29.06.2017 Hans Pongratz "Diversity in the global labor market: the case of online labor ('crowd work')"

Donnerstag, 29.06.2017, 14:00 - 15:30 Uhr
Tagungszentrum Sternwarte der Universität Göttingen, Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen

Online platforms not only serve to exchange information and goods but increasingly also service work provided by the self-employed. The emergence of crowdsourcing of paid work has created a global market for online labour where services can be fully acquired and provided irrespective of location via platforms such as "upwork.com" or "freelancer.com". Opportunities of labour market access arise as well as new modes of exploitation. The control over online labour that these platforms exercise challenges existing conceptions of professionalism and self-employment. What is their impact on diversity and discrimination in the global labour market?

Der öffentliche Vortrag in englischer Sprache findet im Rahmen der internationalen Summer School "Globalization and Diversity" statt.

Zur Person: Personalseite Prof. Dr. Hans J. Pongratz, LMU München, Institut für Soziologie