Labour Geography
Our research group is interested in better understanding patterns of socio-spatial inequality in labour, migration and gender.
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Geography of suffering – body maps express what words cannot
There are still no effective treatments for Long Covid. Health geographer Maaret Jokela-Pansini has developed an innovative tool together with patients and shows how social sciences can deepen our understanding of the disease.
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Conceptualizing labor agency through resilience: Practices of reassembling work on domestic services platforms
This article, written by Khaula Ettarfi, explores workers’ experiences in the gig domestic cleaning sector in Geneva, focusing on their resilience in the face of temporary and flexible work conditions. Through stories collected from workers, the article illustrates how they demonstrate resilience, emphasizing the relationships and environments that shape their experiences in a precarious labor market.It further reviews various perspectives of workers encountering platform-mediated labor at different moments of their working trajectories.
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What makes working for taxi apps and online delivery services problematic
Karin Schwiter is one of the experts who, as part of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) at the University of Zurich, focus on topics related to digital transformation and its impact on society. The DSI Spotlights are short videos that highlight different aspects of digitalization.
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