Lutfun Nahar Lata
@lutfunlata.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Melbourne, interested in work and employment, gig economy, migration, right to the city & public space. https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/878520-lutfun-nahar-lata
Look forward to speaking at the University of California, Berkeley the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Centre for Bangladesh Studies online seminar, ‘New Directions in Bangladesh Studies’!
Register here to join us: lnkd.in/ecrNs8Sb
Register here to join us: lnkd.in/ecrNs8Sb
September 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Look forward to speaking at the University of California, Berkeley the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Centre for Bangladesh Studies online seminar, ‘New Directions in Bangladesh Studies’!
Register here to join us: lnkd.in/ecrNs8Sb
Register here to join us: lnkd.in/ecrNs8Sb
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A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
Pleased to share our latest paper, 'The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne', published @urbangeography.bsky.social.This paper explores the spatial and institutional barriers gig workers face while accessing restaurants & delivering to customers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne
The rise of the gig or platform economy, particularly app-based food delivery platforms, has transformed urban labor markets and the everyday geography of work. While gig work is often celebrated f...
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July 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Pleased to share our latest paper, 'The everyday lives of gig workers in Melbourne', published @urbangeography.bsky.social.This paper explores the spatial and institutional barriers gig workers face while accessing restaurants & delivering to customers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Call for book chapters for our forthcoming book ‘Future of Work and Care’. See details below 👇
Abstract submission deadline: 15 August
#futureofwork #care
Abstract submission deadline: 15 August
#futureofwork #care
#AcademicSky: Are you a social scientist researching the future of #work and #care? Do consider submitting an abstract for a contributed volume, edited by a stellar team: docs.google.com/forms/d/11V0... #sociology @hss.springernature.com @lutfunlata.bsky.social @drshereegregory.bsky.social
Chapter abstract submission for Future of Work and Care
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the traditional labour market by substituting human employment areas that were previously thought to be uncomputerizable (Bruun and Duke, 2018; Joyce e...
docs.google.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Call for book chapters for our forthcoming book ‘Future of Work and Care’. See details below 👇
Abstract submission deadline: 15 August
#futureofwork #care
Abstract submission deadline: 15 August
#futureofwork #care
Our research shows that digital platforms profit from city infrastructure without giving anything back. In this article, we call for greater accountability from platform companies, urging them to share the responsibility for maintaining urban infrastructure.
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how...
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how...
How much should parasitic gig companies contribute to city resources?
Every employee needs toilets and break facilities, but gig companies don’t provide these, leaving workers dependent on public amenities, creating a burden for them and the urban infrastructure, finds...
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
May 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Our research shows that digital platforms profit from city infrastructure without giving anything back. In this article, we call for greater accountability from platform companies, urging them to share the responsibility for maintaining urban infrastructure.
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how...
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how...
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When they are legally unable to form a union, how can gig workers in #Bangladesh challenge their exploitative working conditions?
@lutfunlata.bsky.social on agency, overt and covert resistance and the importance of informal networks.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/8H35CAX
@lutfunlata.bsky.social on agency, overt and covert resistance and the importance of informal networks.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/8H35CAX
May 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
When they are legally unable to form a union, how can gig workers in #Bangladesh challenge their exploitative working conditions?
@lutfunlata.bsky.social on agency, overt and covert resistance and the importance of informal networks.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/8H35CAX
@lutfunlata.bsky.social on agency, overt and covert resistance and the importance of informal networks.
#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/8H35CAX
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EVENT ALERT: Platforms and Society and
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
May 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
EVENT ALERT: Platforms and Society and
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
@adtechproject.bsky.social present "How to Approach and Regulate Google?" - an online symposium
12 May 2025 | 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) / 3-4.30 PM (CEST) newschool.zoom.us/j/9834828717... (pw. 690528)
“Everything is determined by the Uber app. We just had to follow whatever it tells us.” – Nasim, #Bangladesh
@lutfunlata.bsky.social on how the digital management of Uber drivers creates imbalances of power and reduces agency.
#OpenAccess in The Sociological Review journal buff.ly/8H35CAX
@lutfunlata.bsky.social on how the digital management of Uber drivers creates imbalances of power and reduces agency.
