Dr. Alex J. Wood, University of Bristol *This blog is based on a lecture delivered within Reshaping Work Dialogue Algorithmic management is a high-profile term but it is much less clear what the term means. If you ask technology companies, they will tell you that they can automate all the…

Filippo Santoni de Sio, TU Delft *This blog is based on a lecture delivered within Reshaping Work Dialogue Nowadays, we can hear complaints that increased focus on ethics of AI is self-defeating or even backfiring. Apparently, such a focus removes the tension for regulation or political action, giving the impression…

This is the English version of a recent NextConomy interview with Jovana Karanovic, Managing Director of the Reshaping Work Foundation, by Philip Verhaeghe. Jovana Karanovic is also Assistant Professor at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam School of Management) and renowned expert on the platform economy and future of work more broadly. …

By Pía Garavaglia, Researcher and Leader of the Fairwork Initiative in Argentina The economic context of work has been quite severe for Argentina in the last few years. Not only the pandemic crisis, but also years of economic recessions impacted heavily on the labour market. One of the main consequences…

by Martijn Arets, Independent Platform Expert If the European Commission were to have the final say, platforms like Uber and Deliveroo would employ all freelancers working with them. But is this actually feasible? A new European Directive attempts to build a case against pseudo self-employment within the platform economy. …

by Mark Griffiths, Collective Benefits We believe that all workers — whatever their employment status — deserve decent protection from the risks that arise from work. This should include (at a minimum) income protection for accident, injury and disability, and public liability insurance. …

by Dr. Deborah Giustini, KU Leuven Platform work has become a major global broker of commerce in labour, assets, and services sold and purchased through a variety of digital platforms. In the EU, over 28 million people work through digital platforms; this workforce is projected to reach 43 million people…

by Alessio Bertolini, Oğuz Alyanak, Callum Cant, Tatiana López, Pablo Agüera, Kelle Howson, Mark Graham, Fairwork The EU proposal for a Directive on Platform Work comes at a poignant moment for the European platform economy. By (mis-)classifying workers as independent contractors, platforms have long denied their workers many employment rights…

by Maria Antonietta Grasso, Naver Labs Europe — France The research at Naver Labs Europe (O’Neill et al., 2013; Martin & al., 2014; Tuco & al., 2021) has shown that even in low skill platform work, the activity is embedded in a network of social exchanges. These social ties are…