Feminist research on platform economies: a conversation on current perspectives and  future challenges

Dowling, Emma; Blanchard, Olivia; Ecker, Yannick; Orth, Barbara; Riemann, Mê-Linh

doi:10.5194/gh-81-325-2026

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Feminist perspectives on the platformisation of care work

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Feminist research on platform economies: a conversation on current perspectives and future challenges

Emma Dowling, Olivia Blanchard, Yannick Ecker, Barbara Orth, and Mê-Linh Riemann

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Short summary

This article presents an edited transcript of a roundtable discussion on the ways in which a feminist perspective may help to better understand digital platform labour in Europe, current developments in feminist theorising on platform labour and new concerns arising for research and practice.