Research project on platforms, labour, mobility and migration @HumboldtUni (funded by the Deutsche Froschungsgemeinschaft -DFG)
Aug 30, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
After more than four years, our project has officially ended a few weeks ago. A quick thread and look back with some outcomes and publications 🧵(1/14)
In 2015, we developed the idea to study migration and the gig economy. Our hypothesis: If digital technologies are transforming the world of work, this must have far-reaching consequences for the mobility of labour and its reproduction (2/14)
Apr 21, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Interesting: #UberEats in #Berlin will work according to the same labour model as Uber taxis here. Instead of paying the riders/drivers for each delivery/taxi ride, Uber pays the fees to sub-contracting firms. These firms handle payment/employment of the riders/drivers (1/3)
This model is an answer to rules in the taxi sector and is now extended to food delivery (even though working directly with self-employed riders would be possible here). A new labour model for platforms to distance themselves from labour conditions and regulatory pressure? (2/3)
