Time: 24 February 2021
           12:30-2:00pm Hong Kong time (UTC +08:00)

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Speaker: Sun Ping, Assistant Professor, Institute of Journalism and Communication, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Abstract: Analysing interview and survey data on food delivery workers in China between 2018-19, this research has identified a trend of de-flexiblisation, contrary to the claimed affordance of flexibility in platform-mediated work. This is achieved through intertwined labour management tactics, technological engineering and the cultural normative of platform-dependent employment, cultivating what we refer to as “sticky labour”.

Contact person: Michael Ma
Centre: Centre for Social Innovation Studies, HKIAPS, CUHK
Contact: michaelmahoyin@gmail.com