A conversation hosted by Data & Society’s Labor Futures initiative about the hidden relational dynamics that shape how we shop today. Read more

On Thursday, April 14th, 2022, Dr. Julia Ticona discussed her new book Left to Our Own Devices at Data & Society’s Book Forum Series with Labor Futures Program Director Aiha Nguyen and Director of Research Jenna Burrell.   Read more

Faculty Fellows Meredith D. Clark and Shaka McGlotten reflect on their experience at Data & Society during a global pandemic. Read more

Ellen Pao hosts a conversation with Yang Hong and McKensie Mack about their new report on remote workplace harms. Read more

Wendy Liu and Meredith Whittaker discuss how the COVID-19 shutdown is impacting workers and organizing in the technology industry. Read more

Veronica Avila explores the roots of restaurant work in slavery and servitude, and how some employers are using the “threat of automation” in order to promote fear within their industry. Read more

An academic workshop on data-driven technologies in organizational context. Read more

Ghost Work is a necessary and revelatory exposé of the invisible human workforce. Read more

Why has work become insecure? Historian Louis Hyman discusses the surprising origins of the “gig economy.” Read more