About

Phoebe V. Moore is a digital social scientist who works in British higher education (in 2026, University of Essex); is a policy expert in the AI Standards, and Machinery Regulation Task Forces for European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), representing workers to industry and government bodies; and regularly works within EU lawmaking issues related to compliance, work, and technology. Moore is writing her fourth single-authored book, called Consent Machines.

Prof Moore specialises in work and employment research, looking at regulation, development, and governance related to technologies including AI. Moore is developing a project on affective content moderation labour, machinic influences on pedagogy in the global south, and issues of algorithmic management, ultimately engaging in developing fair regulation for fair work. Moore is working with Mark Graham, Rafael Grohmann and Jonas Valente, to develop links with her Essex AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work. See Moore’s The Quantified Worker blog here.

Positions at the OII

• Research Associate, February 2026 -