A5086530950- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Sharing Economy and Platforms
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- ICT Impact and Policies
- Taxation and Compliance Studies
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Career Development and Diversity
- Social Media and Politics
- ICT in Developing Communities
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- E-Government and Public Services
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Web Data Mining and Analysis
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Digital Platforms and Economics
- Higher Education Research Studies
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
University of Oxford
2016-2025
Internet Society
2016-2025
Yale University
2016-2025
University of KwaZulu-Natal
2024
Internet Archive
2022-2023
Science Oxford
2014-2022
National Postdoctoral Association
2022
Northeastern University
2022
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2022
Data Archiving Networked Services (DANS)
2022
Despite efforts to recruit and retain more women, a stark gender disparity persists within academic science. Abundant research has demonstrated bias in many demographic groups, but yet experimentally investigate whether science faculty exhibit against female students that could contribute the In randomized double-blind study ( n = 127), from research-intensive universities rated application materials of student—who was randomly assigned either male or name—for laboratory manager position....
This article evaluates the job quality of work in remote gig economy. Such consists provision a wide variety digital services mediated by online labour platforms. Focusing on workers Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, draws semi-structured interviews six countries (
The Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Network (CUREnet) was initiated in 2012 with funding from the National Science Foundation program for Coordination Networks Biology Education. CUREnet aims to address topics, problems, and opportunities inherent integrating research experiences into undergraduate courses. During meetings discussions, it became apparent that there is need a clear definition of what constitutes CURE systematic exploration makes CUREs meaningful terms student...
As ever more policy-makers, governments and organisations turn to the gig economy digital labour as an economic development strategy bring jobs places that need them, it becomes important understand better how this might influence livelihoods of workers. Drawing on a multi-year study with workers in Sub-Saharan Africa South-east Asia, article highlights four key concerns for workers: bargaining power, inclusion, intermediated value chains, upgrading. The shows although there are tangible...
Abstract This paper outlines the ways in which information technologies (ITs) were used Haiti relief effort, especially with respect to web‐based mapping services. Although there numerous this took place, focuses on four particular: CrisisCamp Haiti, OpenStreetMap, Ushahidi, and GeoCommons. analysis demonstrates that ITs a key means through individuals could make tangible difference work of aid agencies without actually being physically present Haiti. While not problems, effort nevertheless...
An evidence-based framework offers a guide for efforts to increase student persistence in STEM majors.
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are being championed as scalable ways of involving undergraduates in science research. Studies CUREs have shown that participating students achieve many the same outcomes who complete internships. However, vary widely their design and implementation, aspects necessary sufficient to desired student not been elucidated. To guide future aimed at understanding causal mechanisms underlying CURE efficacy, we used a systems approach generate...
This article presents an overview and initial results of a geoweb analysis designed to provide the foundation for continued discussion potential impacts 'big data' practice critical human geography. While Haklay's (2012) observation that social media content is generated by small number 'outliers' correct, we explore alternative methods conceptual frameworks might allow one overcome limitations previous analyses user-generated geographic information. Though more illustrative than...
This article presents findings regarding collective organisation among online freelancers in middle‐income countries. Drawing on research Southeast Asia and Sub‐Saharan Africa, we find that the specific nature of freelancing labour process gives rise to a distinctive form organisation, which social media groups play central role structuring communication unions are absent. Previous is limited either conventional or ‘microworkers’ who do relatively low‐skilled tasks via platforms. study uses...
With the increasing prevalence of both geographically referenced information and code through which it is regulated, digital augmentations place will become increasingly important in everyday, lived geographies. Through two detailed explorations ‘augmented realities’, this paper provides a broad overview not only ways that those augmented realities matter, but also complex often duplicitous manner content can congeal our experiences places. Because re‐makings spatial interactions are...
