Skills for the Planetary Labour Market (Postponed, new date TBD)

The ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) studies the way that digital technologies are reshaping work.Our academic research offers critical insights into the real world challenges, opportunities, risks and benefits of the ongoing digital transformation of work. We aim to generate new knowledge about the impacts of the transition on employers, workers, job-seekers and governments.Digit is jointly led by the University of Sussex Business School and Leeds University Business School, with Co-Directors Professor Jacqueline O’Reilly (University of Sussex Business School) and Professor Mark Stuart (Leeds University Business School).We also have partners at the universities of Cambridge, Manchester and Monash, the Institute of Development of Studies, the Institute for the Future of Work, and FutureDotNow.

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Indian Workers in the Platform EconomyWith 560 million internet users, India is the second largest digital market in the world. People between 20 and 39 years of age represent just over half of the country’s internet users. This means that workers located in India may overcome some of the constraints of their local labour markets by using digital labour platforms to take part in a planetary labour market. So, for many of these young internet users, digital labour platforms provide an essential income and much needed opportunity to improve their livelihoods. In this talk, Sana Ojanperä discusses her research, using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, which sheds light on how Indian cloudworkers perceive and expand their skills portfolios in relation to their platform work, and unveils how governmental, private and third-sector skills training approaches need to be adapted to meet their needs. It additionally traces how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Indian cloudworkers and the cloudwork landscape. With the COVID-19 crisis in India worsening in recent months, and the concomitant escalation of lockdown measures, this research sheds light on the conditions of a growing sector of the Indian workforce. While these workers may face less health risks than their counterparts in contact-intensive occupations, this research highlights their challenges during this crisis.

About the speakerSanna is a quantitative researcher studying the intersection of international development, digitalization, and the role of data. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford. Sanna&#x27;s doctoral research is funded by The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and AI, where she also co-convenes the Data and Inequality Interest Group. She also consults as a data scientist for development organizations such as GIZ, World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank. Before commencing her doctoral studies, Sanna worked as the quantitative research lead in an ERC-funded GeoNet project hosted at the OII, and which studied how new economic practices and processes are taking root in Sub-Saharan Africa as a result of changing connectivities. Before joining the OII, she worked with the Digital Engagement team of the World Bank Governance Global Practice and the Inter-American Development Bank’s Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness Unit.

About Digit DebatesThis Autumn webinar series from the <a href="https://digit-research.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Digital Futures at Work Research Centre</a> presents cutting-edge research from leading thinkers about how digital technologies are changing work.Our aim is to spark debate, challenge assumptions and become an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand how new technologies will impact employers, employees, job seekers and governments.Join us on Wednesdays, 1-2pm (BST/GMT)online, from 20 October – 01 December 2021*.*Please note that the session on 24 November will run from 1-2.30pm (GMT). The first talk on 20 October will be British Summer Time and then all following talks will be Greenwich Mean Time due to the clocks going back on 31 October.<a href="https://digit-research.org/events/digit-events/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Click here</a> for more information on other events in the series.

About DigitDigit, the <a href="https://digit-research.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Digital Futures at Work Research Centre</a> aims to advance our understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping work, impacting on employers, employees, job seekers and governments. It is co-led by the University of Sussex Business School and Leeds University Business School with partners from Aberdeen, Cambridge, Manchester and Monash Universities. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

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