We invite PhD and other early career researchers to apply for the expert-led training school, co-organized by EU COST Action Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab (PWILL), Dr. Jing Hiah, Assistant professor at Erasmus School of Law, and Anna Elias, PhD candidate at the International Institute of Social Studies.
This three-day training will equip international and local researchers to:
Critically engage with dominant discourses on platform work Integrate intersectional feminist approaches into their research Build connections with leading experts and peers in the field
Location: Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Dates: June 2-4, 2025 
Application Deadline: April 25, 2025 
Funding available! Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for participants from outside the Netherlands.
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Kylie Jarrett (University College Dublin) will deliver the keynote address on using social reproduction theory to explore labour in the platform economy ecosystem.
This training school is meant to foster a sense of community, belonging and contribute to building a network for participants. We really encourage participants to be present during all activities on all three days.
Apply now through this form.
Preliminary program Training School on Intersectional Feminist Approaches to Platform Labour
During the three-day training school, participants will work on a micro project: an idea of how to connect an intersectional feminist approach/methodology to their research or come up with a social impact activity related to their research and inspired by intersectional feminist approaches. Participants will receive a list of readings and assignments prior to the training school so they are properly prepared.
The training school will kick-off with a keynote by Kylie Jarrett (University College Dublin) where platform work will be explored by Social Reproduction Theory, followed by three workshops (on theory, methodology and social impact/action) and an Author Q&A with Kylie Jarrett about intersectional feminism in academia co-organized by Women@ESL. Besides these activities, the training school will reserve free time for participants to work on their micro project. During the last day participants will pitch their micro project to their peers and instructors of the training school.
The preliminary schedule:
Monday June 2nd
Morning
Signing-in and opening of the training school
Keynote of Kylie Jarrett on Social Reproduction Theory exploring platform work
Lunch
Afternoon
Theory workshop
Social impact/action workshop
Evening
Dinner
Tuesday June 3rd
Morning
Methodology workshop
Lunch
Afternoon
Free time to work on micro project
Q&A with Kylie Jarrett, Intersectional feminist reflections on working in academia with Women@ESL
Drinks
Evening
Dinner
Wednesday June 4th
Morning
Free time to work on micro project
Lunch
Afternoon
Presentations of micro projects
People involved
Anna Elias is PhD Candidate at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Anna’s research explores the extent of impact that digital platforms have on livelihoods in the informal sector. She attempts to map the complexities of workers on platforms in the context of highly informal economies like India, where unemployment and skill-work misalignment in addition to various other structural issues persists. Anna has co-organized the training school.
Miren Gutiérrez Almazor, a Spanish journalist, activist, scholar, and university lecturer who focusses on data activism or how people and organizations use data infrastructure, in combination with other technologies, for social change, environmental conservation, and equality. She is the author of Data Activism and Social Change (2018, Springer). She also serves as WG1 co-leader of the Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab and will be providing a workshop on social impact and action through research.
Jing Hiah is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the Department of Law, Society & Crime, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on social harms in work and employment, drawing inspiration from critical feminist theories and approaches. She also serves as WG1 co-leader of the Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab. Jing has co-organized the training school and will act as a trainer throughout the three-day program, supporting participants in developing their micro-projects.
Kylie Jarrett is Professor of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin. Kylie Jarrett has been researching the internet since the 1990s with a focus on the political economy of the internet, including social media. She is the author of Digital Labor (2022, Polity), Feminism, Labour, and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife (2016, Routledge), co-editor of the forthcoming Sage Handbook of Digital Labour (2025, Sage) and editor-in-chief of the new journal Dialogues on Digital Society. Kylie will provide a keynote on exploring platform work through social reproduction theory. She is also the theory workshop instructor.