Upcoming Talks

Alex’s upcoming talks:

September 12th 2019, 2pm-2:45pm, ‘Platform Dependency and Communities of Coping’, Responsible Business Academic Symposium, University of Birmingham.

Past talks:

  • Researching the Remote Gig Economy. Workshop On the So-called ‘Gig Economy’, 4th June 2019, University of Bristol.
  • Digital labour platforms and job quality in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. ILO’s Debating the Future of Work Conference, 29th May 2019, University of Sheffield.
  • Platform labour: structured antagonism and the origins of protest in the gig economy. Data Justice Week: Digital Labour, 23rd May 2019, Edinburgh University
  • Platform labour: structured antagonism and the origins of protest in the gig economy. Platform Work Workshop, 21st May 2019, Royal Holloway University
  • Risk and control in the gig economy. Future of Work & Inequalities Workshop, 13th May 2019, Warwick University
  • Precarious Work. Plenary Working Identities Conference, 11th March 2019, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor.
  • Platform labour: structured antagonism and collective action in the gig economy. Research Seminar Employment Relations and HRM group, 8th March 2019, University College Dublin.
  • Platform labour: structured antagonism and collective action in the gig economy. JOMEC Cardiff University, ‘Digital Economy, Digital Labour’ module – Guest Lecture, 1 March 2019, Cardiff University.
  • Good Gig, Bad Gig: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Technical Seminar on Global Regulation of Digital Labour: Opportunities and Challenges, 27th February 2019, International Labour Organisation, Geneva.
  • The Future of Work and the Future of Unions. Birmingham Business School –Panel discussion, 11th February 2019, University of Birmingham.
  • Platform labour: structured antagonism and collective action in the gig economy. Cambridge Department of Sociology MPhil in Sociology (Political and Economic Sociology) – Guest Lecture, 7th February 2019, University of Cambridge.
  • The shape of labour relations to come: structured antagonisms, collective action and the gig economy. Research Seminar in Human Resource Management, 5th December 2018, Kings College London.
  • The Future of Work in the Gig Economy. Kingston University , 28th November, Kingston upon Thames.
  • Labour Platforms, Algorithmic Control and Digital Resistance. B/ORDERS IN MOTION Conference, November 15-17, 2018, Europa University Frankfurt Oder Germany/Poland.
  • The Gig Economy and the Shape of Labour Relations to Come. Birmingham Business School, Employee Relations Module -Guest Lecture, 6th November 2018, University of Birmingham
  • The future of work: new sources of insecurity and resistance in the platform age. Cambridge Festival of Ideas, 20th October 2018, University of Cambridge.
  • Algorithmic control and digital resistance in the platform age.Plenary of the Work and Equalities Institute Fourth Biennial Fairness at Work Conference, 10th September 2018, University of Manchester.
  • The future of collective bargaining and the realities of bargaining power. OECD 3rd expert meeting on Collective bargaining, job quality and the future of work, 2 July 2018, OECD Paris.
  • The gig economy, collective action and the shape of labor relations to come. Leuphana University’s Digital Cultural Research Lab Workshop, 14th June 2018. Lüneburg.
  • Good gig, bad gig: autonomy and algorithmic control in the global gig economy. Leuphana University’s Digital Cultural Research Lab Workshop, 13th June 2018, Lüneburg.
  • Workers of the Internet unite: the gig economy and the shape of labour relations to come. Human Resource Management, Work and Employment Seminar Series, 16th May 2017, Newcastle University.
  • New forms of collective action: lessons from fight for $15. Plenary of the Unions 21 Annual Conference, 13th April 2018, London.
  • Territories New: Managing Union Relationships in Cyberspace. 11th Annual Working Effectively with Trade Unions Conference, March 27th 2018, London.
  • Strengthening workers’ and employers’ collective organisation. OECD Workshop: Labour Relations in the Future World of Work, 11th December 2018, Dutch Embassy, Paris.
  • The Gig Economy and the Shape of Labour Relations to Come. Manchester Industrial Relations Society Seminar Series, 30th November 2017, Salford University Manchester. 
  • The Gig Economy and the Shape of Labour Relations to Come. Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change Seminar Series, 29th November 2017, University of Leeds.
  • The Gig Economy and the Shape of Labour Relations to Come. Work Organisation and Employment Relations Research Centre Seminar Series, 22nd November 2017, University of Sheffield.
  • The Gig Economy and the Shape of Labour Relations to Come. Birmingham Business School, Employment Relations Module -Guest Lecture, 20th November 2017, University of Birmingham.
  • Solidarity and action in a fragmented world of work. Cambridge University UCU, 15th November 2017, University of Cambridge.
  • Workers of the internet unite: support for platform coops among online freelancers. Platform Cooperative Conference, 10th November 2017, The New School, New York City.
  • Fighting for 15 and Full Time at Walmart, Oxford Living Wage Campaign, 28th October 2017, Oxford.
  • Theorizing online gig work. The Newton Technology for Development Network Digital Labor Workshop: Reports from the Field, 10th August 2017, De La Salle University Manila.
  • Flexible or insecure work? Unusual Suspects Festival: the Future of Work, 14th June 2017, London.
  • Flexible working time and schedule insecurity. Zero Hour Contract Research Workshop, 4th July 2017, University of Hertfordshire
  • Collective Action in the Online Gig Economy: The Shape of Labour Relations to Come.Plenary of the British Universities Industrial Relations Association Conference, June 28th 2017, Portsmouth University.
  • Good Gig, Bad Gig: Job Quality and Resistance in the Global Platform Economy. The Gig Economy Deal or Ordeal Workshop, 5th June 2017, Kings College London.
  • Online gig work: understanding the institutions and mobilizations of online labour platforms. Political Economy of Platformisation Colloquium, 6th December 2016, University of Leicester.
  • Online Labour Platforms: New Knowledge Economies or New Digital Sweatshops? The Newton Technology for Development Network, November 28th 2016, University of Leicester.
  • Good gig, bad gig: job quality in the global platform economy. Organisation and Employment Seminar Series, November 2nd 2016, University of Cardiff.