Program 2019
Day 1
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
EVENT HOST: JOVANA KARANOVIC – FOUNDER, RESHAPING WORK
VENUE: DE NIEUWE LIEFDE AMSTERDAM WEST
09:00 REGISTRATION
10:00 OPENING SPEECH | JOVANA KARANOVIC – FOUNDER, RESHAPING WORK
10:15 KEYNOTE | JEREMIAS ADAMS-PRASSL, PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
The Gig Economy in 2020 – 3 Lessons for the Future of Work
11:00 COFFEE & ART INTERVENTION
11:30
RESEARCH INSIGHTS 1
PLATFORM WORK IN THE CARE SECTOR – CHOIR ROOM
Session chair: Hakan Ozalp, Vrije Universiteit
| • Friederike Molitor, WZB Berlin Social Science Center | Care on demand? Digitally-mediated care and domestic work |
| • Wifak Gueddana, King’s College London | Who cares? Platform Work and Low-income home service work in the digital economy |
| • Kendra Briken, University of Strathclyde | |
| • Miranda Hall, The New Economic Foundation | |
| • Penny Williams, Queensland University of Technology | The organisation of care work via digital platforms |
| • Paula McDonald, Queensland University of Technology | |
| • Robyn Mayes, Queensland University of Technology |
INCOME AND TAXATION OF GIG WORKERS – SMALL THEATRE
Session chair: Hanneke Bennaars, Leiden University
| • Merel Keijzer, Utrecht University | Pay in different forms of labour relationships |
| • Shu-Chien Chen, Erasmus University Rotterdam | Toward A Neutral Corporate Tax For the Gig Economy – Rethinking The Labour Factor Of The Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Directive Proposal Under The EU Law |
| • Branka Andjelkovic, CENTAR | Disruptive Innovators: Contract Prototypes for the Platform Work: Case study of Serbia |
| • Jelena Sapic, CENTAR | |
| • Maja Kovac, CENTAR |
THE ROLE OF PLATFORM CUSTOMERS AND INTERMEDIARIES – MAIN THEATER
Session chair: Hans Berends, Vrije Universiteit
| • Svea Windwehr, University of Oxford | How labour market intermediaries transform institutions of work: Insights from a comparative qualitative study of dispute resolution processes in contingent work. |
| • Gretta Corporaal, University of Oxford | |
| • Vili Lehdonvirta, University of Oxford | |
| • Katherine Kellogg, MIT | |
| • Alex Veen, The University of Sydney | Consumer power and attitudes in the platform-economy: Food delivery with a side of decent working conditions |
| • Caleb Goods, The University of Western Australia | |
| • Thomas Barratt, Edith Cowan University | |
| • Dafna Goor, Harvard Business School | Social Interactions in the Sharing Economy: A Double Edge Sword? |
| • Amir Grinstein, Northeastern University – Vrije University Amsterdam | |
| • Jeroen Meijerink, University of Twente | Explaining reputation inflation on Airbnb: The role of users’ perceived service quality |
| • Emma Schoenmakers, University of Twente |
13:00 LUNCH & ART INTERVENTION
14:00 THINK-LIKE ROUNDTABLES
(10 MINUTES TRANSITION)
15:45 COFFEE & ART INTERVENTION
16:15 KEYNOTE | MEI LI VOS, VICE-PRESIDENT, AVV & MEMBER OF THE DUTCH SENATE
17:00 DRINKS & BITES
19:30 NETWORKING DINNER
Day 2
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
09:00 REGISTRATION
10:00 KEYNOTE | PINAR OZCAN, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
Platform Disruption: The Case of Open Banking
(15 MIN TRANSITION)
11:00
RESEARCH INSIGHTS 2
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY & ALGORITHMIC MANAGEMENT – MAIN THEATRE
Session chair: Eliane Bucher, BI Norwegian Business School
| • Victor Bernhardtz, Unionen | Algorithmic Management in the Traditional Firm: Policy Analysis, the Role of Unions and Strategies for Successful Implementation |
| • Ana Alacovska, Copenhagen Business Schooll | Imagination gone rampant or Paranoia deserved? An Account of Folk Tales of Algorithmic Control among Creative Freelancers |
| • Eliane Bucher, Norwegian Business School BI | |
| • Christian Fieseler, Norwegian Business School BI | |
| • James Duggan, Cork University Business School | App-Work and Algorithmic Management in the Gig Economy: A Working Relationship and HRM Perspective |
| • Ultan Sherman, Cork University Business School | |
| • Ronan Carbery, Cork University Business School | |
| • Anthony McDonnell, Cork University Business School | |
| • Massimo De Minicis, INAPP Public Policy Innovation | Digital Labour platforms, algorithmic governance and techno-regulation: towards a computational evolution of law |
| • Silvia Donà, INAPP Public Policy Innovation | |
| • Nicola Lettieri, INAPP Public Policy Innovation | |
