Articles | Volume 81, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-325-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gh-81-325-2026
Intervention
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22 Jun 2026
Intervention |  | 22 Jun 2026

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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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.
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