JOBS!! We've now extended the deadline for our four @admscentre QUT Digital Media Research Centre postdocs (3 years full-time at Level B), and we've also opened them up to international applicants. All details available from this link: research.qut.edu.au/adms/2024/07/0…

🚨 Top resources for ethnographers! 🕵🏾 If you're interested in qualitative, ethnographic research, Ethnography Atelier🖋 website (👉🏾ethnographyatelier.org/post/the-ethno…) is a true treasure trove of insights and resources. (Quantitative researchers, you can join in too—we won't tell your numbers! 🤫)

For Logic(s), I interviewed workers navigating cycles of precarious work and public benefits & housing that the gig economy exposes them to. Shawnta, Jay, and Amber taught me about the three myths gig corporations have manipulated us to believe: logicmag.io/issue-21-medic…

Two PhD scholarships in international education on offer in a cotutelle program between Deakin & Coventry university. Come & join our PhD program in #intled! Application close 1st October 2024. See below for details and please share with your network. The Centre for Research for Educational Impact IEAA

Come join a fantastic group in Brisbane. Hiring across levels for THREE(!) new colleagues in strategy/entrepreneurship/innovation. A great place to incubate new ideas, work with fantastic students, and to work and have fun with a vibrant friendly group. #AcademicTwitter #AOM2024

Looking for a PhD candidate to join our Language and Cultural Diversity in ADM project to work with migrant communities and/or organisations in Western Sydney. Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) ADM+S Centre Applications due 30 September 2024: westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/sc…

theguardian.com/us-news/articl… "a long-anticipated proposal to establish the country’s first-ever federal workplace heat standard, which, if finalized, would require access to water, shade, breaks and training for about 36 million workers."

Our joint report with HeatWatch on the impact of extreme heat on gig and platform workers is published online. A large number of gig and platform workers reported experiencing heat exhaustion and heatwaves. 1/2

The transport community has been rocked by another food delivery rider death late last night. Our hearts go out to the driver's family and the community of food delivery riders.

🎉 Our latest issue "Shift Patterns: Experiments in Hospitality Organising" is out online today! 🔎 Featuring inquiries by hospitality workers in pubs, cafes, restuarants and more! 🔗 Read now via the link below: notesfrombelow.org/issue/shift-pa…

New policy briefing: working time in the ILO standard-setting on Decent Work in the Platform Economy - bit.ly/ILOPWWT

It's hiring time. We have 3 posts in Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation AND 3 posts in OB/HR. If you like friendly supportive colleagues, a great research culture, & a good lifestyle UQ Business School is interested to hear from YOU. Details in the 🧵below

LEAKED from USyd HR briefing for managers on "Overcoming" Closing Loopholes. TLDR: Casual academics must no longer be "engaged for a fixed term" (i.e. a semester) because we "could ask to convert to continuing employment if current practices continue".

We are so close to the deadline. Send us your abstracts soon. #aas2024 The panel provides space for any #student anthropologist to engage with and reflect upon their own research. For any queries - [email protected] #Anthropology #Research #Australia #perth #chass #uwa #bep

The national living wage is £11.44 hr "Campos works long hours for both companies and in July says she worked 333 hours, earning the equivalent of £6.27 an hour. Her payment records show she was paid as little as £1.20 for some deliveries by Uber Eats."

The Fair Work Commission has new powers to determine standards for "employee-like" workers in the gig economy. smartcompany.com.au/people-human-r…

EXPOSED: How the gig economy public data deficit conceals nearly £2 billion in yearly wage theft, blatant disregard for worker and public safety, and rampant growth in emissions. Read our full report, Dying for Data🔽 workerinfoexchange.org/public-data-sh…

Australian properties are becoming uninsurable as unseasonal extreme weather inflicts major damage to housing, business and infrastructure. UQ News Prof Paula Jarzabkowski theconversation.com/wild-weather-i…

As weather gets more extreme & disasters more frequent, many turn to insurance for help. However, as insurance is increasingly unaffordable or unavailable, we can no longer take it for granted. More from UQ Business School with Prof Paula Jarzabkowski & Katie Meissner, & I: theconversation.com/wild-weather-i…

Parts of Australia have recently been hit with wild weather – and #UQ researchers say unpredictable weather like this is putting the future of insurance in doubt. Read more from Prof Paula Jarzabkowski, Tyler Riordan and Katie Meissner via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand uq.au/203e13