Uber and Deliveroo’s ‘charter of good work’ is nothing but fairwashing

3 February 2020

Authors: Mark Graham

Latest analysis on the gig economy from researchers Kelle Howson, Srujana Katta, Funda Ustek-Spilda and Professor Mark Graham, The authors work at the University of Oxford’s Fairwork Foundation, ...
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Hidden Transcripts of the Gig Economy: Labour Agency and the New Art of Resistance among African Gig Workers. (New Publication)

21 December 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

I have a new publication out with my colleague Amir Anwar that draws on the years of research we have done with digital workers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Details, and ...
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How to build a fairer gig economy in 4 steps by Professor Mark Graham

4 November 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

You’ve probably heard at least two things about the gig economy. First, that it’s big. In 2019, roughly one-in-10 workers in the UK earns a living in the gig ...
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Fairwork Foundation’s First Annual Report Released!

17 October 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

The Fairwork Foundation – an organisation supported by the OII – is delighted to announce the release of our first major report, The Five Pillars of Fairwork. This report ...
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Coming soon… The Gig Economy A Critical Introduction

17 August 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

I’m very happy to announce the first sharable details about my new forthcoming book (co-authored with Jamie Woodcock). The book will be out in November, but you can already ...
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Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives (2nd Edition)

25 July 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

I’m thrilled to announce that the second edition of Society and the Internet is now out!! The book has been fully updated since the first edition and contains new chapters on ...
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Join our team. We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher.

18 June 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

Postdoctoral Researcher Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford Grade 7: £32,236 – £39,609 p.a. We are looking for someone to join our team of researchers from around the world. ...
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The Digital Knowledge Economy Index: Mapping Content Production

23 May 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

The Geonet team has a new paper out: Ojanperä, S., Graham, M., and Zook, M. 2019. The Digital Knowledge Economy Index: Mapping Content Production. The Journal of Development Studies. ...
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Will AI kill development?

7 April 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

I had the opportunity to contribute to this new BCC World Service programme ‘Will AI kill development?’. Listen here, or contact me for an mp3 if you’re unable to ...
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New article – The Global Gig Economy: Towards a Planetary Labour Market?

7 April 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

Amir Anwar and I have a new article out in First Monday. The piece think through what a planetary labour market entails, how it is relationally, spatially, and discursively ...
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Networked but Commodified: The (Dis)Embeddedness of Digital Labour in the Gig Economy

4 March 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

I have a new article out with some colleagues: Wood, A., Graham, M., Lehdonvirta, A., and Hjorth, I. 2019. Networked but Commodified: The (Dis)Embeddedness of Digital Labour in the ...
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Two Models for a Fairer Sharing Economy

6 February 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

Amir Anwar and I have a new chapter out in The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of the Sharing Economy. The full piece is available to download at the ...
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We’re Hiring! Work with us as a Researcher

30 January 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

We are seeking to appoint a Researcher to work with us at the Fairwork Foundation. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work with our team to co-develop standards ...
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There are no rights ‘in’ cyberspace – new publication

27 January 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

I have a chapter out in a nice-looking new book that has put together by Ben Wagner, Matthias Kettemann, and Kilian Vieth. The chapter is an attempt to think ...
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Digital Economies at Global Margins

24 January 2019

Authors: Mark Graham

I am happy to announce that my new edited book ‘Digital Economies at Global Margins‘ is now out! It was a pleasure working with so many brilliant thinkers and ...
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We’re Hiring! Postdoc to focus on ‘fair work’ on digital work platforms in South Africa

3 August 2018

Authors: Mark Graham

Cross post from the Fairwork Foundation blog. We are about to launch a new phase of the Fairwork project in South Africa with our colleague at the University of Cape Town, ...
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New publication: Digital Connectivity and African Knowledge Economies

31 July 2018

Authors: Mark Graham

The Geonet team has a new publication out that summarises some of our their research to-date. You can download the full paper here, or get a free open-access version ...
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Three visions for how information and communication technologies alter positionalities at global economic margins

31 July 2018

Authors: Mark Graham

I’m currently working on a book chapter about our ‘digital labour and gig economy‘ research. The chapter attempts to contextualise plans and projects to expand digital labour schemes by governments, third-sector organisations, ...
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Darknet markets: global platforms used for local retail trade

16 April 2018

Authors: Martin Dittus

Martin Dittus, Joss Wright, and Mark Graham have published a new paper and dataset on the economic geography of darknet marketplaces. Does recent growth of darknet markets signify a slow ...
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Ripensare la gig economy, per un lavoro più giusto

6 April 2018

Authors: Mark Graham

Our Towards a Fairer Gig Economy Pamphlet is being translated into Italian in weekly instalments. Here’s the first one: https://www.openpolis.it/esercizi/verso-unaltra-gig-economy/ You can still get the original at the link ...
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Tag: Digital Economies