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How the Fortune 500 experiment with platform adoption
14 June 2017
Authors: Gretta Corporaal
Organizing for successful platform adoption: Part 2 PublicDomainPictures/pixabai (CCO) Large corporations are starting to realize the benefits of leveraging online platforms to access freelancers on an on-demand basis. However, they ... Read More How the Fortune 500 experiment with platform adoption
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Organizing for successful platform adoption: Part One
17 May 2017
Authors: Gretta Corporaal
What does innovation literature predict about the organizational challenges of adopting online freelancing platforms – and how to address them? TeroVesalainen/pixabai. (CCO) Digital technologies have fueled a new wave ... Read More Organizing for successful platform adoption: Part One
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Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part Two
25 April 2017
Authors: Gretta Corporaal
What challenges do organizations face when adopting online freelancing platforms as part of their business models? annawaldl/pixabay. (CCO) Digital technologies have enabled the rise of online labour platforms that transform ... Read More Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part Two
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Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part One
19 April 2017
Authors: Gretta Corporaal
To understand the future of work we need to explore the diversity of platforms and how they are used in the modern economy. Widjaya Ivan/Flickr. (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) In ... Read More Organizing with on-demand freelancers in the platform economy: Part One
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How to resist the exploitation of digital gig workers
18 April 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
Internet users will make up the majority of the planet’s population before the end of this year. Most of this digital growth is coming from Africa, Asia, and South ... Read More How to resist the exploitation of digital gig workers
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Could universal basic income counter the gig economy’s problems?
13 April 2017
Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta
shutterstock.com Platforms like eBay, Uber, Airbnb, and Freelancer are thriving, growing the digital economy and disrupting existing business. The question is how to ensure that the transformations they entail ... Read More Could universal basic income counter the gig economy’s problems?
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Digitally Augmented Geographies – New Publication
2 March 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
I have another new publication out this week. Thanks to the editors (Rob Kitchin, Tracey Lauriault, and Matt Wilson) for all of their efforts in putting this book together! ... Read More Digitally Augmented Geographies – New Publication
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Digital Divides in the United Kingdom
1 March 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
If you’ve ever wondered what local geographies of internet access look like in the UK, I have a new paper out with Grant Blank and Claudio Calvino that can ... Read More Digital Divides in the United Kingdom
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Join our London Digital Labour Meetup
26 February 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
If you are interested in scholarship or activism on the topic of digital labour and the future of work, then consider joining our regular meet-up series that will be ... Read More Join our London Digital Labour Meetup
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Variable geographies of protest among online gig workers
13 February 2017
Authors: Alex Wood
Millions of people across the planet use online labour platforms to make their living as part of the global gig or platform economy. One part of the iLabour project ... Read More Variable geographies of protest among online gig workers
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An Informational Right to the City? Code, Content, Control, and the Urbanization of Information – New Paper
10 February 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
After much work, many discussions, a lot of writing and rewriting, and many many presentations around the world, Joe Shaw and I have our ‘Informational Right to the City’ ... Read More An Informational Right to the City? Code, Content, Control, and the Urbanization of Information – New Paper
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An ‘Informational Right to the City’? – Piece in New Internationalist
9 February 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
Together with Joe Shaw, I have written a short article for New Internationalist titled: An ‘Informational Right to the City’? As our cities become increasingly digital, and as corporate giants ... Read More An ‘Informational Right to the City’? – Piece in New Internationalist
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New paper: Our Digital Rights to the City
8 February 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
The pamphlet ‘Our Digital Rights to the City’ is now out on Meatspace Press. We are pleased to offer it for free download (epub, mobi, pdf), as a low-cost ... Read More New paper: Our Digital Rights to the City
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Launching the 2017 ICT4D Seminar Series
20 January 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
You can now sign up for the 2017 ICT4D seminar series at the Oxford Internet Institute. I’ve put this year’s list together with my colleague Sanna Ojanperä. This also ... Read More Launching the 2017 ICT4D Seminar Series
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We’re hiring! Data Scientist to study the geography of the darknet
14 January 2017
Authors: Mark Graham
Grade 7: Salary £31,076 – £38,183 p.a. We are looking for a full-time Researcher to work with Professor Mark Graham and Dr Joss Wright on a new project on ... Read More We’re hiring! Data Scientist to study the geography of the darknet
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Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global good
3 January 2017
Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta
“If data is the new oil, then why aren’t we taxing it like we tax oil?” That was the essence of the provocative brief that set in motion our ... Read More Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global good
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Google and its responsibility for search results
20 December 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
BBC News has just published a piece in which they tackle the fact that Google has been prominently displaying Holocaust denial content. Shockingly, they also uncover other examples such ... Read More Google and its responsibility for search results
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On how Google frames, shapes and distorts how we see the world
13 December 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
Carole Cadwalladr has written an excellent set of articles for the Observer on how Google ‘frames, shapes and distorts how we see the world’. Her main argument is that ... Read More On how Google frames, shapes and distorts how we see the world
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Hiring a Researcher at Oxford: Economic Geography | Digital Entrepreneurship | Sub-Saharan Africa
9 December 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
We are recruiting a full-time Researcher to work with us at the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) on a project that critically assesses the changing landscape of digital ... Read More Hiring a Researcher at Oxford: Economic Geography | Digital Entrepreneurship | Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mapping Twitter
3 December 2016
Authors: Mark Graham
I’ve been working with Antonello Romano to update some of our older research into the geography of Twitter. Below you can see some maps from a sample of about ... Read More Mapping Twitter
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