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Cities of Workers: Understanding Platform Gig Work and Urban Life

Panel Discussion at the Bangalore International Centre hosted by Aapti Institute The growth of the gig platform economy represents a...

Why should the Indian platform economy keep a gender disaggregated data?

Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms, a collection of 10 articles written by 26 gig economy experts.

Delivery Wars: 15-Minute Groceries, Anyone?

The Covid-19 pandemic has turbo-charged the adoption of online grocery by consumers who want superfast delivery – the faster the ...

Data Sharing for India's Migrant Crisis

as part of the Aapti Institute discussion series August 2020

Webinar: Conversations with Women in the Gig Economy

Webinar on how digital platforms impact women's work and entrepreneurship The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives and livelihoods...

Podcast: COVID19 and the city

Platform work is increasingly being seen an "essential service" in the #COVID19 #lockdown. Listen to me on the 'COVID19 and the City'...

‘Uber-ed: Bengaluru’s platform economy and urban subjectivities

Mukul Kesavan and I decode popular narratives around platform drivers in India. I hosted a public conversation with Mukul at City Scripts...

Research in Performance: Staging the Technological Present

Algorithms a play by Indian Ensemble that used my research on platforms to build a framework and a methodology for scripting the personal...

(m)Apping Urban Culture: Technology and the City

As we move towards a city life that is intertwined with technology - delivery apps, consultation apps, transport to name a few - it...