News

We would like to inform you about the continuation of COST P-WILL and the commencement of the new grant period, which will run from April until October 2024.
Furthermore, we are excited to inform you that the Public Policy Research Center from Belgrade has been appointed as the new Grant Holder institution following approval from the majority of MC votes in March. The Private Foundation of the Catalan Open University (UOC) previously resigned as Grant Holder institution. With this transition successfully completed, we are now ready to re-start our work.

Contacts with the new Grant Holder institution is as follows: P-WILL@publicpolicy.rs

While this transition may necessitate some adjustments to our timeline, we are committed to ensuring a seamless transition and maintaining the momentum of our activities. As such, we kindly draw your attention to the rescheduled MC meeting in Paris, now slated for September 25th to 27th, 2024. This change provides us with ample time for thorough planning and preparation. We are excited to see many of you there!

Additionally, we want to highlight another important upcoming hybrid online and presidential event, the International Congress “Women, Technology, and Power”. The event will be held in June (18 and 19 of June 2024) in San Sebastian, Basc Country, Spanish State. This event will also serve as the first physical meeting of the core group members. Working group meeting will also be celebrated. For more information, please visit the event website: https://congress.antifeministresistances.com/. The call for contributions has been extended to May 15th!

Invitations to the events will be sent out soon, and the call for STMS will be reopened.
As we move forward, we remain committed to fostering collaboration and advancing our shared goals. Should you need any additional information please do not hesitate to contact us!

Warm regards,

Mayo Fuster Morell (Action Chair, Faculty Affiliated Beckman Klein center for Internet and society (Harvard University) ) and Branka Andjelkovic (Action Co-chair, and Scientific representative of the Grant Holder institution, Public Policy Research Center from Belgrade).

From 23 February to 5 March 2025, Alina Östling visited Lisbon, Portugal, to collaborate with Prof. Nuno M. Garcia, a member of the PWILL Action. The primary focus was on assisting Working Group 3 (WG3) in developing an open access repository of alternative platform work projects, with a strong emphasis on intersectionality.

During the visit, they worked on classifying various platform and cooperative cases from different countries and sectors, including car sharing, food delivery, and resource sharing. They also brainstormed ideas for future publications and projects, as well as potential collaborations with other P-WILL members.

Looking ahead, Alina is excited about future collaborations and the potential impact of their work on the field of platform labour. They will continue refining the classification framework with WG3 and integrating draft criteria with other P-WILL members. Plans are also underway to discuss which journals to target for publication, with a list of potential journals already in place. In addition, Alina, along with a group of other P-WILL action members (including the chair of WG3), is currently conceptualizing research ideas for the CERV Programme Civil Dialogue: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-CIV funding call, which aims to contribute to the broader goals of the P-WILL action.

I am excited about the future collaborations and the impact our work might have on the field of platform labour. We will continue to work with WG3 to refine the classification framework and integrate the draft criteria jointly with other P-WILL members – Alina Ostling

New Grant Holder Institution Public Policy Research Center from Belgrade and continuation of COST P-WILL

STSM: Platform work: towards an repository of alternative cases and their analysis from the intersectional perspective