Workshop: Power Struggles in the Digital Economy: Platforms, Workers, and Markets

The workshop addresses the changing nature of work and the important role of exchange platforms as both intermediaries and managers. It aims to bring together interdisciplinary and critical scholars working on the power dynamics of digitally mediated labor. By doing so, the workshop provides a forum for discussing current and future research opportunities on the digital economy, including the sharing economy, the platform economy, the gig economy, and other adjacent framings. Of particular interest to this workshop is the intersection between worker and provider subjectivities and the roles platforms take in managing work through algorithms and software. For more details, see our workshop proposal (pdf). The workshop will consist of diverse activities, with an emphasis on in-depth conversations and community building.