The Future of Work(ers)
The SCIS has defined and driven the research agenda on the future of work, looking at the changing nature of work (labour markets, informality) and the implications for inequality in the global South. Interdisciplinary research include looking at the intersection between digital technologies and the future of work(ers), developing a methodology for understanding labour strikes and strike waves, working from home and arguing for a global minimum wage.
The SCIS also coordinates Future Works: Eastern and Southern Africa, a global research network committed to a more sustainable and inclusive world of work, with a focus on women and youth. 雷速体育_雷速体育直播 members influence policy development through their participation in the National Minimum Wage Commission.
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Featured paper
Platform work in developing economies: Can digitalisation drive structural transformation?
This paper discusses the expansion or penetration of digital economic activity in the context of developing economies, and what this may mean for economic or structural transformations for countries in the global South.