#OpenAccess in The Sociological Review journal buff.ly/8H35CAX
May 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pleased to see my latest paper ‘Algorithmic control & resistance in the gig economy’ published in The Sociological Review. This paper explores how Uber drivers in Bangladesh exercise agency through both covert & overt resistance strategies. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
April 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Pleased to see my latest paper ‘Algorithmic control & resistance in the gig economy’ published in The Sociological Review. This paper explores how Uber drivers in Bangladesh exercise agency through both covert & overt resistance strategies. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pleased to see our (w Andrew Copolov) latest paper 'Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne' published in Human Geography. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#platformeconomy #urbaninfrastructure #regulation #Uber #Pathao #DoorDash #HungryPanda #Australia #Bangladesh
#platformeconomy #urbaninfrastructure #regulation #Uber #Pathao #DoorDash #HungryPanda #Australia #Bangladesh
Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne - Lutfun Nahar Lata, Andrew Copolov, 2025
This paper explores the relationship between platform-mediated labour on Uber, Pathao, UberEats and DoorDash, and the public infrastructures of two cities – Dha...
journals.sagepub.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Pleased to see our (w Andrew Copolov) latest paper 'Parasitic platform urbanism in Dhaka and Melbourne' published in Human Geography. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#platformeconomy #urbaninfrastructure #regulation #Uber #Pathao #DoorDash #HungryPanda #Australia #Bangladesh
#platformeconomy #urbaninfrastructure #regulation #Uber #Pathao #DoorDash #HungryPanda #Australia #Bangladesh
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The next London Inequality Workshop (10th) will take place at UCL on March 20th!
Register and find more details about upcoming the workshop here:
Register and find more details about upcoming the workshop here:
February 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The next London Inequality Workshop (10th) will take place at UCL on March 20th!
Register and find more details about upcoming the workshop here:
Register and find more details about upcoming the workshop here:
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The UN human rights commision published its report on the human rights violations during the Bangladesh uprising of July-August 2024. The results are shocking but not surprising, even to those of us who followed events closely. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
OHCHR Fact-Finding Report: Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
SummaryAt the invitation of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, OHCHR conducted an independent fact-finding inquiry into alleged human rights violations and abuses that occurred between 1 July and 1...
www.ohchr.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The UN human rights commision published its report on the human rights violations during the Bangladesh uprising of July-August 2024. The results are shocking but not surprising, even to those of us who followed events closely. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
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Great work showing how people’s career choices mirror their parents' in knowledge, values, skills, and more – and discussing the implications for inequality.
(Big) Pub day! What was once a replication project for my first-year PhD stats class turned into a different beast. Read on for some thoughts on intergenerational mobility along axes of occupational characteristics. (Coauthors @xisong.bsky.social and Yu Xie) www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Gradationalism Revisited: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Along Axes of Occupational Characteristics1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 4
Studies of intergenerational occupational mobility typically characterize occupations quantitatively in one of two ways: gradationally or categorically. Both methods likely grossly oversimplify the co...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
February 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Great work showing how people’s career choices mirror their parents' in knowledge, values, skills, and more – and discussing the implications for inequality.
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Thousands of workers flooded the streets of Brussels today to oppose the measures the Arizona government coalition wants to impose!
We stand with our Belgian comrades 🛑 NO to austerity!
🛑 NO to attacks on trade union rights
We will not stand down! 💪🏽
@judekd.bsky.social
@ibarthes.bsky.social
We stand with our Belgian comrades 🛑 NO to austerity!
🛑 NO to attacks on trade union rights
We will not stand down! 💪🏽
@judekd.bsky.social
@ibarthes.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Thousands of workers flooded the streets of Brussels today to oppose the measures the Arizona government coalition wants to impose!
We stand with our Belgian comrades 🛑 NO to austerity!
🛑 NO to attacks on trade union rights
We will not stand down! 💪🏽
@judekd.bsky.social
@ibarthes.bsky.social
We stand with our Belgian comrades 🛑 NO to austerity!
