By Mark Graham and Fabian Ferrari
Understanding the embedded and disembedded, material and immaterial, territorialized and deterritorialized natures of digital work.
This project seeks to review the Indian government’s policies relating to AI and Work, to improve understanding of how they are/can be (re)configured to account for and address the informality that characterises Indian urban labour markets.
This project seeks to understand the gendered experiences of UK gig workers, to explore common safety risks associated with e-hailing and delivery work, along with examining risk-mitigation tactics employed by workers in response to platform design.
This project explores how human-AI relations can be conceptualized for lifelong, and the extent to which these relationships impact risks of automation in the workplace.
Cedefop’s CrowdLearn study is the first to examine skills development and skill matching practices in online platform work. It presents evidence from interviews with platform economy stakeholders, as well as crowdworkers themselves.
20 March 2023
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII), has appointed Carl-Benedikt Frey as Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI and Work.
2 March 2023
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 OII MSc Thesis Prizes. Three prizes were awarded for the best theses from the MSc in Social Science of the Internet and the MSc in Social Data Science, plus two ‘Highly Commended' awards.
30 January 2023
Remote work is here to stay. But while many of us could work from "anywhere", the urbanisation of digital work continues. Cities are becoming the mega-hubs for online-mediated work. But what will this change bring to our cities and the rural regions
3 November 2022
University of Oxford has joined a new £4 million research network, the Digital Good Network (DGN), to explore how to ensure that digital tech is a for good in society and the economy.
The Express, 23 February 2023
Adults now spend the equivalent of 43 percent of all their work and study time on domestic chores.
The Independent, 23 February 2023
These not-so-distant household automations could benefit working-age women significantly, experts suggest
The Times, 23 February 2023
Chorebots will cut time wasted on housework ‘by 40% within a decade’
