Dr. Karen Gregory (@karengregory.bsky.social)

📢 Just 2 weeks away from our big event 🚲 Gig Work in Edinburgh: An Inquiry and Agenda for the Future 🚲 👉🏾 Join us to shape together the future of gig work in Edinburgh and Scotland! 🎫eventbrite.co.uk/e/gig-work-in-…

Huge applause here as the Workers Observatory launches in December! 🎉 Come along if you're in Edinburgh and interested in helping to set an agenda for future research or simply learning more about gig work in the city:

🚴🏿 Just a quick photo dump about the Observatory engaging with riders across Edinburgh, just before the workshops we organised for our Workers´ Inquiry. #gigwork #platformeconomy #workersinquiry #workersobservatory

I cannot stress enough what you're signing onto by staying on this site after tomorrow. This is just one piece of the new Terms of Service. You've agreed to let Musk SUE YOU FOR MONEY for violating the terms of service no one reads.

I remember in 2016 receiving emails from university presidents saying that campuses would remain safe, vibrant spaces where diversity was respected and undocumented students would be protected. I have received no such email which suggests to me a real normalization of this.

@SmartDataRes @UniofNottingham @jessogden @BristolUni @unisouthampton huge congratulations!

👏Today we’re announcing two more research teams who've been awarded funding via our £2.3 million smart data accelerator scheme. Congrats to Prof Alexa Spence @UniofNottingham and @jessogden @BristolUni with @unisouthampton. Read the full story 👇 bit.ly/4hCVSSr

For a hundred years American workers looked to labor unions to improve their living standards. Now they look to economic nationalism and immigration controls. Macroeconomic prudence isn’t sufficient, rebuilding the density and power of unions has to be the social democratic focus

@shapirostephen I feel this and completely sad over it all.

@lilianedwards @create @Kris_academic Congrats!

Very happy to announce that I am now Honorary Professor to Glasgow University, where I will be working with @CREATe and their team on matters to do with AIA, generative AI and GDPR :) Many thanks to Martin Kretschmer and @Kris_academic for inviting me!

Guys, we are so back! It looks like The Onion has funding again, and this new election clip is better than ever.

The LPT themed issue finally out in one place and free to access. And don't forget the webinar involving all the authors on 21st November.

@BecksHewer @JohnnyHistone This is great.

The lovely @JohnnyHistone and I are delighted that our new article "Hope in a Paranoid Place? Critique, Utopianism, & Prefigurative Policy Reform" - which proposes an innovative methodological approach to critical policy analysis - will be out soon with Journal of Social Policy!

NO CONTRACT, NO CODE!

Food delivery is one of the most dangerous jobs in South Africa. How are gig workers protecting themselves when safety nets fall short? Watch our new episode of Gig Workers Rising made with @restofworld. 🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=c6wGsb…

Thank you, Karen Gregory (@mscdigsoc), for inviting me to present my research on platforms and platform work in Chile at @EdCDCS and @UoE_EFI. I learned a lot from your work and this discussion. Hope to be back soon! @mnew_cl @ecomuai.

@artarriagada @EdCDCS @UoE_EFI @mnew_cl @ecomuai You're more than welcome. Come back soon!

Really happy that the Leeds Index team contributes to this great collection! Our chapter is about how institutional differences across Europe generate different patterns of platform worker unrest.

America, the election is almost here. Here’s what to expect when polls close: The margins are going to be close, but our campaign is on track to win this election. Americans all across the country are casting their votes in record numbers, ready to turn the page. It will take time to count every vote, and there may be swings in the count along the way. Donald Trump falsely claimed victory in 2020, and we expect that he will do it again. We know that he is a liar—but the ballots will tell the truth. Stay patient, and know that every vote will be counted fairly. America’s election system is strong—and it will not be interfered with by partisan actors. Our legal operation is ready to fight to protect every vote and make sure every last one is counted. Your vote is your voice, so get out and make yours heard: IWillVote.com. Together, we are going to win this election, and chart a new way forward.

Today!

On Monday I’ll be presenting my work at the @UoE_EFI w/@mscdigsoc efi.ed.ac.uk/efi-event/beyo…