🛑 NO to attacks on trade union rights
We will not stand down! 💪🏽
@judekd.bsky.social
@ibarthes.bsky.social
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Want to take part in an event on conducting fieldwork across national and cultural boundaries? Call for Papers by 31 March for ‘Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork’ a BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 21 May, University of Leeds tinyurl.com/mrf5vtx7
February 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Want to take part in an event on conducting fieldwork across national and cultural boundaries? Call for Papers by 31 March for ‘Navigating Challenges and Complexities in Cross-national and Cross-cultural Fieldwork’ a BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 21 May, University of Leeds tinyurl.com/mrf5vtx7
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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Reminder: Submit your paper for the 7th Weizenbaum Conference "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies", to be held in Berlin, June 4-5, 2025. #CfP
Apply before February 15, 2025
www.weizenbaum-conference.de
@claraigk.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social
Apply before February 15, 2025
www.weizenbaum-conference.de
@claraigk.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Reminder: Submit your paper for the 7th Weizenbaum Conference "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies", to be held in Berlin, June 4-5, 2025. #CfP
Apply before February 15, 2025
www.weizenbaum-conference.de
@claraigk.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social
Apply before February 15, 2025
www.weizenbaum-conference.de
@claraigk.bsky.social @dscheykopp.bsky.social
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NEW PAPER! Shiyu Yuan explores whether COVID-19 removed the inequalities in homeworking practices across gender/racial lines. Although most workers did benefit from the rise of WFH patterns, Black men and Chinese workers not so much. @giwlkings.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Did COVID‐19 Level the Playing Field or Entrench It? Comparing Patterns of Homeworking by Ethnicity, Gender and Migration Status, Before, During and After COVID‐19 in the UK
This study examines how the pandemic changed the ethnicity gaps in working-from-home practices in the UK. We do this by examining seven waves of the UK Labour Force Survey from 2017 to 2023, divided ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW PAPER! Shiyu Yuan explores whether COVID-19 removed the inequalities in homeworking practices across gender/racial lines. Although most workers did benefit from the rise of WFH patterns, Black men and Chinese workers not so much. @giwlkings.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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☀️Early view📨
We are observing a new AI spring, but how could we make sense of the complex challenges & govern #GenerativeAI❓
Araz Taeihagh introduces the upcoming SI that unpacks generative AI and its risks & highlights unique challenges👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
We are observing a new AI spring, but how could we make sense of the complex challenges & govern #GenerativeAI❓
Araz Taeihagh introduces the upcoming SI that unpacks generative AI and its risks & highlights unique challenges👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
February 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
☀️Early view📨
We are observing a new AI spring, but how could we make sense of the complex challenges & govern #GenerativeAI❓
Araz Taeihagh introduces the upcoming SI that unpacks generative AI and its risks & highlights unique challenges👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
We are observing a new AI spring, but how could we make sense of the complex challenges & govern #GenerativeAI❓
Araz Taeihagh introduces the upcoming SI that unpacks generative AI and its risks & highlights unique challenges👇
doi.org/10.1093/pols...
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Hey bro! Tell us again how tech is not political.
"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance
Google changed its public AI policies to remove assertions it would not develop AI applied to surveillance or weapons.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hey bro! Tell us again how tech is not political.
"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
"Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Another excellent book written by @ruha9.bsky.social.”I want more than anything for your imagination to run wild".
January 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Another excellent book written by @ruha9.bsky.social.”I want more than anything for your imagination to run wild".
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What happens after 'early career'? Find out by booking on our event ‘Coping, Thriving, Progressing?’, a @bsaecr.bsky.social event, 21 March, Newcastle University tinyurl.com/ykj8tjdh #sociology
January 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
What happens after 'early career'? Find out by booking on our event ‘Coping, Thriving, Progressing?’, a @bsaecr.bsky.social event, 21 March, Newcastle University tinyurl.com/ykj8tjdh #sociology
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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
uni-heidelberg.de
January 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
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📣 Call for proposals for our Sociological Review monograph series. 📣
Editor @silkeroth.bsky.social is looking to commission two monographs for publication in 2027. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 16 June 2025.
🔎 Read more about the call and series:
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...
Editor @silkeroth.bsky.social is looking to commission two monographs for publication in 2027. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 16 June 2025.
🔎 Read more about the call and series:
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...
Monographs: Our Monograph series and how to submit a proposal
Guidance on how to submit a proposal to the Sociological Review Monographs series.
thesociologicalreview.org
January 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
📣 Call for proposals for our Sociological Review monograph series. 📣
Editor @silkeroth.bsky.social is looking to commission two monographs for publication in 2027. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 16 June 2025.
🔎 Read more about the call and series:
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...
Editor @silkeroth.bsky.social is looking to commission two monographs for publication in 2027. Deadline for receipt of proposals is 16 June 2025.
🔎 Read more about the call and series:
thesociologicalreview.org/publish-with...