Highlights from 8⃣4⃣(4⃣) the #SpecialIssue on #StreetLevel #Organisations & #Bureaucrats (co-guest edited by @gabilotta.bsky.social & Mark Considine)
@lutfunlata.bsky.social & colleagues examine the barriers to equity by centralised & street-level public governance approaches👇
doi.org/10.1111/1467...
Look forward to speaking at the University of California, Berkeley the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Centre for Bangladesh Studies online seminar, ‘New Directions in Bangladesh Studies’!
Register here to join us: lnkd.in/ecrNs8Sb
"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
This paper sheds light on how gig workers shape and are shaped by the urban fabric.
We call for urban policies that acknowledge and support the presence, rights, and wellbeing of gig workers.
📍Melbourne is just one example—this is a global issue.
Yet, amidst precarity:
🤝 Riders form strong peer networks in public space
💬 Small acts of solidarity, sharing, and rest
🧠 These social ties become vital to mental health & resilience.
Key findings:
🚫 Denied access to restaurants/lobbies
🛑 No safe or legal rest zones
🪑 Riders rest on bikes or public benches
🧻 No toilets, shelter, or charging points
These exclusions are part of the architecture of gig work
Pleased to share our latest paper, 'The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne', published @urbangeography.bsky.social.This paper explores the spatial and institutional barriers gig workers face while accessing restaurants & delivering to customers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Call for book chapters for our forthcoming book ‘Future of Work and Care’. See details below 👇
Abstract submission deadline: 15 August
#futureofwork #care
Our research shows that digital platforms profit from city infrastructure without giving anything back. In this article, we call for greater accountability from platform companies, urging them to share the responsibility for maintaining urban infrastructure.
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how...
When they are legally unable to form a union, how can gig workers in #Bangladesh challenge their exploitative working conditions?
@lutfunlata.bsky.social on agency, overt and covert resistance and the importance of informal networks.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/8H35CAX
EVENT ALERT: Platforms and Society and
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
Pleased to see my latest paper ‘Algorithmic control & resistance in the gig economy’ published in The Sociological Review. This paper explores how Uber drivers in Bangladesh exercise agency through both covert & overt resistance strategies. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
As cities become more dependent on digital labour platforms, it is crucial to ensure that platform workers have access to the same urban amenities as everyone else. Governments, unions, & communities must work together to prevent the deepening of inequalities in the gig economy.
We introduce the concept ‘parasitic platform urbanism’ to refer to platforms as ‘parasites’. Just as parasites benefit at the expense of the other, or the ‘host’, digital labour platforms rely on cities’ existing public infrastructure without acknowledging this reliance.
Our paper examines how gig workers navigate the urban landscape using public infrastructure - parking spaces, toilets, water points, and battery charging facilities, while platform companies reap the benefits without contributing to these essential resources.
Pleased to see our (w Andrew Copolov) latest paper 'Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne' published in Human Geography. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#platformeconomy #urbaninfrastructure #regulation #Uber #Pathao #DoorDash #HungryPanda #Australia #Bangladesh
The next London Inequality Workshop (10th) will take place at UCL on March 20th!
Register and find more details about upcoming the workshop here:
The UN human rights commision published its report on the human rights violations during the Bangladesh uprising of July-August 2024. The results are shocking but not surprising, even to those of us who followed events closely. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
Great work showing how people’s career choices mirror their parents' in knowledge, values, skills, and more – and discussing the implications for inequality.
Thousands of workers flooded the streets of Brussels today to oppose the measures the Arizona government coalition wants to impose!
We stand with our Belgian comrades 🛑 NO to austerity!
🛑 NO to attacks on trade union rights
We will not stand down! 💪🏽
@judekd.bsky.social
@ibarthes.bsky.social
Want to take part in an event on conducting fieldwork across national and cultural boundaries? Call for Papers by 31 March for ‘Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork’ a BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 21 May, University of Leeds https://tinyurl.com/mrf5vtx7
Want to take part in an event on conducting fieldwork across national and cultural boundaries? Call for Papers by 31 March for ‘Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork’ a BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 21 May, University of Leeds tinyurl.com/mrf5vtx7
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Reminder: Submit your paper for the 7th Weizenbaum Conference "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies", to be held in Berlin, June 4-5, 2025. #CfP
Apply before February 15, 2025
www.weizenbaum-conference.de
@claraigk.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social
NEW PAPER! Shiyu Yuan explores whether COVID-19 removed the inequalities in homeworking practices across gender/racial lines. Although most workers did benefit from the rise of WFH patterns, Black men and Chinese workers not so much. @giwlkings.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
☀️Early view📨
We are observing a new AI spring, but how could we make sense of the complex challenges & govern #GenerativeAI❓
Araz Taeihagh introduces the upcoming SI that unpacks generative AI and its risks & highlights unique challenges👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
Hey bro! Tell us again how tech is not political.
"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Another excellent book written by @ruha9.bsky.social.”I want more than anything for your imagination to run wild".
What happens after early career? Find out by booking on our event ‘Coping, Thriving, Progressing?’, a @bsaecr.bsky.social event, 21 March, Newcastle University https://tinyurl.com/ykj8tjdh #sociology
What happens after 'early career'? Find out by booking on our event ‘Coping, Thriving, Progressing?’, a @bsaecr.bsky.social event, 21 March, Newcastle University tinyurl.com/ykj8tjdh #sociology