Our workshop “Experiencing the Gig Economy” held in Düsseldorf on 8-9 December 2023 was a great success.
We kicked off the event with discussions on multidisciplinary research approaches to digital labour platforms, key factors that make web profiles attractive for gig work, and strategies for classifying the many educational qualifications to better understand how they are presented in the online gig economy. Building on these discussions, our project leader, Andrea Herrmann, suggested forming an advisory panel of collaborators to better materialise our insights. To cap off our productive day, we enjoyed some (wobbly) iceskating, warmed ourselves up with gluhwein at the Christmas market and had some delicious Thai food.
