Updated Articles

  1. Matching the crowd - combining crowdfunding and institutional funding to get great ideas off the ground

    this report explores the opportunities for matched crowdfunding as an innovative way of funding cultural projects and to build an evidence base to support the growth of this method of fundraising
  2. Good Work: the taylor review of modern working practices

    This report reviews the changing landscape of employment in the UK.
  3. City-as-s-Platform: The Rise of Participatory Innovation Platforms in Finnish Cities

    This article discusses the idea of city as a platform
  4. More Than a Gig. A Survey of Ride-hailing Drivers in Los Angeles.

    Comprehensive study of ride-hailing drivers in Los Angeles County, based on 260 surveys, 8 interviews and extensive policy and literature review.
  5. Driver Pay Protections Explainer: Rules Effective Feb. 1, 2019

    Rules by the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission regulating the minimum amount the largest FHV companies have to pay drivers for each trip.
  6. An Earnings Standard for New York City’s App-based Drivers: July 2018 Economic Analysis and Policy Assessment

    Examination of pay and hours among app-based drivers in NYC. Presentation of a proposal to create a minimum driver pay standard, and how the industry would absorb the cost of such a standard.
  7. The Future of Work in the ‘Sharing Economy’. Market Efficiency and Equitable Opportunities or Unfair Precarisation

    This paper analyses digital labour markets where labour-intensive services are traded by matching requesters and providers.
  8. Does the sharing economy increase inequality within the eighty percent?; Findings from a qualitative study of platform providers

    This paper presents evidence for increased income inequality among the bottom 80%
  9. Respecting Human Rights in the On-Demand Economy: Closing the New Governance Gap

    This paper uses a human rights and business lens to look at the on-demand economy
  10. Welcome to the Gig Economy: neoliberal industrial relations and the case of Uber

    This paper investigates how Sharing Economy entities work within the neoliberalist framework