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29/03/2021

Guest Blog: How to Help Underserved Populations Thrive With Digital Work

Liz Vickers has been working exclusively on freelance platforms since 2011. She’s worked consultatively with many partners helping them to mobilize populations online – including refugee camps, Veterans organizations, and African & Middle Eastern geographies where limited economic opportunity exists.

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17/06/2020

‘Frontlines during Covid-19: Technology, remote work and sustainable livelihoods for refugees’

Friday, 12 June saw a panel of researchers and practitioners discuss remote work for refugees in a meeting hosted by The Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement at Cambridge University.

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17/03/2020

Guest blog: Hidden Labour and Workers Forums Data Do Matter!

What is the ‘hidden’ labour of platform workers, how can we learn about it, and why is it important? In this guest blog, Dr Wifak Gueddana reflects on these questions and introduces her pioneering research project.

Preemptive Love Coalition’s WorkWell programme in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan (Preemptive Love Coalition, 2019)
20/02/2020

Guest blog: The emergence of digital microwork among forcibly displaced people: lessons from Iraq and Palestine

What is the role of digital microwork in providing employment opportunities for forcibly displaced people? In this guest blog post, Giselle Gonzales reflects on her research to explore this question.