The so-called sharing economy is often framed as an adept system for taking advantage of underutilized assets and, through digital technology, establishing a community of strangers trusting, interacting and exchanging with each other. In this thesis, I explore one of the companies often associated with the sharing economy, Uber, investigating the work arrangements and working conditions of the people selling their labor power through the platform. Despite having to “pause” Uber Pop in late October 2017, Uber was able to continue to provide passengers transportation through Uber Black, Uber XXL and Uber Lux in Oslo. Based on observation of and interviews with 20 Uber Black drivers as well as an analysis of selected documents, I explore the f...
South Africa’s Uber dilemma has forced jurists to answer important questions about the country’s lar...
First published online: 14 August 2020Platform companies like Uber not only disrupt existing markets...
THE SHARING ECONOMY AND DIGITALIZATION: CHALLENGE FOR COMPLEX MODIFICATION OF LABOR LAW? ABSTRACT Th...
When initiating its Norwegian operations, the transportation platform Uber adjusted its business mod...
In the context of widely contested arguments in favor and against rapidly emerging gig platforms, my...
In this article, we investigate Norwegian taxi drivers’ perceptions and experiences of the introduct...
Over the past year, taxi drivers around the world have protested the appearance of ride-hailing apps...
The rise of the online gig economy alters ways of working. Mediated by algorithmically programmed mo...
The rise of the gig economy in Australia has evoked widespread debate surrounding the extent to whic...
I use the case of the transportation network company Uber as a lens to explore the comparative polit...
The rise of digital platforms through which labour is bought and sold is transforming the world of w...
Thesis: Ph. D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS), Massachusetts ...
This article takes the case of Uber, a global platform specialized in transport technologies, to rea...
This thesis investigates the ridesharing platform Uber, and the consequences following potential leg...
In this inductive, qualitative study, we observe how Uber, a company often hailed as being the poste...
South Africa’s Uber dilemma has forced jurists to answer important questions about the country’s lar...
First published online: 14 August 2020Platform companies like Uber not only disrupt existing markets...
THE SHARING ECONOMY AND DIGITALIZATION: CHALLENGE FOR COMPLEX MODIFICATION OF LABOR LAW? ABSTRACT Th...
When initiating its Norwegian operations, the transportation platform Uber adjusted its business mod...
In the context of widely contested arguments in favor and against rapidly emerging gig platforms, my...
In this article, we investigate Norwegian taxi drivers’ perceptions and experiences of the introduct...
Over the past year, taxi drivers around the world have protested the appearance of ride-hailing apps...
The rise of the online gig economy alters ways of working. Mediated by algorithmically programmed mo...
The rise of the gig economy in Australia has evoked widespread debate surrounding the extent to whic...
I use the case of the transportation network company Uber as a lens to explore the comparative polit...
The rise of digital platforms through which labour is bought and sold is transforming the world of w...
Thesis: Ph. D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS), Massachusetts ...
This article takes the case of Uber, a global platform specialized in transport technologies, to rea...
This thesis investigates the ridesharing platform Uber, and the consequences following potential leg...
In this inductive, qualitative study, we observe how Uber, a company often hailed as being the poste...
South Africa’s Uber dilemma has forced jurists to answer important questions about the country’s lar...
First published online: 14 August 2020Platform companies like Uber not only disrupt existing markets...
THE SHARING ECONOMY AND DIGITALIZATION: CHALLENGE FOR COMPLEX MODIFICATION OF LABOR LAW? ABSTRACT Th...