(in Polish) PROBAD: Praca platformowa w logistyce 3500-PROBAD-PPL
It is estimated that about 200,000 people work on labour platforms in Poland. At the same time, managerial and HR methods initiated by labour platforms, such as the use of algorithms to manage work and aggressive outsourcing, are spreading across virtually all sectors. The platform work sector is highly precarious - platforms offer employees non-standard forms of employment, do not comply with the minimum standards provided for by regulations, which results in low salaries, unstable working time, taking advantage of the fact that the sector is largely attracting younger people and migrants.
The classes are aimed at preparing students to plan and carry out a team project and will involve participation in scientific research conducted at the Faculty of Sociology. During the course, participants will be required to:
-recruit respondents
-conduct interviews
-prepare the transcripts
-analyze research material
The research material collected during the course will be used to prepare the Polish edition of a Fairwork report, a large international research project coordinated by the Oxford Internet Institute. The Fairwork project is an example of academic activism focused on researching and improving the working conditions of platform workers. Fairwork reports are designed to influence both policy makers (in order to speed up regulatory actions) and platforms management (through reputational pressure).
I encourage (although it is not necessary) participants to sign up for the course "Platform work in services" in the summer semester, which is also a part of the project.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
K_W09 Knows how to plan and carry out complex qualitative and quantitative empirical research; is aware of the consequences of methodological choices
K_U05 Can plan and carry out a social study using advanced quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques of social research
K_K01 Can initiate, plan, organize and manage work of a task team
K_K08 Is aware of the existence of social dilemmas related to the work of the sociologist
K_K10 Takes responsibility for planned and performed tasks
Assessment criteria
Participation in the discussion, preparation of a research project, written work - research report
Bibliography
Fairwork reports - https://fair.work/en/fw/ratings/
Heiland, H. (2022). Neither timeless, nor placeless: Control of food delivery gig work via place-based working time regimes. Human Relations, 75(9), 1824-1848.
Muszyński, K., Pulignano, V., Domecka, M., & Mrozowicki, A. (2022). Coping with precarity during COVID‐19: A study of platform work in Poland. International labour review, 161(3), 463-485.
Piasna, A., Zwysen, W., & Drahokoupil, J. (2022). The platform economy in Europe: results from the second ETUI Internet and Platform Work Survey (IPWS). ETUI Research Paper-Working Paper.
Polkowska, D. (2021). Platform work during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of Glovo couriers in Poland. European Societies, 23(sup1), S321-S331.
Rosenblat, A., & Stark, L. (2016). Algorithmic labor and information asymmetries: A case study of Uber’s drivers. International Journal of Communication 10(2016), 3758–3784
Additional information
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