The FairWork project and how it is helping make short-term, low job security 'gig' work fairer across the world, with Professor Mark Graham and Dr Alessio Bertolini (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
In the second episode of the OII Podcast, our experts discuss topics such as:
- The current state of the gig economy in the labour market, which accounts for an increasing proportion of employment: not just in service industries such as ride-hailing or food delivery, but also across academia, law, and other sectors.
- How FairWork applies its research methodology to evaluate working conditions of gig workers employed by a wide range of companies, and uses its scoring system to push employers to raise working standards.
- What listeners and consumers can do to make a difference and help hold companies to account when it comes to how they treat gig workers.
Mark Graham is Professor of Internet Geography at the Oxford Internet Institute, a Senior Research Fellow at Green Templeton College, a Research Affiliate in the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment, a Research Associate at the Centre for Information Technology and National Development in Africa at the University of Cape Town, a Visiting Researcher at the Berlin Social Science Centre, and a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at The New School.
Alessio Bertolini is a Researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute for the project FairWork, where he is investigating platform work in the UK and Germany. Before joining the OII, Alessio was a postdoctoral researcher of the project ‘Work on Demand: Contracting for Work in a Changing Economy’ headed by Prof. Ruth Dukes at the University of Glasgow. Within the broader project, Alessio had been investigating ideas and strategies used by different stakeholders and policy actors in the regulation of the platform economy in a comparative perspective.
Veena McCoole is Media and Communications Manager for the Oxford Internet Institute.
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