precarity – The Digital Inequality Group

The shape of work to come

Posted on 19 October 2017 by

Nature just published a published a long article about the ‘three ways that the digital revolution is reshaping workforces around the world.’ Amir Anwar and I were interviewed for it, and the article includes some of our findings from our… Continue Reading →

Organising in the “digital wild west”: Can strategic bottlenecks help prevent a race to the bottom for online workers?

Posted on 11 May 2016 by

For decades, large firms have been outsourcing and offshoring jobs. Work flowed from developed economies to developing ones, where wages were lower and regulations were of a lighter touch. Europeans and North Americans lost jobs, and Asians, South Americans, and… Continue Reading →