AbstractThe movements of ideas and content between locations languages are unquestionably crucial concerns to researchers the information age, Twitter has emerged as a central, global platform on which hundreds millions people share knowledge information. A variety research attempted harvest locational linguistic metadata from tweets understand important questions related 300 million that flow through each day. Much this work is carried out with only limited understandings how best spatial...
The world of work is changing. Communications technologies and digital platforms have enabled some types to be delivered from anywhere in the by anyone with a computer an internet connection. This digitally-mediated brings jobs parts traditionally characterized low incomes high unemployment rates. As such, it has been touted governments, third-sector organizations, private sector as novel strategy economic development. Drawing on four-year study 65 workers South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana...
This article investigates the (dis)embeddedness of digital labour within remote gig economy. We use interview and survey data to highlight how platform workers in Southeast Asia Sub-Saharan Africa are normatively disembedded from social protections through a process commodification. Normative disembeddedness leaves exposed vagaries external market due an absence regulations rights. It also endangers reproduction by limiting access healthcare requiring engage significant unpaid...
As digital social data have become increasingly ubiquitous, many turned their attention to harnessing these massive sets in order produce purportedly more accurate and complete understandings of processes. This intervention addresses the relationships between geography big intertwined futures. We focus on impacts an age discipline geographic thought methodology, as well how might provide a useful lens through which understand phenomenon its own right. Ultimately, we see significant potential...
Active-learning environments such as those found in a flipped classroom are known to increase student performance, although how these gains realized over the course of semester is less well understood. In an upper-level lecture designed primarily for biochemistry majors, we examine students attain improved learning outcomes, measured by exam scores, when converted more active format. The context physical chemistry catering life science majors which approximately half material placed online...
In this article, we examine how remote gig workers in Africa exercise agency to earn and sustain their livelihoods the economy. addition rewards reaped by workers, they also face significant risks, such as precarious working conditions algorithmic workplace monitoring, thus constraining workers’ autonomy bargaining power. Gig a result, are expected have fewer opportunities exert – particularly so for Africa, where high proportion of informal economy lack employment local labour markets...
Global online platforms match firms with service providers around the world, in services ranging from software development to copywriting and graphic design. Unlike traditional offshore outsourcing, are predominantly one-person microproviders located emerging-economy countries not necessarily associated offshoring often disadvantaged by negative country images. How do these survive thrive? We theorize global through transaction cost economics (TCE), arguing that they a new technology-enabled...
Geographies of codified knowledge have always been characterized by stark core–periphery patterns, with some parts the world at center global voice and representation many others invisible or unheard. Many pointed to potential for radical change, however, as digital divides are bridged 2.5 billion people now online. With a focus on Wikipedia, which is one world's most visible, used, powerful repositories user-generated content, we investigate whether seeing fundamentally different patterns...
Significance The Science Education Alliance–Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary program is an inclusive Research Community with centralized programmatic scientific support, in which broad student engagement authentic science linked to increased accessibility research experiences for students; persistence of these students science, technology, engineering, mathematics; productivity faculty alike.
Platforms in the urban environment are fundamentally unaccountable. They present themselves as too big to control, new regulate, and innovative stifle, remain un-democratic, usually distant, organizations with no interest promoting local voices or investing priorities. This paper argues that platforms control interactions whilst remaining unaccountable through a strategic deployment of 'conjunctural geographies' – way being simultaneously embedded disembedded from space-times they mediate....
We are witnessing the emergence of a ‘planetary labour market’ for digital work. Building on five-year study work in some world’s economic margins, we show planetary market does not do away with geography, it rather exists to take advantage it. Digital technologies have been deployed order bring into being that can operate at scale, and has particular affordances limitations rarely bolster both structural associational power workers.
In urban gig economies around the world, platform labour is predominantly migrant labour, yet research on intersection of economy and migration remains scant. Our experience with two action projects, spanning six cities four continents, has taught us how work impacts structural vulnerability workers. This leads to claims that should recalibrate agenda. First, we argue simultaneously degrades working conditions while offering migrants much-needed opportunities improve their livelihoods....