Assistant Prof in Economic Sociology @camsociology. Researching and teaching digital technology, work and capitalism. Book 'Despotism On Demand'
Joined January 2011
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Feb 26
Video abstract for my new article '๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐
๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐' for ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ. Link below
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Feb 26
Video abstract for my new article '๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐
๐ถ๐๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐? ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐' for ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ. Link below
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Feb 26
Really excited that my new article Work in the Global Economy '๐๐ข๐ณ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ-๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ธ๐ฐ๐บ' is out now and open access. Link in the comments
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Jan 20
Preprint of my new 'Work in the Global Economy' article 'Marxism with micro-foundations? The contradictory politics of Michael Burawoy'
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.โฆ
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Jan 7
A pleasure to be interviewed for this great @bbcworldservice show 'What's it like being a delivery rider?' bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6sโฆ
You can read the research here:
journals.sagepub.com/.../10.โฆ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/โฆ
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10 Nov 2025
Will share with my students tomorrow. In his last book Tim Minshall has an illuminating analysis of how digitalization has changed production but nothing on work relations specifically. This is a great complement
10 Nov 2025
New 'Sociology' article: 'Contesting Algorithmic Workplace Regimes in an Era of Flexible Despotism' journals.sagepub.com/doi/epuโฆ
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10 Nov 2025
New 'Sociology' article: 'Contesting Algorithmic Workplace Regimes in an Era of Flexible Despotism' journals.sagepub.com/doi/epuโฆ
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10 Nov 2025
My new article hot of the British Sociological Association 'Sociology' journal's press:
'Contesting Algorithmic Workplace Regimes in an Era of Flexible Despotism'
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10 Nov 2025
This is achieved by bringing the centrality of non-algorithmic management techniques in co-constituting algorithmic regimes into focus and by historically situating the regimeโs emergence within the wider workplace regime literature. In doing so the article questions the novelty
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10 Nov 2025
and distinctiveness of algorithmic workplace regimes, arguing that such regimes are better understood as a subtype of flexible despotism that can be traced back to the 1980s.
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8 Aug 2025
El Paรญs have featured a great ARTE video which discusses are recent research published by Work, Employment and Society on working conditions in the gig economy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.โฆ
If you can speak Spanish check it out here:
elpais.com/internacional/202โฆ
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Alex J. Wood retweeted
28 Jun 2025
Trending in #Economics:
ooir.org/index.php?field=Ecoโฆ
1) Coordinating sellersโ inflation (@SCEDjournal)
2) Manufacturing Revolutions: S. Korea (@QJEHarvard)
3) Optimal cover crop adoption
4) โGig Economyโ & Job Quality in Platform Work
5) Promoting Electric Vehicles (@JaereAere)
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17 Jun 2025
Very excited that @LinaDencik has been awarded โฌ2.5 million to explore how big tech is transforming the state.
17 Jun 2025
Very grateful to be one of these grantees. STATETECH will look at the relationship between the welfare state and tech providers in Europe and will kick off in Spring 2026. Watch this space!
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5 Jun 2025
I spoke at length to @LBC Radio regarding our new article 'Beyond the โGig Economyโ: Towards Variable Experiences of Job Quality in Platform Work' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.โฆ
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4 Jun 2025
This morning I spoke to BBC Radio about our new @WESjnl article which highlights the insecurity and anxiety that platform workers in the gig economy experience as a result of algorithmic ratings journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.โฆ
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3 Jun 2025
This is actually a surprisingly good write up of our research by the Mail who also approached Uber and Deliveroo for comment dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/โฆ
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