Ordering food via our smartphones or using an app to catch a ride across town. Platform work is increasingly relied upon. Underpinning it are new challenges and opportunities such work poses for workers and organisations. For example, how does one deal with algorithmic management in everyday work? And how can an organisation develop norms and standards that are both relevant for workers and useful for business?
On November 22, during the panel discussion 'Navigating work in the platform economy', questions about work experiences, challenges, and perspectives will be discussed. This event brings together people who are engaged with platform labour on different levels. The audience will hear from platform workers from different sectors, such as crowd workers (e.g., people performing online short tasks), as well as experts in economic and employment regulation at the international and European levels. By bringing them together in a constructive dialogue and exchanging experiences, alternatives and strategies to tackle challenges, seize opportunities, and improve conditions across the platform economy will be developed.
Preliminary program
14:00 – 14:30: Reception
14:30 – 15:30: Panel 1: The everyday experience of on-demand platform work
What are platform work's main opportunities and challenges from the perspective of on-demand platform workers? What do on-demand platform workers look for from policy and regulatory efforts from organisations, the community and above?
15:30-16:00: Break
16:00 – 17:00: Panel 2: Designing platform work strategies and regulations
What has been done to integrate platform work in existing organisations and communities in the past years? What are the main opportunities and challenges for regulating platform work at organisational and institutional levels?
17:00 – 18:00: Networking and drinks
Attending the event
Academics, professionals and students interested in the platform economy and platform working experiences to sign up. Attending the event is free; but signing up in advance is required.