The final article from my PhD is published in EID. It explores how taxi platform drivers experience algorithmic management, finding that while it is an opaque, unpredictable, and non-negotiable form of control, drivers do not necessarily see it as such. I highlight two explanations of this tension.

The final article from my PhD is published in EID. It explores how taxi platform drivers experience algorithmic management, finding that while it is an opaque, unpredictable, and non-negotiable form of control, drivers do not necessarily see it as such. I highlight two explanations of this tension.

Wolt couriers in Norway today lost their case for employment against the platform. The court emphasized the couriers’ flexibility in arguing that they should not be regarded as employees. The couriers and their union might appeal the case to the Supreme Court. frifagbevegelse.no/loaktuelt/sy...

Wolt couriers in Norway today lost their case for employment against the platform. The court emphasized the couriers’ flexibility in arguing that they should not be regarded as employees. The couriers and their union might appeal the case to the Supreme Court. frifagbevegelse.no/loaktuelt/sy...

“Even though Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency that banned all but essential vehicles like ambulances, police cars and utility trucks from the roads, the 80,000 deliveristas were among those exempt.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/n...

«The question (...) is not whether the Nordic countries can regulate gig work. They clearly can. The real question is political: whom the Nordic model is designed to protect — and whom it is willing to leave behind.» @sigurdoppegaard.bsky.social i fellesnordisk kronikk i @jacobinmag.bsky.social.

How did gig work gain foothold in the supposedly well-regulated and highly organized Nordic labor markets? @alfonsson.bsky.social, Stine Rasmussen, Jere Immonen and I have a piece in @jacobinmag.bsky.social arguing that this is much less of a puzzle than it might appear: jacobin.com/2026/02/nord...

Basert på rapporten har vi også skrevet en kronikk i dagens Klassekampen der vi diskuterer "bra nok"-prinsippet og hvilke konsekvenser dette kan ha for kulturen, kunstnerisk kvalitet og kunstnernes inntekter. klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

Ny Fafo-rapport! Vi har undersøkt effektene av KI i kunst- og kulturbransjen i Norge og intervjuet forfattere og musikere om hvordan de bruker og forstår teknologien. Rapporten finnes her: www.fafo.no/images/pub/2...

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Thx friends @adamtooze.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, @alybatt.bsky.social, @stefeich.bsky.social, @danielloick.bsky.social & others who signed condemning malicious cuts at The New School @newschoolaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org Join them! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pandeminivåer på antalet tillgängliga jobb!

Nok et år har gått, nok en haug med fantastisk norsk sosiologi har blitt publisert. Men hva var best? Norsk sosiologforeningen kårer beste norsk- og engelskspråklige artikkelen publisert av en Norgesbasert sosiolog for 2025. Nominer artikler til meg, first 15 desember. sosiologen.no/foreningen/v...

Hvordan stiller forsikringsbransjen seg til kunstig intelligens, egentlig? Hvis en advokat må betale erstatning fordi den har gitt dårlige råd, og advokatens råd baserte seg på KI - vil forsikringen dekke erstatningen, eller vil den mene at det var uaktsomt av advokaten å stole på KIen?

Fafo and the (MovingSkills) project is recruiting a PhD fellow. 4-year position, good working conditions and environment, and lovely colleagues. Apply and spread in relevant networks! Application deadline 5 Jan. @fafoinfo.bsky.social fafo.no/om-fafo/ledi...

BREAKING - WIE NL has begun legal action against Uber for collective redress over the unlawful use of algorithmic pay setting systems which badly damaged driver incomes. workerinfoexchange.nl/press-releas...

Uber drivers in Bergen (Norway) just announced they are on strike due to Uber's high commission and low prices: www.nrk.no/vestland/ube...

After years of mobilization among drivers and a surge in strikes in November, the Kenyan Ministry of Transport announced yesterday that they will require the taxi apps to increase prices to ensure drivers fair pay. eastleighvoice.co.ke/business/242...

Hva skjer i drosjenæringen? Jeg har skrevet et lite faktaflak for Fafo Østforum (@fafoinfo.bsky.social) som oppsummerer hva som har skjedd de siste årene og situasjonen i bransjen i dag. Jeg ser særlig på sjåførenes vilkår og betingelser. Les her: www.fafooestforum.no/nyheter/nytt...

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

Let's not overregulate the doomsday machine we wouldn't want to stifle innovation

Kristin Jesnes @jesnes.bsky.social and Anne Mette Ødegård from @fafoinfo.bsky.social introducing the special session on the #euhorizon project #IntegrateDialogue at #ILERA @durham-university.bsky.social

Sammen med gode kollegaer har jeg skrevet en kronikk om den norske arbeidslivsmodellens "randsoner." Vi argumenterer for at dette er et nødvendig begrep for å forstå utviklingen arbeidslivet og hvorfor det er så vanskelig å sikre ordnede forhold i særlige bransjer. frifagbevegelse.no/debatt/rands...