| • Manuel Marocco, INAPP Public Policy Innovation |
PLATFORM WORKER CAREERS – SMALL THEATRE
Session chair: Mark Boons, Vrije Universiteit
| • Mareike Seifried, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | Career Paths in Online Labor Markets: Same same but different? |
| • Roman Jurowetzki, Aalborg University | |
| • Tobias Kretschmer, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | |
| • Jaap van Slageren, Utrecht University | Skill Specialisation Patterns in the Online Gig Economy: Complement or Substitute to National Labour Markets? |
| • Andrea Herrman, Utrecht University | |
| • Thomas Gegenhuber, Leuphana University Lüneburg | Exploring Crowdworker Voice on Digital Work Platforms |
| • Markus Ellmer, University of Salzburg | |
| • Elke Schüßler, Johannes Kepler University Linz | |
| • Nikki Sonneveld, TNO | Differences That Make a Difference: The Impact of Platform Worker Type on Drivers of Job Satisfaction in the Gig Economy |
| • Sarike Verbiest, TNO | |
| • Mark Boons, Vrije University Amsterdam | |
| • Jeroen Meijerink, University of Twente |
INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN PLATFORM WORK – CHOIR ROOM
Session chair: Hans Berends, Vrije Universiteit
| • Zachary Kilhoffer, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) | Rethinking Labour Market Inclusion – Platforms and people with disabilities |
| • Sara Baiocco, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) | |
| • Borbala Simonovits, Eotvos Lorand University | Would You Ride with Me? Discrimination in Shared Mobility Platforms. The Hungarian Case |
| • Judith Holton, Mount Allison University | Rehumanising gig work in the platform economy |
| • Greg Marston, University of Queensland | Identifying as a gig-worker: Intersectionality and ontological security among Uber drivers in Brisbane, Australia |
| • Peter Holtum, University of Queensland |
12:30 LUNCH & ART INTERVENTION
13:15 MEET THE PLATFORM WORKERS
Panelists:
Dean Bosche | Head of Partnerships, Toptal
Falko Kremp | Country Manager Germany, Fiverr®
Marieke Blom | Chief Economist, ING
Jenny Shen | Platform Worker
Danique Thijse | Platform Worker
Chair:
Shellie Karabell, Journalist
14:30 COFFEE & ART INTERVENTION
15:00
RESEARCH INSIGHTS 3
PLATFORM COMPETITION – MAIN THEATRE
Session chair: Carmelo Cennamo, Copenhagen Business School
| • Mahdi Tavalaei, University of Surrey | Keep It or Share It? Exploring the Impact of Platform Rent Appropriation on Quality of Complementary Products |
| • Juan Santalo, IE Business School | |
| • Carmelo Cennamo, Bocconi University | |
| • Susanne Klausing, Oxford Internet Institute | Winner-Takes-All Dynamics in the Online Gig Economy – A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis |
| • Zoe Clements, IBM UK Ltd. | Platform Return on Participation |
| • Rashik Parmar, IBM UK Ltd. | |
| • Llewellyn D W Thomas, LaSalle Universitat Ramon Llull |
POWER AND THE SHAPING OF PLATFORM WORK – SMALL THEATRE
Session chair: Martijn Arets, Platform Economy Expert
| • Penny Williams, Queensland University of Technology | Gig Work Down Under: Comparative evidence from an Australian National Prevalence Survey |
| • Paula McDonald, Queensland University of Technology | |
| • Robyn Mayes, Queensland University of Technology | |
| • Daniela Ceccon, WageIndicator Foundation | Giving rights to platform workers: are collective agreements the right tool? |
| • Cynthia Srnec, CEPN – Université Paris 13 | Alternative platforms addressing sustainable and cooperative work organization in the digital era |
| • Corinne Vercher Chaptal, CEPN – Université Paris 13 |
DATA AND GOVERNANCE OF PLATFORMS – CHOIR ROOM
Session chair: Andrea Herrmann, Utrecht University
| • Florian Schmidt, University of Applied Sciences Dresden | Crowdsourced Production of AI Training Data – How Human Workers Teach Self-Driving Cars How to See |
| • Ed Steinmueller, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex | Data Hoarding as Double Marginalization |
| • Simone Vannuccini, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex | |
| • Youngrong Lee, University of Toronto | Working Like a Customer: Consenting to Precarious Work in Ride-hailing Platforms |
| • Frank Hoogendijk, Osborne Clarke International Legal Practice | Decentralized Autonomous Organisations: reshaping work ahead of the platform-curve? |
16:30 KEYNOTE | ROBERTO VIOLA, DIRECTOR GENERAL, DG CONNECT (EU COMMISSION)
Platform work in Europe: what’s old, what’s new, what’s needed?
17:15 CLOSING REMARKS