Englert, S., Woodcock, J., and Cant, C. (2020) 'Digital Workerism: Technology, Platforms, and the Circulation of Workers’ Struggles', tripleC, 18(1): 132-145.
Abstract: The use of digital technology has become a key part of contemporary debates on how work is changing, the future of work/ers, resistance, and organising. Workerism
Woodcock, J. (Forthcoming, 2020) 'The Algorithmic Panopticon at Deliveroo: measurement, precarity, and the illusion of control', Ephemera. Online first.
Deliveroo is a food delivery platform that allows customers to order food from restaurants and have it delivered via a smartphone app. It uses a similar business model to Uber,
Graham, M., Woodcock, J., Heeks, R., Mungai, P., Van Belle, J-P., du Toit, D., Fredman, S., Osiki, A., van der Spuy, A., Silberman, S. M. (2020) 'The Fairwork Foundation: Strategies for improving platform work in a global context', Geoforum.
This paper introduces the Fairwork Foundation, a research initiative that
Ruffino, P. and Woodcock, J. (2020) 'Game Workers and the Empire: Unionisation in the UK Video Game Industry', Games and Culture: a journal of interactive media. Online first.
This article investigates some of the key debates that have emerged within the nascent union organising project Game Workers Unite, with
Woodcock, J. (2020) 'Reflecting on a call centre workers’ inquiry. Contradictions, tensions, and the role of the researcher', Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa / The Italian Journal of Ethnography and Qualitative Research, 13(1): 103-118.
This article reflects on the experience of conducting the research for (Woodcock, 2017), in which I