I am also astonished that Colombian president Gustavo Petro has read the entirety of Marx's Capital three times! What's your excuse?

Strømming direkte her fra 09:00 og senere i opptak

– Det er en stor nød og desperasjon hos flere av de vi snakker med, sier forskningsleder Kaja Reegård i Fafo.

ICYMI: Trump has just about decimated the federal workforce, with more than 199,000 people pushed out since Jan, per a new report. Nearly 10% of the entire federal civilian workforce gone. “The services that Americans have come to expect are not going to be there.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This is what happens when you order delivery in DC right now.

SWEDEN: Tesla and the union have opened the door to resolutions that do not involve a collective agreement ttps://www.teslarati.com/tesla-sweden-makes-if-metall-union-give-up-600-day-strike/

Fantastic article on the contradictions of Norwegian energy policy at home and abroad. The Norwegian state as a global rentier. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Nå som valgkampen på ordentlig er i gang, er det på tide å trekke frem denne igjen: Dag Solstad som leser av høyresidens (fravær av) slagord

Apart from it's multi-pronged attack on the state, I shared how Uber is a trend-setter in other ways: “Uber’s personalised wages and prices echo what’s happening with grocery prices, plane tickets, and other goods increasingly being priced with granular data.” www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Phil A. Neel launched a substack: “Geopolitics has, quite literally, become a bread-and-butter issue across much of the globe, [...] Whether ecological, economic, or political, it appears that the “planetary” is now, in every sense, immediate.” philneel.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Norway should sell the remaining four-fifths of Israeli companies held by its $2 trillion Oil Fund as well. No more material support to the economies of genocidal states. [gift link]

Det kan ikke understreges nok at den systematiske israelske massemord på journalister er unikt i historisk sammenhæng. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces. #JournalismIsNotACrime

"Selvfølgelig er teknologibransjen en viktig del av dødsmaskineriet på Gaza. Og da må selvfølgelig de som representerer teknologer mene noe om det." 🤦‍♂️

Uber's $20bn share buy back is a MASSIVE transfer of their wage theft from exploited workers to greedy investors. It equates to $2,400 for every rider & driver on the platform or just under the total value of fares collected from passengers in Q2 '25. www.ft.com/content/6643...

Socialists must plan for the next economic crisis *before* it happen. Otherwise, the ruling class will use it – again – to suppress workers and further destroy nature. This essay – first of two parts – in @journalspectre.bsky.social offers socialist reflections on the coming crisis.

The Norwegian government will review ownership stakes in Israeli companies by the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund—Norway’s $1.5 trillion 'Oil Fund'—after the newspaper Aftenposten revealed that the fund had increased its holdings in jet engine parts manufacturer Bet Shemesh Engines Ltd.

Hva forteller Bolt, Uber og resten av plattformene om tilstanden i norsk arbeidsliv? I dagens Klassekampen drøfter jeg tre utfordringer disse jobbene illustrerer: sårbare gruppers arbeidsmarkedsmuligheter, regulering av ny teknologi og håndheving av arbeidsretten. klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

The people who take their place enter a very diferent gig economy. Newcomers often lack the institutional memory regarding labor and payment standards that the previous generation took with them when they moved on. This is why online forums and app groups are so important.

🚨 I’m excited to announce that, “The Enshittification of Work: Platform Decay and Labour Conditions in the Gig Economy” is now available online ! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bra analyse som tas på alvor norsk arbeidslivets «randsonene»: klassekampen.no/utgave/2025-...

Hva forteller Bolt, Uber og resten av plattformene om tilstanden i norsk arbeidsliv? I dagens Klassekampen drøfter jeg tre utfordringer disse jobbene illustrerer: sårbare gruppers arbeidsmarkedsmuligheter, regulering av ny teknologi og håndheving av arbeidsretten. klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

Grusomhetene vi ser på Gaza overgår alt. Vi må sikre at vi ikke bidrar til våpensalg til Israel. Og vi må mobilisere på alle nivåer for å få våpenhvile og humanitær hjelp til Gaza. Nå! #palestine #freepalestine #gazaunderattack #StoppVåpensalg

Håkon Snortheim i Høyre og fylkesråd for samferdsel i Akershus har i det siste har forsvart liberaliseringen av drosjemarkedet i 2020, sist i Dagsnytt 18 på onsdag. Gjennom sin tidligere jobb i Geelmuyden Kiese som pressekontakt for Uber i Norge, viser det seg. e24.no/naeringsliv/...

En sak som är intressant med den svenska anställningsformen är att den urvattnats i en omfattning som saknar motsvarigheter i andra jämförbara länder. >

A source at Foodora told Norwegian media how the company strategically pushed couriers to shift from being employed to become self-employed to avoid employer responsibilities, the collective agreement and working environment protections. www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/fo...