Inviting vista or hostile landscape?

Tue Jun 20 2023 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Flinders University, Victoria Square | Adelaide

Australian Industrial Transformation Institute
Publisher/HostAustralian Industrial Transformation Institute
Inviting vista or hostile landscape?
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Inviting vista or hostile landscape? The gig economy through the eyes of young Australians
About this Event

The Australian Industrial Transformation Institute is pleased to host Dr Josh Healy (Newcastle) and Dr Andi Pekarek (Melbourne) for Inviting vista or hostile landscape? The gig economy through the eyes of young Australians.

Young people are avid participants in the gig economy, as users and as workers. This dual involvement means that platform companies play a significant role in many young people’s lives, both in enabling their consumption and providing new opportunities for work.

In this paper, Dr Josh Healy and Dr Andi Pekarek present contemporary evidence of how young Australians engage with platforms and their views about gig work. They find that while young people have taken enthusiastically to platforms as users, they are pessimistic about important aspects of gig work. And discuss what this combination of support and suspicion portends for young people’s awareness and acceptance of platforms’ labour practices, which are central to the future of work.

The talk will be followed by a discussion with Prof. John Spoehr, Director of the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute (AITI). It is suitable for anyone interested in the gig economy and the future of work.

Drinks and nibbles provided. Tickets are free but places are limited, please RSVP.


Dr Josh Healy (University of Newcastle)

Josh Healy is a leading researcher and commentator on the future of work. His recent studies focus on technological change, work in the gig economy, experiences of younger and older workers, and the living wage. His contributions include influential commissioned reports, academic articles, editorial roles, events and media appearances, and innovative classroom teaching. Before joining the University of Newcastle, Dr Healy held research-focused roles at the University of Melbourne (2015-20) and Flinders University (2002-15), where he undertook several large studies of Australian workplace leaders, paid care workers, and new immigrants.

Dr Andi Pekarek (Melbourne)

Andi (Andreas) Pekarek is a senior lecturer in the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Melbourne. His recent projects have centred on work in the platform economy, unions and industrial relations institutions, the HRM occupation, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of work. Andi has published in such journals as Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Human Resource Management Journal, British Journal of Industrial Relations, and New Technology, Work and Employment. He is an Associate Editor of Research in the Sociology of Work (Emerald) and on the editorial board of the Journal of Industrial Relations (Sage).


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Flinders University, Victoria Square, 182 Victoria Square, Adelaide, Australia

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