Biography
Uma Rani is Senior Economist at the Research Department of the International Labour Office. Since 2016 she has been working on digital transformations in the world of work, wherein she tries to explore how labour and social institutions could be strengthened to address economic and social inequality. She coordinated the major flagship report of the ILO on “World Employment and Social Outlook 2021: The role of digital labour platforms in transforming the world of work”, co-edited the special issue on “Women, work and the digital economy” for Gender and Development, 2022 and published extensively on digital transformations of work.
