Very useful article for conceptualising empirical research on algorithmic management that aligns with our own research on how data justice debates can apply to the workplace.

Alex J. Wood WZB It seems this article is a valuable contribution to the field, offering a well-rounded perspective on the interplay between technology, power, and labor in the digital age. I will read it soon

In case you missed it on Friday, I’ve published a review article about the concept of ‘algorithmic management’: why it’s useful and how it could be better used.

This would be really positive 'Every employer will have to allow unions inside to address their workforce, from care homes to fast food outlets... The threshold for holding recognition ballots will fall, and workers will be able to vote electronically.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Violent racist rioters who tried to burn refugees alive get shorter jail sentences (2-3 years) than peaceful @JustStop_ Oil protesters (4-5 years) That's the real 'two-tier injustice' in UK today. SHAME! theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Via George Monbiot

Alex Wood Alex J. Wood suggest in his article that workplace regime theory could enable algorithmic management research to go beyond technical functions and consider how human elements shape such systems. 📖 ojs.weizenbaum-institut.de/index.php/wjds…

Rio Tinto is demanding the removal of a peer-reviewed scientific article published in Nature that documents the environmental devastation lithium mining in Serbia would cause. Rio Tinto is literally attempting to censor scientists and remove scientific publications from the

Looking forward to reading this recent article in 'Economic and Industrial Democracy' by Wei Wei and Tony Royle 'Confucian values and zero-hour contracts: Sensemaking in workplace regimes at McDonald’s in China and the UK'

Wowza, excellent use of the joint-employer doctrine! #MakeAmazonPay

On route to Porto for European Sociological Association 2024 to present my paper in Thursday's 2:30pm joint 'Economic Sociology' and 'Work, Employment and Industrial Relations' session on 'The expansion of AI on employment in Europe' in LC.1.04 #ESA2024 #ESAPorto24

Another day, another report detailing Israeli human rights abuses. Report number 200+, I'mguessing. I don't know how anyone can continue to think that Israel is a democracy after so much proof. It's definitely one of the worst states in the world for human rights...

More than 1,400 complaints of torture have been filed with Israel’s Justice Ministry since 2001. There have been only three investigations as a result, no indictments. Israel is torturing Palestinians with impunity – take action: secure.waronwant.org/page/154112/ac…

Applications to the second writing workshop of the "How to write about platformization from Africa" series is now open. With M. Amir and Liza Rose Cirolia the workshop will be hosted at the African Centre for Cities in Feb 2025. Info here africancentreforcities.net/writing-about-…

Israeli 🇮🇱 bulldozers destroying the streets of Jenin 🇵🇸 Jenin is in the West Bank. Hamas are not in the West Bank 🇵🇸 It’s just never been ‘defence’ It’s always been oppression It’s always been genocide It’s a land grab In front of the whole world.

I just saw a video of a little Palestinian boy dying in Gaza. I watched him take his last breaths as a woman, maybe his mother, wailed over his body. What has been done to Palestinians with full U.S. support is unforgivable, and it’s happened out in the open for everyone to see.

Looking forward to presenting this today in Venue L LC.1.04

🎉 My commentary on the political economy of platforms is out in the newly minted Platforms & Society (Platforms & Society)! doi.org/10.1177/297686… The upshot:

First day back at my alma mater Cambridge Sociology as Assistant Professor in Economic Sociology! Looking forward to continuing my research into how ai and platforms transform work, labour and capitalism in this wonderful environment while teaching brilliant Cambridge Sociology students.

Great The Guardian article by Professor Danny Blanchflower economist & fisherman 'The question now is why Starmer and Reeves are idiotically trying to balance the budget?' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…