jessica Pidoux and Anton Fedosov will present: Digipower: A Participatory Tool for Investigating Platform Work Through Personal Data at the final P-WILL Conference on Gender, Power & Technology.
🌐 pwill.eu
#PWILL #COSTAction #PlatformWork #GenderEquality
🌐 pwill.eu
#PWILL #COSTAction #PlatformWork #GenderEquality
September 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
📢 Tomorrow in Brussels Sofia Kypraiou, Jessica Pidoux and Anton Fedosov will present: Digipower: A Participatory Tool for Investigating Platform Work Through Personal Data at the final P-WILL Conference on Gender, Power & Technology.
🌐 pwill.eu
#PWILL #COSTAction #PlatformWork #GenderEquality
🌐 pwill.eu
#PWILL #COSTAction #PlatformWork #GenderEquality
While some middle management roles, like optimization and coordinating, are taken on by an #algorithm, the improvisation needed to handle unexpected challenges often ends up falling on workers
#Gigeconomy #management #labor #PlatformWork
#Gigeconomy #management #labor #PlatformWork
August 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
While some middle management roles, like optimization and coordinating, are taken on by an #algorithm, the improvisation needed to handle unexpected challenges often ends up falling on workers
#Gigeconomy #management #labor #PlatformWork
#Gigeconomy #management #labor #PlatformWork
New paper: “Evaluating the Development Impact of Digital Platform Work through the Capability Approach”
journal.icter.org/index.php/IC...
#GigEconomy #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #DigitalDevelopment #CapabilityApproach #ICT4D
journal.icter.org/index.php/IC...
#GigEconomy #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #DigitalDevelopment #CapabilityApproach #ICT4D
August 24, 2026 at 11:32 AM
New paper: “Evaluating the Development Impact of Digital Platform Work through the Capability Approach”
journal.icter.org/index.php/IC...
#GigEconomy #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #DigitalDevelopment #CapabilityApproach #ICT4D
journal.icter.org/index.php/IC...
#GigEconomy #PlatformWork #DigitalLabour #DigitalDevelopment #CapabilityApproach #ICT4D
The EU Platform Work Directive could significantly impact gig economy employers across Europe, introducing new worker classification rules and AI oversight requirements by December 2026. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xaw9rT #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #EmploymentLaw
EU Platform Work Directive: Uncertainty Ahead of the Implementation Deadline | Littler
The EU Platform Work Directive (“the Directive”) is a landmark piece of EU legislation aimed at protecting the rights of platform workers in what is commonly known as the “gig economy.” The Directive ...
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August 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The EU Platform Work Directive could significantly impact gig economy employers across Europe, introducing new worker classification rules and AI oversight requirements by December 2026. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xaw9rT #PlatformWork #GigEconomy #EmploymentLaw
One in five platform drivers and couriers sees no career path #courierservices #platformwork #ridehailing
One in five platform drivers and couriers sees no career path
One in five people providing ride-hailing or courier services through platforms is working full time in a field for which they consider themselves overqualified, ERR reported, citing a new report commissioned by Estonia’s Development Monitoring Centre. The study, conducted by researchers from Tal…
www.dailybaltic.com
August 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
One in five platform drivers and couriers sees no career path #courierservices #platformwork #ridehailing
#PhD #FirstGenPhD #platformwork #platformeconomy #algorithmicmanagement #gigwork #workeragency #globalsouth
#digitallabour #workerrights
#digitallabour #workerrights
May 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
We reveal the variations in workers’ individual agentic responses to algorithmic management across six different platforms in India and also highlight the differences in such responses across various geographical contexts. 3/3 #platformwork #algorithmicmanagement #gigwork
February 23, 2026 at 9:10 AM
We reveal the variations in workers’ individual agentic responses to algorithmic management across six different platforms in India and also highlight the differences in such responses across various geographical contexts. 3/3 #platformwork #algorithmicmanagement #gigwork
OnlineFirst - "Pressure and praise as an action research methodology: The case of Fairwork" by Mark Graham, Oğuz Alyanak, Alessio Bertolini, Patrick Feuerstein, Tobias Kuttler, Funda Ustek Spilda, and Jonas Valente:
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
April 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
OnlineFirst - "Pressure and praise as an action research methodology: The case of Fairwork" by Mark Graham, Oğuz Alyanak, Alessio Bertolini, Patrick Feuerstein, Tobias Kuttler, Funda Ustek Spilda, and Jonas Valente:
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#platformwork #platformeconomy #digitallabour
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Important to show that not all platform companies bash Commission proposal on #platformwork.
