This article investigates the organisation of work under algorithmic control in the platform
economy. Based on a 1‐year ethnographic study conducted at top food‐delivery platforms in …

Working time regimes in platform labour are so far either ignored as a topic in research on
gig work, or they are framed as an allocative instrument only. This article argues that working …

This article presents a cross-national comparative study examining how American and
Chinese platform companies approach the gamification of on-demand food delivery. The …

This article explores the automotive lineage and manufacturing origins of platforms.
Challenging prevailing assumptions that the platform is a digital artefact, and platform …

Despite considerable scholarly attention to the proliferation of gig work on digital platforms,
research tracing the broad trends of labour relations is scant. Analysing interview and survey …

The global COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately intensified the precariousness of
insecure work. This article examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on platform-based …

Digital technologies are having a profound effect on the temporalities of individuals,
households and organisations. We now expect to be able to instantly source a vast array of …

While the working lives of tech entrepreneurs and delivery platform workers seem far
removed, both are engaged in digital labor. What unites their experience and allows us to …

Research on multisided platforms has emphasized how platform owners accumulate
significant power over other platform actors, such as producers and customers, arguing for …

Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal
connection–the dream of connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything …