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Digital livelihoods? The online gig economy and the future of decent refugee work in cities

数字化生计？

基本信息

批准号：
ES/S005757/1
负责人：
Andreas Hackl
金额：
$ 30.96万
依托单位：
University of Edinburgh
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS005757%2F1
关键词：
Digital livelihoods online gig economy

项目摘要

This project aims to explore the contribution of digitally mediated labour to the provision of decent work and livelihoods among displaced persons in cities, with a focus on Berlin and Beirut. Both these cities are leading hubs for digital innovation and have recently absorbed large numbers of refugees, prompting a growth in digital work initiatives. These emerged against the backdrop of a growing online 'gig economy' around the world amid an increasingly urban and 'connected' displaced population: more than 60 percent of the world's refugees now live in cities.These combined factors of urbanised refugee economies and the digitalisation of work demand urgent research into the relationship between the online gig economy and displaced populations. Yet despite a growing body of research on digital economies in development contexts, it is poorly understood how the online gig economy reshapes the world of work among displaced persons. Aiming to fill this knowledge gap in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and hosted by the University of Edinburgh, this project pursues three research objectives:a) Generate empirical evidence about the digitally mediated work lives of refugees through fieldwork in Berlin and Beirut;b) Gain insights through research of selected digital platforms that offer digital work opportunities and employment trainings;c) Establish a new methodological framework that links ethnography with multidisciplinary methods in the social sciences of the digital, and develop new research skills through trainings.In fulfilment of these research objectives, the project follows two overarching questions:1) How does digitally mediated labour reshape refugees' access to decent work and sustainable livelihoods?2) What implications do these transformations have for the rights and policies that govern urban refugee economies, and for the way displacement is conceptualised in the social sciences?These overarching questions are complemented by three empirical sub-questions that correspond directly to the research objectives and three methodological dimensions:a) What types of digitally mediated work do refugees do, how do they get access to it, and what impact does it have on their social and economic lives?b) How do digital work platforms relate to the specific situation of displaced populations, and what impact do they pursue in comparison to the actual experiences of refugee workers?c) What new combinations of qualitative ethnographic research and digital research methods allow us to grasp how digital economies and refugees' working practices intersect and overlap?In line with the New Investigator Grant's aims, the project pursues additional objectives on two levels: skills development and impact.Skills development objectives include completion of a leadership programme at the host institution; the development of new approaches and methods during a three-months visit to the Oxford Internet Institute (OII); and the learning of effective user engagement by collaborating with the ILO and providers of digital work opportunities in the third sector and the private sector. The knowledge exchange and impact objectives include convening a workshop and an international conference with key users at the host institution; production of high-quality research outputs, including an ILO Working Paper, with impact on both users and academic beneficiaries; the creation of a project website and a Briefing for policy makers and platform developers titled 'A Just Gig Economy for Refugees'.The newly gained skills, networks and knowledge throughout this project will facilitate the creation of sustainable research capacity at the host institution through follow-up funding applications with a clear long-term aim in mind: the formation of a research cluster on 'Digital Development' at Edinburgh's School of Social and Political Science.

该项目旨在探讨数字化劳动力对城市流离失所者提供体面工作和生计的贡献，重点是柏林和贝鲁特。这两个城市都是数字创新的领先中心，最近吸收了大量难民，促进了数字工作计划的增长。这些问题的出现是在全球在线“零工经济”不断增长、流离失所人口日益城市化和“相互联系”的背景下出现的：世界上超过 60% 的难民现在居住在城市。城市化难民经济和工作数字化的综合因素要求迫切研究在线零工经济与流离失所人口之间的关系。然而，尽管对发展背景下的数字经济的研究越来越多，但人们对在线零工经济如何重塑流离失所者的工作世界知之甚少。该项目由爱丁堡大学主办，旨在与国际劳工组织 (ILO)、牛津互联网研究所 (OII) 合作，填补这一知识空白，追求三个研究目标：a) 通过在柏林和贝鲁特的实地考察，生成有关难民数字化工作生活的实证证据；b) 通过对提供数字工作机会和就业培训的选定数字平台进行研究，获得见解；c) 建立一个新的方法论框架，将民族志与数字社会科学中的多学科方法联系起来，并通过培训开发新的研究技能。为了实现这些研究目标，该项目遵循两个首要问题：1）数字媒介劳动力如何重塑难民获得体面工作和可持续生计的机会？2）这些转变对管理城市难民经济的权利和政策有何影响？社会科学中流离失所的概念化方式？这些首要问题由三个直接对应研究目标和三个方法论维度的实证子问题补充：a) 难民从事哪些类型的数字媒介工作，他们如何获得这些工作，以及它对他们的社会和经济生活产生什么影响？b) 数字工作平台如何与流离失所者的具体情况相关，以及他们在寻求什么影响 c) 定性民族志研究和数字研究方法的哪些新组合使我们能够掌握数字经济和难民工作实践如何交叉和重叠？根据新调查员补助金的目标，该项目在两个层面上追求额外目标：技能发展和影响力。技能发展目标包括在收容机构完成领导力计划；在对牛津互联网研究所（OII）进行为期三个月的访问期间开发了新的途径和方法；通过与国际劳工组织以及第三部门和私营部门的数字工作机会提供商合作，学习有效的用户参与。知识交流和影响目标包括与主办机构的主要用户召开研讨会和国际会议；产出高质量的研究成果，包括国际劳工组织的工作文件，对用户和学术受益者产生影响；创建一个项目网站，并为政策制定者和平台开发人员提供题为“难民的零工经济”的简报。整个项目中新获得的技能、网络和知识将通过后续资金申请，促进主办机构建立可持续的研究能力，并牢记明确的长期目标：在爱丁堡社会和政治科学学院形成“数字发展”研究集群。