Lindsey D. Cameron, a Data & Society affiliate and former D&S faculty fellow, is an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and holds an appointment in the sociology department. She is a fellow (member) at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton and a faculty affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society for the 2023- 2024 academic year. Lindsey’s research focuses on how algorithmic management is changing the modern workplace, with an emphasis on the gig economy. Her ongoing, seven-year ethnography of the largest sector of the gig economy — the ride-hailing industry — examines how algorithmic management changes managerial control. She recently completed a study on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected workers on various gig platforms, and is working on a project on how the gig economy’s business model adapts in the Global South, with a focus on the implications for management and workers.

Lindsey’s research has been published widely in academic journals and cited in teaching resources, and has been featured in outlets including Bloomberg, NPR’s Marketplace, Human Resources Magazine, HBR, and Fast Company. She has won twelve best paper awards and several teaching awards, including the Wharton Teaching Excellence Award. She holds a PhD in management from the University of Michigan, MS in engineering management from The George Washington University, and an SB from Harvard University in electrical engineering and computer science. She also studied Arabic intensively at the American University of Cairo.