[Air-L] Join our team. Two Researcher positions in the Fairwork project at the Oxford Internet Institute

[Mark Graham]

Dear colleagues,

The Fairwork Project is hiring for the following two positions:

   1. Postdoctoral Researcher I
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   (Grade 8: £41,526 – £49,553 p.a; fixed term contract until 30 June 2022
   in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter)
   2. Postdoctoral Researcher II
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    (Grade 8: £41,526 – £49,553 p.a; fixed-term for 7 months in the first
   instance, with the strong possibility of renewal thereafter)

The deadline to apply for these positions is *12.00 midday on 27 August
2020*.

We’re also hiring for multiple research assistant positions – see more here
<https://fair.work/hiring-research-assistants/>.
*About Fairwork *

Fairwork is an action-research project based at the Oxford Internet
Institute, University of Oxford. We research working conditions in the gig
economy, in order to develop ‘fairness ratings’ for digital labour
platforms like Uber, Helpling and Deliveroo (see examples here
<https://www.fair.work/ratings>). We use these ratings as a lever to
improve pay and conditions for platform workers, through media and consumer
pressure.

Fairwork’s programme of action research intends not just to understand the
world, but to change it. By bringing workers, platforms, scholars, labour
researchers and policymakers to the table, we work to collaboratively
develop and embed principles of fair work into the script of the gig
economy. Fundamental to the project is a commitment to being participatory
and non-hierarchical within our communities: we are all—workers, unions,
platforms, regulators, academics—the experts, and we all have co-developed
this project. Our ultimate aim is to understand, and counter, some of the
forces that disempower gig workers across the world.

Over the past three years, we have mobilized a unique and growing transnational
network of social justice minded scholars
<https://fair.work/project-team/> from
over ten countries in pursuit of this planetary goal. In order to
effectively advocate for gig workers everywhere, we believe it necessary
for our team too to reflect a diversity of backgrounds, cultures,
perspectives and more. In growing our team, we value and welcome the unique
contributions that applicants can bring in terms of their education,
opinions, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age,
religion, disability, and beliefs. We actively strive to build and nurture
a culture of empathy, inclusiveness, and respect.
*About the Postdoctoral Researchers*

The ideal candidates will have:

   - A postgraduate degree in sociology, geography, economics, law,
   development, or related fields;
   - Academic or professional experience and specialist knowledge relating
   to the gig economy, platform work, the digital economy, decent work, or
   precarious/temporary work;
   - Excellent project management skills, including the ability to develop
   and execute granular work schedules and coordinate diverse stakeholders;
   and,
   - Excellent communication abilities, including the ability to write for
   diverse audiences, present research proposals and results, and represent
   the research group at meetings.

See details of essential and desirable applicant criteria in the full job
descriptions (Postdoctoral Researcher I
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and Postdoctoral Researcher II
<https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=146993>
).

The team welcomes applications that reflect diverse modes of knowledge
production and traditions of scholarship.
*Structure and Primary Responsibilities*

As the successful candidate for one of the positions of *Postdoctoral
Researcher*, you will be based at Fairwork Foundation within the Oxford
Internet Institute. You will be a core part of a team led by Professor Mark
Graham, and will play a key role in conducting research and guiding the
Fairwork partners in the research that they conduct. You will be based at
the University of Oxford, and will work with partners in Brazil,
Bangladesh, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan,
South Africa, and the UK. The primary aims of this position will be to:

   - Conduct research with platform workers and platform managers about job
   quality on digital labour platforms;
   - Use that research as part of action research strategies to leverage
   change in the gig economy;
   - Play a coordination role with some of the project’s international
   partners; and,
   - Collaborate on publications and research outputs to disseminate the
   evaluations of platforms against principles of fair work.

*Duration of Posts*

These posts are available immediately.

The post of Postdoctoral Researcher I
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is
fixed-term until 30 June 2022 in the first instance with the possibility of
renewal thereafter.

The post of Postdoctoral Researcher II
<https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=146993>
is
fixed-term for 7 months in the first instance with the strong possibility
of renewal thereafter.
*Deadline*

For both Postdoctoral Researcher positions, only online applications
received before *12.00 midday on 27 August 2020* will be considered.
Interviews for those shortlisted will take place on 11 September 2020.

To be considered for both positions, please submit applications for both
calls.

Learn more about and apply for the positions of Postdoctoral Researcher I
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 and Postdoctoral Researcher II
<https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=146993>
.
*Contact*

If you have any questions about these roles, please email info at fair.work.


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Mark Graham

Director, Fairwork
www.fair.work

Professor, University of Oxford
www.markgraham.space

New books:

Graham, M. (ed). 2019. *Digital Economies at Global Margins*. Cambridge MA:
MIT Press.

Woodcock, J. and Graham, M. 2019. *The Gig Economy: A Critical
Introduction.* Cambridge: Polity.

Graham, M, Kitchin, R., Mattern, S., and Shaw, J. (eds). 2019. *How to Run
a City Like Amazon, and Other Fables.* London: Meatspace Press.

Graham, M and Dutton, W. H. (eds). 2019. *Society and the Internet: How
Networks of Information and Communication are Changing our Lives (second
edition).* Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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