Fairwork: researchers in action

Fairwork Project investigates and assesses working conditions for platform workers in 38 countries. And that's not all: the organization strives for real change and gets it done. How? That's what Martijn Arets asked senior researcher and project manager Dr. Funda Ustek Spilda in The Gig Work Podcast.

Technology is increasingly influencing the world of work, and the gig economy is leading the way, especially when it comes to platforms for 'on demand' and online work. People not only find jobs through platforms, but are also managed, rewarded, monitored, and evaluated through this technology. Fairwork project studies this development and goes beyond 'just' research. "We are not only studying working conditions in the platform economy; we want to improve them at the same time," says Funda Ustek Spilda, senior researcher and project manager at Fairwork. "We call that 'action research.'"