Tackling the ethical challenges of the gig economy

10 September 2020

Authors: Sara Spinks

Tackling the ethical challenges of the gig economy By Nikita Aggarwal, Research Associate, Digital Ethics Lab, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and doctoral candidate, Faculty of Law, University ...
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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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New book: How to Run a City Like Amazon and Other Fables

29 October 2019

Authors: Mark Malbas

Should cities be run like businesses? Should city services and infrastructure be run by businesses? For some urban commentators, policy-makers, politicians and corporate lobby groups, the answer is ‘yes’ ...
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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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Fairwork project releases latest digital platform scores

4 June 2019

Authors: Sara Spinks

Tens of millions of people across the world now find work through digital platforms. From Brazil and India, to South Africa and the United States, platform workers are organising, ...
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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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Government response to the Taylor Review: Good news on zero hour contracts but delay on gig economy

7 February 2018

Authors: Alex Wood

Today the government released their response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. The government’s recognition that good quality work is important is very welcome. Unfortunately, much of ...
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The rise of the planetary labour market

30 January 2018

Authors: Mark Graham

I have a short piece in New Statesman about the rise of what I am calling a planetary labour market. I wrote it because this will be the ...
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The rise of the planetary labour market

30 January 2018

Authors: Mark Graham

I have a short piece in New Statesman about the rise of what I am calling a planetary labour market. I wrote it because this will be the ...
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The shape of work to come

19 October 2017

Authors: Mark Graham

Nature just published a published a long article about the ‘three ways that the digital revolution is reshaping workforces around the world.’ Amir Anwar and I were interviewed for ...
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CfP for sessions at GCEG: Digital Economies, Digital Connectivity, Digital Margins

17 October 2017

Authors: Nicolas Friederici

We will attend next year’s Global Conference of Economic Geography (GCEG) in full strength, running two hopefully lively sessions. Both run under the larger theme “Digital Economies, Digital Connectivity, ...
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CfP sessions at GCEG: Digital Economies, Digital Connectivity, Digital Margins

17 October 2017

Authors: Nicolas Friederici

The Geonet team will attend next year’s Global Conference of Economic Geography (GCEG) in full strength, running two hopefully lively sessions. Both run under the larger theme “Digital Economies, ...
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How the world’s largest companies use online freelancing platforms: New report

29 August 2017

Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta

Online labour platforms allow companies to source work from freelancers over the Internet on an on-demand basis. We know that this phenomenon grew about 26 percent globally over the ...
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Comparing the OLI Worker Map to other studies on online work supply

14 July 2017

Authors: Otto Kassi

Our new Online Labour Index worker map provides a real-time measurement of the online gig economy by revealing where different types of jobs are taking place. To our knowledge, ...
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Where are online workers located? The international division of digital gig work

11 July 2017

Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta

Online Labour Index top occupation by country, 1-6 July 2017 The Internet has created a global market for digitally delivered freelance work, which is currently growing rapidly. Our new ...
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Measuring the supply of digital labour: How the OLI worker supplement is constructed

11 July 2017

Authors: Otto Kassi

As more and more tasks and projects are transacted via online platforms and apps, national governments and statistical agencies face increasing challenges in tracking the growth of this phenomenon. ...
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