Sanjay Pinto, a Data & Society affiliate, is a sociologist who studies drivers of job quality and strategies for building worker voice and power. His recent work at the intersection of technology and labor includes research addressing the impacts of worker surveillance in Amazon warehouses, the implications of AI for fashion models, and the ways digital tools are being used for worker organizing. Sanjay is a senior fellow at the Center for Urban Economic Development and a fellow at the Worker Institute at Cornell ILR. He is part of the Solidarity Resource collective and serves on the advisory boards of Co-op Rhody, the Model Alliance, and the Real Utopias project. He received a master of science degree in development studies from the London School of Economics and a PhD in sociology and social policy from Harvard University.
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PointsIn their research on how AI is reshaping modeling work, D&S researcher Alexandra Mateescu and affiliates Zoë West and Sanjay Pinto find a situation ripe for labor exploitation — and glimpse a future where growing numbers of workers face challenges around bodily autonomy, economic security, and control over their public identities. Read on PointsSeptember 2025