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We are grateful for the time of the workers and trade unions who shared their lived experiences navigating algorithmic workplaces.
🤝 Supported by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
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🤝 Supported by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
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There’s no ghost in the machine! | IT for Change
“There’s no ghost in the machine!: A field study of platform workers’ experiences of algorithmic management in India” is a research study conducted by the Centre for Labour Studies,
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December 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We are grateful for the time of the workers and trade unions who shared their lived experiences navigating algorithmic workplaces.
🤝 Supported by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
🔗 Read the full report: itforchange.net/there%E2%80%...
🤝 Supported by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
🔗 Read the full report: itforchange.net/there%E2%80%...
Moving beyond narrow transparency debates, the report adopts a socio-technical lens to understand algorithms as sites of power—and lays out future-looking recommendations to redistribute power and control.
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Moving beyond narrow transparency debates, the report adopts a socio-technical lens to understand algorithms as sites of power—and lays out future-looking recommendations to redistribute power and control.
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
The dialogue brought together perspectives from diverse stakeholders, which are essential for coherent and meaningful EdTech integration.
Scroll through for key insights from a few sessions at the event.
#OurDigitalFuturesFest #DigitalJustice #25YearsOfITforChange
Scroll through for key insights from a few sessions at the event.
#OurDigitalFuturesFest #DigitalJustice #25YearsOfITforChange
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The dialogue brought together perspectives from diverse stakeholders, which are essential for coherent and meaningful EdTech integration.
Scroll through for key insights from a few sessions at the event.
#OurDigitalFuturesFest #DigitalJustice #25YearsOfITforChange
Scroll through for key insights from a few sessions at the event.
#OurDigitalFuturesFest #DigitalJustice #25YearsOfITforChange
This was part of #OurDigitalFuturesFest, commemorating 25 years of our work towards building a just and equitable digital world.
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This was part of #OurDigitalFuturesFest, commemorating 25 years of our work towards building a just and equitable digital world.
This study, conducted under the National Gender Fellowship, was carried out under our project, “Rewiring India’s Digitalizing Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-Being”, supported by @ec.europa.eu and @fesonline.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This study, conducted under the National Gender Fellowship, was carried out under our project, “Rewiring India’s Digitalizing Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-Being”, supported by @ec.europa.eu and @fesonline.bsky.social
Her writings have appeared in Raiot, The Quint, and EastMojo, and she is among the recipients of the Zubaan–SPF Young Researchers Grant (2023–24).
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Her writings have appeared in Raiot, The Quint, and EastMojo, and she is among the recipients of the Zubaan–SPF Young Researchers Grant (2023–24).
Jacqueline Chochoi is a researcher from Lamka, Manipur, with a bachelor's degree in Journalism, International Relations, and Public Policy from St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Jacqueline Chochoi is a researcher from Lamka, Manipur, with a bachelor's degree in Journalism, International Relations, and Public Policy from St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru.
The study calls for rights-based, inclusive policymaking and investment in local indigenous expertise to ensure marginalized communities remain digitally resilient.
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The study calls for rights-based, inclusive policymaking and investment in local indigenous expertise to ensure marginalized communities remain digitally resilient.
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
The lack of access to power sources did not fall evenly. It followed the lines of gender, geography, and ethnicity, reinforcing old hierarchies through new infrastructure failures.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The lack of access to power sources did not fall evenly. It followed the lines of gender, geography, and ethnicity, reinforcing old hierarchies through new infrastructure failures.
Through field interviews in the district of Lamka, this study by Jacqueline Chochoi reveals how tribal women navigated survival under energy and digital deprivation, negotiating scarcity and inflation.
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Through field interviews in the district of Lamka, this study by Jacqueline Chochoi reveals how tribal women navigated survival under energy and digital deprivation, negotiating scarcity and inflation.
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
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November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Read the full paper here: itforchange.net/sites/defaul...
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
#PlatformWork #GenderAndTechnology #FeministEconomy #InvisibleLabor #NationalGenderFellowship
This study, conducted under the National Gender Fellowship, was carried out under our project, “Rewiring India’s Digitalizing Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-Being”, supported by @ec.europa.eu and @fesonline.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This study, conducted under the National Gender Fellowship, was carried out under our project, “Rewiring India’s Digitalizing Economy for Women’s Rights and Well-Being”, supported by @ec.europa.eu and @fesonline.bsky.social
Salonie is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (@ids.ac.uk ), focusing on women domestic workers in India’s platform economy and the intersection of platforms, care work, labour movements, and women’s collectives.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Salonie is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (@ids.ac.uk ), focusing on women domestic workers in India’s platform economy and the intersection of platforms, care work, labour movements, and women’s collectives.
Studying this phenomenon in her new study, Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur shows how women’s hidden mediation facilitates domestic work platforms, even as their contributions remain undervalued.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Studying this phenomenon in her new study, Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur shows how women’s hidden mediation facilitates domestic work platforms, even as their contributions remain undervalued.
Hidden behind the guise of automation, these intermediaries act as ‘phygital’ touchpoints for platforms by collecting, digitizing, and commodifying workers’ data.
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Hidden behind the guise of automation, these intermediaries act as ‘phygital’ touchpoints for platforms by collecting, digitizing, and commodifying workers’ data.