News alert! We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Janaki Srinivasan as Associate Professor in Digital South Asian Studies. This is a joint post with Oxford School of Global & Area Studies. She will also join the governing body of St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Find out more: oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/as…

Internet Society Foundation The Symposium features several researchers working on labour rights. We also look forward to hearing from some of CIS’ collaborators (past and present)! Janaki Srinivasan Gayatri pad.mini find me on BlueSky tattle Anushree Gupta SEWA Cooperative Federation
Symposium live-stream link: youtube.com/watch?v=_2Ppqn…

Exciting news: The fifth #DataPower Conference will take place from 4th to 6th September '24 - in Bangalore (India), Graz (Austria) and online.

Conference theme: Situating Data Practices Beyond Data Universalism. Deadline: 19th Jan '24

datapowerconference.org/data-power-202…

#datastudies

The Fairwork India team at IIITB’s Centre for IT and Public Policy, IIITB and the Fairwork Project announce the release of the Fairwork India Ratings 2023: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy report.
Read the full report here: citapp.iiitb.ac.in/fairwork-india…

#IIITB #IIITB angalore #FairWork2023

Our new working paper based on 3.1 cr NREGA transactions demonstrates no statistically significant difference in time to pay workers between Aadhaar-based (ABPS) and NEFT type account based payments. Centre is pushing to make ABPS mandatory. This will be a huge blow to workers

Listen to the panel of experts, when they speak on Gig Workers, today at 5pm. #gigworkers

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Nikhil Dey Prof. Babu Mathew Rakshita Shaik Salauddin Janaki Srinivasan Fairwork Social Accountability Forum for Action & Research Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union MKSS - Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan सूचना एवं रोजगार अभियान

How does #GigWork shape the world?

Part of the ‘Dynamics of Virtual Work’ series, Aditi Surie & Ursula Huws’ new book, “Platformization and Informality: Pathways of Change, Alteration, and Transformation,” published by Palgrave Macmillan provides a holistic view: bit.ly/3CJdxVC

Fairwork Serbia 🇷🇸

Dr Branka Andjelkovic and Dr tanja jakobi @PublicPolicyRS talk about the varied difficulties of engaging with gov ministries of labour and representing the interests of exploited #gigworkers .

Have a look at their research: fair.work/serbia

Fairwork Brasil 🇧🇷

Dr Jonas Valente shares his experiences in Brasil. Lula’s government is discussing new policies for platform workers, to push companies to provide basic standards of fairness.

See the #Brasil team’s findings: fair.work/brazil

Fairwork India 🇮🇳

How do we - as labour researchers and organisers - influence policy and get #gigwork on the agenda?

Dr Janaki Srinivasan of Centre for IT and Public Policy, IIITB IIIT-Bangalore speaks to the India context, what has worked and what hasn’t…

Explore India team’s work: fair.work/india

FAIRWORK SUMMIT 🌍 // DAY 1️⃣

Our global network is gathered in #Jordan this week to share insights on the state of gig work and build worker power.

Some great convos so far about #policy #unions and #organising 💬

fair.work/ratings

Glimpses from the Webinar Fairwork India Report 2022: Looking Ahead to 2023. We thank our panelists and participants for their comments and reflections on the report.

For queries/feedback, write to [email protected].

Access the full report here: citapp.iiitb.ac.in/events/fairwor…

I’m looking for researchers to work directly with me on 2 projects - ‘AI & Climate Action in Asia’ & ‘Governing Digital Public Infrastructure.’ 2-3 years of work experience min, familiarity with subject area, & solid research and writing skills. Email me with a CV for more info.

Join us for a presentation of the Fairwork India 2022 Report and a panel discussion. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the panelists and the Fairwork India team.

11 Jan 2023, 4:00 PM IST
Registration (open & mandatory): citapp.iiitb.ac.in/fi22/

Click here for the detailed webinar schedule: citapp.iiitb.ac.in/?post_type=dp_…

The Fairwork India team invites you to a presentation of the Fairwork India 2022 Report and a panel discussion, followed by a Q&A session with the panelists and the team.

11 Jan 2023, 4 PM IST
Registration (open & mandatory): citapp.iiitb.ac.in/fi22/

Centre for IT and Public Policy, IIITB Fairwork

Thrilled to share my review of Janaki Srinivasan's fabulous work, The Political Lives of Information The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social in the latest issue of Biblio FLAME University IIIT-Bangalore biblio-india.org Data legislation people, do take a look Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) Centre for Internet and Society MediaNama IndiaSpend

The Fairwork India team, at IIITB's Center for IT and Public Policy, and the Fairwork Project, announce the release of the Fairwork India Ratings 2022: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy report.

#gigeconomy #platformeconomy #digitaleconomy #fairwork2022 #gigworker