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  • Tag: open data

    • Where are online workers located? The international division of digital gig work

      11 July 2017

      Author:

      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 ...
      Read More Where are online workers located? The international division of digital gig work

    • The online gig economy grew 26% over the past year

      10 July 2017

      Author:

      Vili Lehdonvirta

      Online Labour Index, July 2016 – June 2017 (28-day moving average) Online freelancing and crowdwork are some of the terms used for temporary and project-based work conducted remotely over ...
      Read More The online gig economy grew 26% over the past year

    • How is online work classified in the OLI?

      21 September 2016

      Author:

      Otto Kassi

      The Online Labour Index  is an index measuring the changes in the volume of projects transacted in major online platforms. As a part of OLI, we also report a breakdown ...
      Read More How is online work classified in the OLI?

    • Is the online gig economy growing?

      20 September 2016

      Author:

      Vili Lehdonvirta

      Online Labour Index, May-September 2016 (28-day moving average) Employers and workers are increasingly using online platforms to engage in project- or task-based freelance work delivered over the Internet. This ...
      Read More Is the online gig economy growing?

    • Which countries and occupations are embracing the online gig economy?

      19 September 2016

      Author:

      Vili Lehdonvirta

      The Online Labour Index (OLI) is a new economic indicator that provides an online labour market equivalent of conventional labour market statistics. It is available online as an interactive visualization ...
      Read More Which countries and occupations are embracing the online gig economy?

    • Why does the Open Government Data agenda face such barriers?

      26 January 2015

      Author:

      Chris Martin

      The transformative social and economic impacts claimed by advocates of open government data still seem a rather distant possibility; and even the more modest goal of integrating the creation ...
      Read More Why does the Open Government Data agenda face such barriers?

    • Online collective action and policy change: new special issue from Policy and Internet

      18 March 2013

      Author:

      Anastasia Kavada

      Digital communication technologies are altering the interface between policy makers and social movements. Anastasia Kavada, Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, and Guest Editor (with Andrea Calderaro from ...
      Read More Online collective action and policy change: new special issue from Policy and Internet

    • Preserving the digital record of major natural disasters: the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project

      29 June 2012

      Author:

      Paul Millar

      We talk to Paul Millar, project leader of the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project about the role of digital humanities in preserving the digital record of the impact ...
      Read More Preserving the digital record of major natural disasters: the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project

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