Srujana Katta is a Research Assistant for the Fairwork Project. Her research interests lie at the intersection of digital labour, migration and resistance.
Srujana Katta
Research Assistant
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Srujana Katta is a student on the MSc in Social Science of the Internet.
Srujana Katta graduated from the MSc in Social Science of the Internet in 2019.
Srujana holds an MSc Social Science of the Internet and MPhil Development Studies from the University of Oxford. She worked previously as an Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Fellow in Liberia and Ghana. She is interested in researching the intersections between digital labour, migration and resistance.
For the Fairwork Project, Srujana provides cross-cutting support across country teams, including researching platforms’ employment practices, feeding into research outputs, organising workshops and conferences, and laying the groundwork for expanding the project into new contexts.
Positions held at the OII:
- Research Assistant, December 2019 –
- MSc student, October 2018 – Sept 2019
News
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New report finds gig economy companies must do more to protect workers during COVID-19
27 April 2020
A new report has shone a light on the plight of some 50 million gig economy workers across the world since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blog
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Fairwork announces Voluntary Scoring
14 May 2020
Authors: Dr Funda Ustek-Spilda, Mark Graham, Fabian Ferrari, Adam Badger, Srujana Katta, Kelle Howson, Dr Alessio Bertolini
Fairwork focuses on the major companies that use digital platforms to distribute piecemeal work to workers, in several countries. One of the questions we have been asked is whether platforms who are located outside our focus countries, or ...
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Second round of Fairwork’s yearly platform ratings in South Africa launched!
18 March 2020
Author: Sara Spinks
The Fairwork South Africa 2020 report highlights the precarious nature of work in the South African gig economy. This research is particularly timely in ...
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Uber and Deliveroo’s ‘charter of good work’ is nothing but fairwashing
3 February 2020
Authors: Kelle Howson, Srujana Katta, Funda Ustek-Spilda, 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 ...
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Fairwork Foundation’s First Annual Report Released!
17 October 2019
Authors: Mark Graham, Srujana Katta
The Fairwork Foundation – an organisation supported by the OII – is delighted to announce the release of our first major report, The Five ...
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Press
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How is the platform economy responding to COVID-19?
14 May 2020 Open Democracy
Although there is little evidence of ‘disaster capitalism’, ‘compassionate capitalism’ has been in rather short supply.
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If platforms do not protect gig workers, who will?
23 April 2020 New Internationalist
Coronavirus is showing that precarity and dangerous working conditions are a choice companies have been making for workers, not a necessary payoff for flexibility and independence, say Fairwork researchers.
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From Social Distancing to Social Solidarity: Gig economy and the Covid-19
27 March 2020 OECD Development Matters
The risks faced by members of the gig economy during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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The politics of Covid-19: Gig work in the coronavirus crisis
26 March 2020 red pepper
How long are we willing to turn a blind eye to the vulnerabilities of essential workers on the bottom of the employment hierarchy, asks the Fairwork Foundation.
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The Untenable Luxury of Self-isolation
18 March 2020 New Internationalist
A coalition of gig economy researchers at Fairwork explain how gig workers are being hit hardest by COVID-19.
Integrity Statement
I conduct my research in line with the University's academic integrity code of practice.