COVID-19 pandemic brings into sharp relief the risks faced by South African gig workers
The Fairwork Project has launched its second round of yearly ratings for digital platforms in South Africa, which highlight the precarious nature of work in the gig economy South Africa’s has recently declared a “national state of disaster” because of coronavirus....
In conversation: Siobhan McGrath on forced labour and marketising anti-slavery
In this episode, Dr Rory Horner talked to Dr Siobhán McGrath about her research into forced labour and the marketising anti-slavery. Siobhán McGrath is Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham University. Rory Horner, Senior Lecturer in Globalisation and...
The US-China Trade War: The End of Multilateralism or the Search for a New Bargain?
Shamel Azmeh, Lecturer in International Development, Global Development Institute, Ken Shadlen Professor in International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science In recent years, the collapse of the multilateral economic regime has become a...
Fieldwork 2020 in Cape Town: Innovation and community.
Jeannette Zes Giovani, Gloria Oviedo Perez and Danah Alzeiby, Management and Information Systems: Change and Development and ICTs for Development students Learning is always exciting, and it is even more amazing when we can witness real-life applications of the...