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op-ed
Harvard Business ReviewD&S researcher Alex Rosenblat writes about the motivations of gig economy workers. In sum, the effects of the gig economy on the workforce are mixed. These platforms seem to benefit people earning supplementary income or t... Read on Harvard Business ReviewNovember 2016 -
blog post
Knight Foundation blogD&S post-doctoral scholar Caroline Jack attended the O'Reilly Next:Economy Summit and continues the conversation from the summit. In the next economy, the most important skills may be difficult to quantify or commodify—but... Read on Knight Foundation blogOctober 2016 -
report
Data & Society"Discriminating Tastes" examines how bias may creep into evaluations of Uber drivers through consumer-sourced rating systems. Read moreOctober 2016 -
Academic Article
Political Economy Research InstituteA paper on the connection between fossil fuel reduction and the future of labor. Read on Political Economy Research InstituteOctober 2016 -
report
Data & SocietyD&S researchers Alex Rosenblat and Tim Hwang explore "the significant role of worker motivations and regional political environments on the social and economic outcomes of automation" in this report. Read moreOctober 2016 -
op-ed
Harvard Business ReviewD&S affiliate Solon Barocas and D&S fellow Karen Levy examine a concept called refractive surveillance, which is when surveillance of one group impacts another. Debates about consumer privacy have largely missed the fa... Read on Harvard Business ReviewAugust 2016 -
Book or Chapter
Duke University PressSareeta Amrute takes an ethnographic approach to the work and private experiences of Indian IT coders in Berlin. Read on Duke University PressAugust 2016 -
blog post
TheRideShareGuy.comD&S researcher Alex Rosenblat wrote a blog post discussing how Uber can implement wage withholding policies without driver input or negotiation. This set up essentially provides negative disincentives to drivers to retriev... Read on TheRideShareGuy.comAugust 2016 -
Academic Article
International Journal of CommunicationD&S researcher Alex Rosenblat and Luke Stark published a case study of Uber drivers and highlight the information and power asymmetries produced by the Uber application. Abstract is below. Uber manages a large, disaggregat... Read on International Journal of CommunicationJuly 2016 -
video
Data & SocietyOver the summer of 2014, Tim Maughan joined the nomadic design studio Unknown Fields on a three week long journey. They followed a supply chain (in reverse) from South Korea to China to trace the source of our consumer goods. A... Read moreJuly 2016