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I think about Southern digital futures, and how technology is shaped by cities of the global South
I lead a portfolio of academic research, action-research, and consulting around technology and livelihood outcomes specific to the global South.
This website hosts my project work, podcasts, op-eds, academic articles, books, webinars, and teaching around these themes.
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Public Writing
Journal Articles
Sep 9, 2024
Understanding and Improving Women’s Work on Digital Labour Platforms (for ILO, Geneva)
Between 2020 and 2023, I along with my team at IIHS, and Center for Internet and Society were commissioned by the Internatioanl Labour...
Sep 9, 2024
Ecosystems of Engagement: Digital Platforms and Women's Work in Sri Lanka and India
End of Project report for a collaboration between IIHS, Center for Policy Research, World Resources Institute and Lirne Asia. We sought...
Apr 25, 2024
Journal Editorial Boards
I am thrilled to be part of three compelling journal editorial boards that create space for the big debates on an ever digitizing and...
Aug 8, 2023
Platformization and Informality: edited book
Editors: Aditi Surie and Ursula Huws Publisher: Palgrave Macmillian, 2023 In this edited volume, scholars from Mumbai, Bengaluru,...
Sep 6, 2021
Coalitions of Socio-Technical Infrastructure: Platforms as Essential Services
In Communication, Culture and Critique, Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 539–544, https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcab044 This...
Jul 24, 2020
On-demand platforms and pricing: how platforms can impact the informal urban economy
Journal article published in Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation Vol 14, Issue 1 Pricing is the one of the most powerful...
Sep 15, 2019
Emerging Nature of Work in the Platform Economy: Evidence from Bengaluru, Karnataka
This paper investigates the work experiences, perceptions of security and risk of platform economy drivers in Bengaluru, India from a...
Jul 19, 2019
Climate change, Agrarian distress, and the role of digital labour markets: evidence from Bengaluru
In this article, we explore the use of the digital labour market set up by mobility platforms in Bengaluru, Karnataka, as a mechanism to...
Jul 19, 2019
Are Ola and Uber Drivers Entrepreneurs or Exploited Workers?
Early 2017 was a difficult period for Ola and Uber drivers: Their earnings plummeted[1] by 30-45% throwing their economic planning and...
Jul 19, 2019
Tech in Work: Organising Informal Work in India
The “platform economies” of today can provide traditional informal sector workers the opportunity to formalise and organise their work....
Current Projects
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