Jonas Hulgård Kristiansen forsvarer sin Ph.d.-afhandling på Sociologisk Institut

 Jonas Hulgård Kristiansen


Kandidat

Jonas Hulgård Kristiansen, Sociologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet

Titel

The Worker, the Consumer, and the Platform
- A Quantitative Exploration of Work Patterns and Employment. Practices in the Danish Platform Economy

Bedømmelseskomite

  • Professor Antti Saloniemi, Tampere University
  • Professor MSO Janine Leschke, Copenhagen Business School
  • Associate Professor Carsten Strøby Jensen (Chair), Københavns Universitet

    Vejleder: Professor Trine Pernille Larsen, FAOS, Sociologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet

Vært

Bente Halkier, Professor, Sociologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet.

Tid og sted

6. juni 2024, kl. 13:00
Auditorium 1.1.18. (Første sal. i bygning 1)
Københavns Universitet, Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet,Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353 København K.

Ph.d.-afhandlingen vil være tilgængelig gennem Academic Books som e-publikation. 

Efter forsvaret er Sociologisk Institut vært ved en reception i lokale 16.1.62 fra kl. cirka 15:00.

Engelsk resume (kort)

The rapid evolution and expansion of digital labor platforms across various sectors that now cover food delivery, ride-hailing, care work, home improvement services, data analysis, and software development, have increasingly caught the eye of consumers, policy-makers, and scholars. Both the policy and scholarly debates on labor platforms revolve around whether (and how) platform work is changing (and deteriorating) working conditions as potential harbingers of a new future of work. The aim of the dissertation is to contribute to the literature by engaging with the overarching research puzzle of how digital labor platforms relate to the traditional labor market and existing patterns of inequalities in standard and non-standard work in Denmark.

The dissertation provides an empirical assessment of the dynamics of platform work in Denmark, considering the perspectives of workers, existing labor market structures, and consumer attitudes and how these factors interact to shape the evolving landscape of platform work. The dissertation utilizes different data sources and quantitative methods to address some of the challenges related to quantitatively researching platform work. Theoretically, it places platform work in a broader sociology of work context. Analytically, it introduces typologies on platform workers' activity patterns and their relationship to the traditional labor market, emphasizing the importance of understanding these interrelationships. Additionally, it highlights the role of consumers as key actors influencing labor relations. The findings underscore the complexity of assessing the precariousness of platform work without considering its context within the broader labor market and suggests directions for future research.

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