Remember when gig workers were called heroes at the height of the pandemic? It can backfire. Learn why. Curtis Chan Harvard Business Review hbr.org/2024/02/why-ca…

Celebrating and honoring women on this #internationalwomensday2024 at this year’s ONYX Magazine Women on The Move luncheon. Congratulations to all of the honorees and special shout out to Sydney Cameron serving as emcee for the reception on Thursday evening.🙌🏾

Congrats to the incredible team from Haas School of Business who won 1st in the #PAC11 White Paper Competition! Your paper The Uneven Impact of Generative AI on Entrepreneurial Performance showed how tasks selected for #AI assistance shape who will benefit from Generative AI. Nick Otis

.The Wharton School Professor Lindsey Cameron provided valuable considerations for the evolving role of #AI in the employment landscape and its impact on #frontline and gig workers. #PAC11

It's near-impossible to align customer and worker interests in the gig economy. How do we do better? Check out my new piece Harvard Business Review! hbr.org/2024/04/how-gi…

Some low-wage jobs are stepping stones to better jobs; others are dead ends. Read about this in an article just released in the American Sociological Review journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11… images.app.goo.gl/LBVn1zwMqazwim…

📣 New! Edited by Murali Shanmugavelan ||| முரளி சண்முகவேலன் & Aiha Nguyen, "The Formalization of Social Precarities" explores platformization from the point of view of precarious workers in Bangladesh, Brazil, and India. 1/4 datasociety.net/library/the-fo…

Our new report “The Formalization of Social Precarities” explains “how gig work fits into — and is exacerbated by — existing social issues,” and how cultures' norms around race and caste shape the parameters of work, writes Russell Brandom Rest of World. restofworld.org/2024/exporter-…

Come work wtih me, Leandro Pongeluppe and other great folks at Wharton! DM me for more details. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

Can the academic field of strategy face the climate crisis and abandon its love of shareholder value? Another banger with Teddy DeWitt -- this one is sure to win us some friends. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Platform companies like Uber and Amazon hold substantial power, skirting around traditional regulatory frameworks. To improve fairness for users, The Wharton School professor Lindsey Cameron recommends top-down and bottom-up approaches: whr.tn/3yqOkjP

Do we need to hold platforms accountable and, if so, how? Yes - Multisided platforms require multisided accountability systems. Taming Platform Power w/ Hatim Rahman and Arvind Karunakaran. platformpapers.substack.com/p/taming-platf…

We’re excited to welcome eight new affiliates to our group of collaborating researchers and advocates! They are: Annette Bernhardt Lindsey Cameron Leila Nguyệt Ánh Doty sorelle Ryan Gerety tn Bobi Rakova gabrielle rejouis, esq. (she/her) 🇵🇸 Learn more about them: datasociety.net/announcements/…

Understanding what keeps folks engaged in gig work is more complex than schedule flexibility. In this Harvard Business Review , I discuss how the algorithmic management system is designed to entice workers, keeping them engaged. hbr.org/2024/06/how-mi…

So sad to be leaving Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). It's been a fabulous year, all about the platforms! Looking forward to next year's reunion/summer school!!

Definitely one of the best years of my professional life Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). Sadly, no group photos so the names will have to do. Pablo J. Boczkowski Juan Llamas-Rodriguez Lisa Nakamura Alondra Nelson David Nieborg Christian Sandvig🐩 Julia Ticona Moira Weigel Hannah Wohl Zahid Chaudhary 🍉 Daniela Gabor Shamus Khan geoff Mann

Still hiring for a researcher (ideally aspiring PhD students) interested in mixed-methods research about digital platforms, precarious work, and sustainable development. New link here: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

Delightful to chat about one of the things most near and dear to me, mindfulness and awakening, with Dr. Heidi Brooks insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/learn…