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2023-06-26
GUEST POST
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
GUEST POST
Konstantinos Floros

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

Gig workDomestic work
‘Experiences, Exclusions, Expectancies’: Discussing platform work and the Danish welfare state with workers, unions and scholars
2023-02-17
GUEST POST
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
GUEST POST
Katarzyna Gruszka
Anna Pillinger
Stefanie Gerold
Hendrik Theine

Platform Cleaners: And the beat goes on

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Platform Labor Workshop: Assessing “Actually Existing Platformization”

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

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

EventGig workUnionsOrganized labor
Working Together We Can Make a Change: Reflections on the International Platform Workers Forum
2020-10-19
GUEST POST
Laura Lam

Have Platforms Become Part of the Immigration Experience?

Migrant laborlow income service workPlatformsPrecaritySensemaking
Have Platforms Become Part of the Immigration Experience?
2020-06-01
GUEST POST
Ana Guerra

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

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

Digital platforms and the (re)organization of solidarity

COVID-19Policy makingpost-welfarevolunteeringcivil societygovernment as a platform
Digital platforms and the (re)organization of solidarity
2020-04-22
Jelke Bosma

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

COVID-19Policy makingAirbnbInfrastructuralization
Airbnb and Covid-19: Capturing the Value of the Crisis
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

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

low income service workPlatformsMigrant laborPlatform workersPlatform accountability
The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 3
2020-01-19
Niels van Doorn

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

low income service workPlatformsDeliverooUberEATSHelplingGig workWorker ratingsRelayControlFeesPayment structure
The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers - Part 2
2019-12-18
Niels van Doorn

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

low income service workFood deliveryMigrant laborPlatform workersDomestic cleaning
The Appeal and Challenges of Platform-Based Work from the Perspective of Three Migrant Workers
2019-07-09
Niels van Doorn

On Data Assets and Meta-platforms

low income service workPlatformsGig workWorker ratingsdata assets
On Data Assets and Meta-platforms
2019-07-03
GUEST POST
N.

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

Platform workersDomestic CleaningGig workBerlin
Guest Blog Post: Helpling - DIY for adults. And it is not a hobby. At all.
2019-06-16
Jelke Bosma

Labor and Property on Airbnb

AirbnbBerlinPlatform propertyOutsourcing
Labor and Property on Airbnb
2019-06-04

Putting the Practice into Platform Labor

Food deliveryThe NetherlandsUnionsDeliverooOrganized laborPlatform workers
Putting the Practice into Platform Labor
2019-05-16
Niels van Doorn

Reflections on a courier consultation forum in New York City

New YorkPlatform accountabilityPlatform workersPolicy makingCourier ConsultationFood Delivery
Reflections on a courier consultation forum in New York City
2019-03-13
GUEST POST
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Guest Blog Post: My Four Years With Handy

New YorkPlatform workersHandyDomestic Cleaning
Guest Blog Post: My Four Years With Handy
2018-11-25
Niels van Doorn

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

DeliverooFood deliveryPayment structureBerlinDistance-based pay
Thoughts on Deliveroo's introduction of distance-based pay in Berlin
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2022-06-02
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2018-10-11
Niels van Doorn

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

UberEATSFood deliveryNew YorkPlatform accountabilityEvent
Reflections on a food delivery workshop that almost did not happen (part 2)
2018-10-08
Niels van Doorn

Reflections on a food delivery workshop that almost did not happen

Food deliveryNew YorkPlatform accountabilityEvent
Reflections on a food delivery workshop that almost did not happen
2018-07-26
Niels van Doorn

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

New YorkControlFeesHandyDomestic cleaning
From carrot to stick: Fees, discipline, and debt on the Handy platform
2018-06-30
Niels van Doorn

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

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