Sharing Economy

5 Star Service: A curated reading list

This reading list by Data & Society Postdoctoral Scholar Julia Ticona, Researcher Alexandra…

Who cares in the gig economy?

On-demand models are changing domestic work

“These Days, Everyone Needs a Side Hustle”

Pew Data Uncovers a Gig Economy Born of our Precarious Times

Uber has TV ads now. The one I see most often is called “Get Your Side Hustle On.” It opens with a thirty-something black male…

Phones, but No Papers

New Vulnerabilities in On-demand Work

Emerging forms of on-demand low-wage work done through online labor platforms like Uber, Postmates, and Amazon Mechanical Turk have raised questions about new kinds of risks faced by low-wage workers in…