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Dr Janaki Srinivasan, Associate Professor, Digital South Asian Studies at the Oxford School for Global and Area Studies and the Oxford Internet Institute 
Wednesday 29 October 2025, 17:00-19:00
Gaining Autonomy, or Risking Predictability?: The Case of Location-Based Gig Work in India
- 👤 Speaker: Dr Janaki Srinivasan, Associate Professor, Digital South Asian Studies at the Oxford School for Global and Area Studies and the Oxford Internet Institute 🔗 Website
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 29 October 2025, 17:00 - 19:00
- 📍 Venue: Room SG2, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DT
Abstract
While digital platform-based gig work has often been painted as work that allows for flexibility for the worker, this talk investigates the constraints under which workers enjoy this “autonomy”, where they do so at all.
Based on five years of research on the conditions of such work in five Indian cities as part of the Fairwork network, this talk argues instead that the prevalent asset-light model of gig work – alongside the modes of algorithmic governance platforms deploy in work allocation, in deciding pay, and in penalising workers – transfers most of the risks of doing this work to workers in the name of offering them flexible jobs.
Series This talk is part of the Centre of Governance & Human Rights (CGHR) Seminar Series series.
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