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›12:30 (30min)
12:30 - 13:00 (30min)
Welcome address
Sarrah Kassem, Myriam Raymond, Nagla Rizk, Antonio A. Casilli
›13:00 (1h20)
The Political Economy of Digital Labor in MEA
Chair: Søren Bøgh Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School 13:00 - 14:20 (1h20)
The Political Economy of Digital Labor in MEA
Chair: Søren Bøgh Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School
› On the rising phenomena of Troll Farming: Electronic Committees and the Exploitation of Digital Labor in the Middle East
- Myriam RAYMOND, GRANEM, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Angers, Digital Platform labor
13:00-13:15 (15min)
› The Social Production of Disinformation: Labor, Ideology and Patriotism in Iranian Troll Farms
- Marina Ayeb, University of Urbino; Selem Chaouachi, Institute of Press and Information Sciences
13:15-13:30 (15min)
› The Political Economy of Digital Labour in Bangladesh and MEA: Comparative Perspectives on Platform Work and Precarity
- Dr. Md. Hasan Ali, Selinus University
13:30-13:45 (15min)
› Algorithmic Management, Data Practices and Worker Precarity on Ride-hailing Platforms in Kenya
- GEOFFREY OCHIENG, Independent researcher
13:45-14:00 (15min)
›14:20 (10min)
14:20 - 14:30 (10min)
Break
›14:30 (30min)
Special Report: Data Work in Egypt
Myriam Raymond, , GRANEM, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Angers, Digital Platform labor (DiPLab); Lucy Neveux, HEC Paris (Chair: Paola Tubaro, CNRS, DiPLab)) 14:30 - 15:00 (30min)
Special Report: Data Work in Egypt
Myriam Raymond, , GRANEM, Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Angers, Digital Platform labor (DiPLab); Lucy Neveux, HEC Paris (Chair: Paola Tubaro, CNRS, DiPLab))
›15:00 (1h20)
Algorithmic Management and Workers’ Rights
Chair: Kauna Malgwi, Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative Africa 15:00 - 16:20 (1h20)
Algorithmic Management and Workers’ Rights
Chair: Kauna Malgwi, Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative Africa
› Algorithmic Governance and Regulatory Blind Spots: Insights from Turkey for Platform Labor in the Middle East and Africa
- Zeynep Kıyak, Independent Researcher
15:00-15:15 (15min)
› From Plato to Platform: Political Philosophy and Algorithmic Governance of Labor in the Middle East and Africa
- Mazhar ELSHORBAGI, Deraya University
15:15-15:30 (15min)
› Who is standing up for the workers - Setting the agenda for AI in the workplace regulation in the GCC
- Mohamed Elimam, University of Bath [Bath], Kearney Middle East and Africa
15:30-15:45 (15min)
› Regulating platform work: a contribution to assessing the convergence of public policies in Africa
- YOUSSEF BELHAJ, Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences
15:45-16:00 (15min)
›16:20 (10min)
16:20 - 16:30 (10min)
Day 1 closing remarks
Myriam Raymond, Paola Tubaro
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