A Data & Society affiliate, Ludmila Costhek Abílio is a sociologist who researches informal, precarious, and socially invisible work. She is currently a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of São Paulo and a visiting professor in the sociology graduate program at the University of Campinas. For more than ten years, she has been closely following transformations in the work of motorcycle delivery drivers in the city of São Paulo, and more recently, in England. She is one of the leading academic references on the Uberization of work and platform work in Brazil.
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Rest of WorldOur new report “The Formalization of Social Precarities” explains “how gig work fits into — and is exacerbated by — existing social issues,” and how cultures' norms around race and caste shape the parameters of work. Read on Rest of WorldApril 2024 -
Data & SocietyAiha NguyenMurali ShanmugavelanAmbika TandonLudmila Costhek AbílioAnanya RaihanShamarukh AlamSamiha AkhterJinat Jahan KhanEdited by Murali Shanmugavelan and Aiha Nguyen, The Formalization of Social Precarities explores platformization from the point of view of precarious gig workers in the Majority World. Read moreApril 2024