-
Internet Researchers' Conference 2022 (IRC22): #Home, May 25-27
-
by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
—
published
May 24, 2022
—
last modified
May 24, 2022 02:38 PM
—
filed under:
Researchers at Work,
Internet Researcher's Conference,
Featured,
IRC22,
Homepage,
Internet Studies
We are excited to announce that the fifth edition of the Internet Researchers' Conference will be held online on May 25-27, 2022.This annual conference series was initiated by the researchers@work (r@w) programme at CIS in 2016 to gather researchers and practitioners engaging with the internet in/from India to congregate, share insights and tensions, and chart the ways forward. This year, the conference brings together a set of reflections and conversations on how we imagine and experience the home —as a space of refuge and comfort, but also as one of violence, care, labour and movement-building.
Located in
RAW
-
The State of the Internet's Languages Report
-
by
Puthiya Purayil Sneha
—
published
Mar 07, 2022
—
last modified
Mar 07, 2022 03:01 PM
—
filed under:
RAW Research,
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog
The first-ever State of the Internet’s Languages Report was launched by Whose Knowledge? on February 23, 2022 (just after the International Mother Language day), along with research partners Oxford Internet Institute and the Centre for Internet and Society. This extraordinarily community-sourced effort, with over 100 people involved is now available online, with translations in multiple languages.
Located in
RAW
-
Internet Researchers' Conference 2022
-
by
Pranav M B
—
published
Feb 11, 2022
—
last modified
Feb 11, 2022 09:54 AM
—
filed under:
Featured,
Homepage
Due to internal delays related to the pandemic, the Internet Researchers' Conference will now take place online in May 2022. Please see below for a link to the updated call for sessions.
Located in
RAW
-
Platforms, Power, and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India
-
by
Aayush Rathi, and Ambika Tandon
—
published
Jun 27, 2021
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 03:19 PM
—
filed under:
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
RAW Research,
Homepage,
Digital Domestic Work
CIS has been undertaking a two-year project studying the entry of digital platforms in the domestic and care work in India, supported by the Association for Progressive Communications as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network. Implemented through 2019-21, the objective of the project is to use a feminist lens to critique platform modalities and orient platformisation dynamics in radically different, worker-first ways. Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi led the research team at CIS. The Domestic Workers’ Rights Union is a partner in the implementation of the project, as co-researchers. Geeta Menon, head of DWRU, was an advisor on the project, and the research team consisted of Parijatha G.P., Radha Keerthana, Zeenathunnisa, and Sumathi, who are office holders in the union and are responsible for organising workers and addressing their concerns.
Located in
RAW
-
IFAT and ITF - Protecting Workers in the Digital Platform Economy: Investigating Ola and Uber Drivers’ Occupational Health and Safety
-
by
Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
—
published
Jun 25, 2021
—
last modified
Jun 29, 2021 06:53 AM
—
filed under:
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
Homepage
Between July to November 2019, Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, conducted 2,128 surveys across 6 major cities: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Lucknow, to determine the occupational health and safety of app-based transport workers. CIS is proud to publish the study report and the press release. Akash Sheshadri, Ambika Tandon, and Aayush Rathi of CIS supported post-production of this report.
Located in
RAW
-
Atmanirbhar Bharat Meets Digital India: An Evaluation of COVID-19 Relief for Migrants
-
by
Ankan Barman
—
published
Jun 03, 2021
—
filed under:
RAW Publications,
Researchers at Work,
Covid19,
Featured,
Labour Futures,
Aadhaar,
Homepage
With the onset of the national lockdown on 24th March 2020 in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, the fate of millions of migrant workers was left uncertain. In addition, lack of enumeration and registration of migrant workers became a major obstacle for all State Governments and the Central Government to channelize relief and welfare measures.
Located in
RAW
-
Sameet Panda - Data Systems in Welfare: Impact of the JAM Trinity on Pension & PDS in Odisha during COVID-19
-
by
Sameet Panda
—
published
Feb 26, 2021
—
last modified
Feb 26, 2021 07:36 AM
—
filed under:
Welfare Governance,
Data Systems,
Homepage,
Research,
Featured,
Gender, Welfare, and Privacy,
Researchers at Work
This study by Sameet Panda tries to understand the integration of data and digital systems in welfare delivery in Odisha. It brings out the impact of welfare digitalisation on beneficiaries through primary data collected in November 2020. The researcher is thankful to community members for sharing their lived experiences during course of the study. Fieldwork was undertaken in three panchayats of Bhawanipatna block of Kalahandi district, Odisha. Additional research support was provided by Apurv Vivek and Vipul Kumar, and editorial contributions were made by Ambika Tandon (Senior Researcher, CIS). This study was conducted as part of a project on gender, welfare, and surveillance, supported by Privacy International, UK.
Located in
RAW
-
Reclaiming AI Futures: Call for Contributions and Provocations
-
by
Divij Joshi
—
published
Nov 09, 2020
—
last modified
Nov 18, 2020 09:04 AM
—
filed under:
Featured,
Internet Governance
CIS is pleased to share this call for contributions by Mozilla Fellow Divij Joshi. CIS will be working with Divij to edit, collate, and finalise this publication. This publication will add to Divij’s work as part of the AI observatory. The work is entirely funded by Divij Joshi.
Located in
Internet Governance
/
Blog
-
IFAT and ITF - Locking Down the Impact of Covid-19
-
by
Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office
—
published
Sep 17, 2020
—
last modified
Jun 29, 2021 07:27 AM
—
filed under:
Digital Economy,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Labour,
Covid19,
Research,
Platform-Work,
Featured,
Homepage
This report, by Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) and International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), New Delhi office, explores the responses to the outbreak of Covid-19 by digital platform based companies, trade unions, and governments to help out workers for digital platform based companies hereafter app based workers during the lockdown. The research work in this article is a characterization of the struggles of app based workers during the global pandemic and how it has affected and changed the world of work for them. The surveys were conducted amongst the workforce working for app based companies like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato etc. This study is partially supported by CIS as part of the Feminist Internet Research Network led by the Association for Progressive Communications.
Located in
RAW
-
Towards Algorithmic Transparency
-
by
Radhika Radhakrishnan, and Amber Sinha
—
published
Jul 06, 2020
—
last modified
Jul 15, 2020 01:16 PM
—
filed under:
Regulatory Practices Lab,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Algorithms,
internet governance,
Transparency,
Artificial Intelligence
This policy brief examines the issue of transparency as a key ethical component in the development, deployment, and use of Artificial Intelligence.
Located in
Internet Governance
/
Blog
