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Researchers at Work
Interdisciplinary research on the internet and digital media. 556 items.
4 Jul 2023
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India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boomWorkers on platforms like Uber, Ola and Swiggy deal with blocked accounts, other backlash for speaking out over poor conditions
4 Jul 2023
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Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour PlatformsAmbika Tandon was a panellist at the launch event for the Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms organized by Digital Future Society on July 13, 2022 on online platform.
4 Jul 2023
News
Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Beaten, and Abused in IndiaAn Uber driver was mugged. An Ola driver was beaten and left in a coma. Platform workers say tech companies are doing little to protect them.
4 Jul 2023
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As Equals: Frequently Asked QuestionsChiara Furtado was a panellist on the ‘As Equals’ series hosted by CNN since 2018 which aims to reveal what systemic gender inequality looks like. Chiara participated in a roundtable on digital harms and gender equality.
3 Jul 2023
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Metaphors of Work, from ‘Below’Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon authored a chapter that describes platforms as more than technological interfaces. The chapter invokes some of the metaphors that gig workers use to make sense of platforms. This chapter was part of an edited …
3 Jul 2023
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Gender and collective bargaining in the platform economy: Experiences of on-demand beauty workers in IndiaAbhishek Sekharan, Chiara Furtado, and Ambika Tandon contributed an essay on gender and collective bargaining in the platform economy in India, reflecting on the experiences of women beauty workers who organised India’s first women-led …
13 Aug 2022
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Designing Domestic Work PlatformsThis research was conducted by The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) with funding from Association for Progressive Communication (APC) through the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN), supported by International Development …
26 Jul 2022
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Procurement Through Digital PlatformsProcurement policies, both public and private, can play a significant role in determining inclusive market participation, particularly for informal women workers and their collective enterprises.
8 Jul 2022
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Datafication of the Public Distribution System in IndiaIn this study, we look into the datafication of social protection schemes with a special focus on the Public Distribution System in India. Proponents of datafication claim that the benefits will reach the right person and curb leakages …
24 May 2022
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22): #Home, May 25-27We are excited to announce that the fifth edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference will be held online on May 25-27, 2022.This annual conference series was initiated by the researchers@work (r@w) programme at CIS in 2016 to gather …
5 May 2022
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Studying Platform Work in Mumbai & New DelhiA report by Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) and Azim Premji University (APU) maps platform work in India and notes from four studies of workers driving taxis and delivering food for platform companies.
25 Apr 2022
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22) - Selected SessionsHere is the list of selected sessions and individual presentations for the Internet Researchers' Conference (IRC22) - #Home. IRC22 will be held online from May 25-27, 2022. The conference announcement, along with details on registration …
16 Apr 2022
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Feminist Design PracticesAayush Rathi and Akash Sheshadri and Ambika Tandon co-authored a research paper on 'Feminist Design Practices' which was published in a special issue of Apria, a peer-reviewed journal hosted at ArtEZ University. The special issue "Feminist …
18 Mar 2022
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IRC 22 - Proposed Session - #COVID19VaccineDiscourseDetails of a session proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
17 Mar 2022
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22) - Proposed SessionsHere is the list of sessions proposed for the Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 - #Home.
7 Mar 2022
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The State of the Internet's Languages ReportThe first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages Report was launched by Whose Knowledge? on February 23, 2022 (just after the International Mother Language day), along with research partners Oxford Internet Institute and the Centre for …
11 Feb 2022
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Internet Researchers' Conference 2022Due to internal delays related to the pandemic, the Internet Researchers' Conference will now take place online in May 2022. Please see below for a link to the updated call for sessions.
1 Feb 2022
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To be Counted When They Count You: Words of Caution for the Gender Data RevolutionIn 2015, after the announcement of the SDGs or Sustainable Development Goals, a new global developmental framework through the year 2030, the United Nations described data as the “lifeblood of decision-making and the raw material for …
4 Jan 2022
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Locating Migrants in India’s Gig Economy: A Scoping ReportGig workers working for on-demand platform services have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
10 Dec 2021
10 Dec 2021
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A Civil Society Agenda for E-Shram7 Dec 2021
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Practicing Feminist PrinciplesAI can serve to challenge social inequality and dismantle structures of power.
7 Dec 2021
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Gender and gig work: Perspectives from domestic work in IndiaPlatforms have the potential to be instrumental in protecting workers rights, but the current platform design is not optimised to protect workers’ interests especially those of women in the gig economy, argues Ambika Tandon, a senior …
7 Dec 2021
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AI in the Future of WorkArtificial Intelligence and allied technologies form part of what is being called the fourth Industrial Revolution.
6 Dec 2021
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Between Platform and Pandemic: Migrants in India's Gig EconomyIn response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India, the central government announced a nationwide lockdown in March 2020.
6 Dec 2021
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Are India’s much-lauded startups failing their women workers?Recent protests outside Urban Company’s head office highlight the gendered nature of work in the country’s digital economy.
20 Sep 2021
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#CultureForAll Conference on Cultural MappingSahapedia is organising the #CultureForAll Conference on Cultural Mapping, digitally on September 28 and 29, 2021. The conference will take place in collaboration with the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra, Azim Premji …
28 Jul 2021
Event
Platforms, Power and Politics: Digital Labour in IndiaThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) invites you to a webinar wherein it will launch and present four research reports on digital labour in India. The webinar will be hosted on July 28, 2021 at 5 p.m. (IST) / 11.30 a.m. (UTC)
27 Jun 2021
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Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in IndiaCIS has been undertaking a two-year project studying the entry of digital platforms in the domestic and care work in India, supported by the Association for Progressive Communications as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network. …
25 Jun 2021
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IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and SafetyBetween July to November 2019, Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, conducted 2,128 surveys across 6 major cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, …