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2023-06-26
Anna-Elisabeth Hampel
Eva Luise Krause
Platform Work and Participation? New Studies in the "Fair Chances in Platform Work" Project
Platform Work and Participation? New Studies in the "Fair Chances in Platform Work" Project
2023-04-04
Konstantinos Floros

‘Experiences, Exclusions, Expectancies’: Discussing platform work and the Danish welfare state with workers, unions and scholars

‘Experiences, Exclusions, Expectancies’: Discussing platform work and the Danish welfare state with workers, unions and scholars
Gig work Domestic work
2023-02-17
Aisha Zia Khan

Gendering the Gig World: A Pakistani Perspective on On-Demand Domestic Work

Gendering the Gig World: A Pakistani Perspective on On-Demand Domestic Work
2023-01-27
Katarzyna Gruszka
Anna Pillinger
Stefanie Gerold
Hendrik Theine

Platform Cleaners: And the beat goes on

Platform Cleaners: And the beat goes on
Migrant labor Domestic work
2022-10-24
Niels van Doorn

On the inadequacy of Wolt’s Algorithmic Transparency Report and the limits of “algorithmic management” discourse

On the inadequacy of Wolt’s Algorithmic Transparency Report and the limits of “algorithmic management” discourse
Gig work platform business models
2022-09-21
Aleksandra Piletić

Platform capitalism: a new era or business as usual? (Part II)

Platform capitalism: a new era or business as usual? (Part II)
Gig work Precarity platform business models
2022-09-21
Aleksandra Piletić

Platform capitalism: a new era or business as usual? (Part I)

Platform capitalism: a new era or business as usual? (Part I)
platform business models
2022-06-23
Emile Baril

Delivery and Resistance by Sans-Papiers Platform Food Couriers in Paris

Delivery and Resistance by Sans-Papiers Platform Food Couriers in Paris
Food delivery Migrant labor Platform workers
2021-12-11
Niels van Doorn
Jelke Bosma

Platform Labor Workshop: Assessing “Actually Existing Platformization”

Platform Labor Workshop: Assessing “Actually Existing Platformization”
Platforms Platformization workshop
2020-12-04
Niels van Doorn

Working Together We Can Make a Change: Reflections on the International Platform Workers Forum

Working Together We Can Make a Change: Reflections on the International Platform Workers Forum
Event Gig work Unions Organized labor
2020-10-19
Laura Lam

Have Platforms Become Part of the Immigration Experience?

Have Platforms Become Part of the Immigration Experience?
Migrant labor low income service work Platforms Precarity Sensemaking
2020-06-01
Ana Guerra

Managing uncertainty at their own expense: Brazilian Uber drivers facing the Covid-19 pandemic

Managing uncertainty at their own expense: Brazilian Uber drivers facing the Covid-19 pandemic
low income service work COVID-19 Uber Brazil Precarity
2020-05-26
Eva Mos

Digital platforms and the (re)organization of solidarity

Digital platforms and the (re)organization of solidarity
COVID-19 Policy making post-welfare volunteering civil society government as a platform
2020-04-22
Jelke Bosma

Airbnb and Covid-19: Capturing the Value of the Crisis

Airbnb and Covid-19: Capturing the Value of the Crisis
COVID-19 Policy making Airbnb Infrastructuralization
2020-04-11
Niels van Doorn
Eva Mos
Jelke Bosma

Disrupting 'Business as Usual': How COVID-19 is impacting platform-mediated labor and social reproduction

Disrupting 'Business as Usual': How COVID-19 is impacting platform-mediated labor and social reproduction
Platforms Deliveroo UberEATS Helpling Food delivery Migrant labor Gig work DoorDash Logistics COVID-19
2020-01-23
Niels van Doorn
Darsana Vijay

The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 3

The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 3
low income service work Platforms Migrant labor Platform workers Platform accountability
2020-01-19
Niels van Doorn

The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 2

The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 2
low income service work Platforms Deliveroo UberEATS Helpling Gig work Worker ratings Relay Control Fees Payment structure
2019-12-18
Niels van Doorn

The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers

The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers
low income service work Food delivery Migrant labor Platform workers Domestic cleaning
2019-07-09
Niels van Doorn

On Data Assets and Meta-platforms

On Data Assets and Meta-platforms
low income service work Platforms Gig work Worker ratings data assets
2019-07-03
N.

Guest Blog Post: Helpling - DIY for adults. And it is not a hobby. At all.

Guest Blog Post: Helpling - DIY for adults. And it is not a hobby. At all.
Platform workers Domestic Cleaning Gig work Berlin
2019-06-16
Jelke Bosma

Labor and Property on Airbnb

Labor and Property on Airbnb
Airbnb Berlin Platform property Outsourcing
2019-06-04

Putting the Practice into Platform Labor

Putting the Practice into Platform Labor
Food delivery The Netherlands Unions Deliveroo Organized labor Platform workers
2019-05-16
Niels van Doorn

Reflections on a courier consultation forum in New York City

Reflections on a courier consultation forum in New York City
New York Platform accountability Platform workers Policy making Courier Consultation Food Delivery
2019-03-13
J

Guest Blog Post: My Four Years With Handy

Guest Blog Post: My Four Years With Handy
New York Platform workers Handy Domestic Cleaning
2018-11-26
Niels van Doorn

Thoughts on Deliveroo's introduction of distance-based pay in Berlin

Thoughts on Deliveroo's introduction of distance-based pay in Berlin
Deliveroo Food delivery Payment structure Berlin Distance-based pay
2018-10-11
Niels van Doorn

Reflections on a food delivery workshop that almost did not happen (part 2)

Reflections on a food delivery workshop that almost did not happen (part 2)
UberEATS Food delivery New York Platform accountability Event
2018-10-08
Niels van Doorn

Reflections on a food delivery workshop that almost did not happen

Reflections on a food delivery workshop that almost did not happen
Food delivery New York Platform accountability Event
2018-07-26
Niels van Doorn

From carrot to stick: Fees, discipline, and debt on the Handy platform

From carrot to stick: Fees, discipline, and debt on the Handy platform
New York Control Fees Handy Domestic cleaning
2018-07-01
Niels van Doorn

On the conditions of possibility for worker organizing in platform-based gig economies

On the conditions of possibility for worker organizing in platform-based gig economies
Platforms Helpling Gig work Unions Organized labor
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