This is not about destroying a new industry + jobs, it's about creating *quality jobs*.
x.com/JustEatTakeawa…
This is not about destroying a new industry + jobs, it's about creating *quality jobs*.
x.com/JustEatTakeawa…
January 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Important to show that not all platform companies bash Commission proposal on #platformwork.
This is not about destroying a new industry + jobs, it's about creating *quality jobs*.
x.com/JustEatTakeawa…
This is not about destroying a new industry + jobs, it's about creating *quality jobs*.
x.com/JustEatTakeawa…
Doesn't happen often that your work becomes #BreakingNews for the @nytimes.
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
January 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Doesn't happen often that your work becomes #BreakingNews for the @nytimes.
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
What a great job colleagues at @EU_Social have done!
#platformwork
x.com/nytimes/status…
Good summary + analysis of @EU_Commission @EU_Social proposal on #platformwork.
👇🏽
x.com/valeriodeste/s…
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x.com/valeriodeste/s…
January 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Good summary + analysis of @EU_Commission @EU_Social proposal on #platformwork.
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x.com/valeriodeste/s…
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x.com/valeriodeste/s…
We gathered different stakeholders to share what they expect from our ongoing UPDATE Kenya research.
From school connectivity and digital literacy for domestic, tech & agricultural workers, to Kenya ratifying ILO Conventions 189 and 190.
Watch 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvp9...
#PlatformWork
From school connectivity and digital literacy for domestic, tech & agricultural workers, to Kenya ratifying ILO Conventions 189 and 190.
Watch 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvp9...
#PlatformWork
How Digital Spaces Shape Women's Employment in Kenya | UPDATE Kenya Research
YouTube video by Pollicy
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2026 at 9:08 AM
We gathered different stakeholders to share what they expect from our ongoing UPDATE Kenya research.
From school connectivity and digital literacy for domestic, tech & agricultural workers, to Kenya ratifying ILO Conventions 189 and 190.
Watch 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvp9...
#PlatformWork
From school connectivity and digital literacy for domestic, tech & agricultural workers, to Kenya ratifying ILO Conventions 189 and 190.
Watch 👉🏾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvp9...
#PlatformWork
How does algorithmic management influence working conditions? And can the concept of "algorithm governance" help us better understand how #labor platforms govern #work?
New #wjds paper by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven):
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI....
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabor
New #wjds paper by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven):
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI....
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabor
July 4, 2024 at 9:34 AM
How does algorithmic management influence working conditions? And can the concept of "algorithm governance" help us better understand how #labor platforms govern #work?
New #wjds paper by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven):
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI....
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabor
New #wjds paper by Valeria Pulignano (KU Leuven):
➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI....
#PlatformWork #DigitalLabor
🚨 New from IAMCR & Wiley!
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
June 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🚨 New from IAMCR & Wiley!
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
The Handbook of Digital Labor explores global views on digital work — from platform economies to AI and automation.
A must-read for researchers, activists & policymakers.
📘 iamcr.org/iamcr-handbo...
#DigitalLabor #IAMCR #MediaStudies #PlatformWork
We welcome the decision to place Deliveroo’s Italian unit under judicial supervision. It shows how riders labeled “self-employed” can still face tight algorithmic control, low pay, & no protections. Strong #PlatformWork laws are essential to end exploitation & guarantee fair rights. 🔗
www.euractiv.com
March 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
We welcome the decision to place Deliveroo’s Italian unit under judicial supervision. It shows how riders labeled “self-employed” can still face tight algorithmic control, low pay, & no protections. Strong #PlatformWork laws are essential to end exploitation & guarantee fair rights. 🔗