Programme
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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12:30 - 13:00
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Welcome address - Sarrah Kassem, Myriam Raymond, Nagla Rizk, Antonio A. Casilli |
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13:00 - 14:20
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The Political Economy of Digital Labor in MEA - Chair: Søren Bøgh Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School |
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13:00 - 13:15 |
› 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 |
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13:15 - 13:30 |
› 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 |
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13:30 - 13:45 |
› The Political Economy of Digital Labour in Bangladesh and MEA: Comparative Perspectives on Platform Work and Precarity - Dr. Md. Hasan Ali, Selinus University |
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13:45 - 14:00 |
› Algorithmic Management, Data Practices and Worker Precarity on Ride-hailing Platforms in Kenya - GEOFFREY OCHIENG, Independent researcher |
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14:20 - 14:30
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Break |
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14:30 - 15:00
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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)) |
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15:00 - 16:20
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Algorithmic Management and Workers’ Rights - Chair: Kauna Malgwi, Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative Africa |
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15:00 - 15:15 |
› Algorithmic Governance and Regulatory Blind Spots: Insights from Turkey for Platform Labor in the Middle East and Africa - Zeynep Kıyak, Independent Researcher |
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15:15 - 15:30 |
› From Plato to Platform: Political Philosophy and Algorithmic Governance of Labor in the Middle East and Africa - Mazhar ELSHORBAGI, Deraya University |
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15:30 - 15:45 |
› 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 |
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15:45 - 16:00 |
› Regulating platform work: a contribution to assessing the convergence of public policies in Africa - YOUSSEF BELHAJ, Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences |
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16:20 - 16:30
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Day 1 closing remarks - Myriam Raymond, Paola Tubaro |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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Event |
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14:00 - 14:40
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Building Ethical AI from the Ground Up: Voices from Kenya’s Data Workforce - Ephantus Kanyugi, Data Labelers Association of Kenya (DLA) (Chair: Adio-Adet Dinika, Distributed AI Research Institute) |
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14:40 - 16:00
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AI, Automation, and Labor Transformations - Chair: Manovosoa Rakotovao, ISCAM Business School |
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14:40 - 14:55 |
› Technologies avancées dans le marché du travail en Égypte et en Arabie Saoudite : dynamiques et défis. - Kawtar Tsouli, sciences économiques |
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14:55 - 15:10 |
› The impact of using ChatGPT on internal audit quality: a case study of a subsidiary of an oil group in Morocco - Abdelmounim Bouziane, Université Chouaib Doukkali |
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15:10 - 15:25 |
› Feminist Futures of Digital Labor and Democracy in Africa - Judith Gbagidi, ActionAid Nigeria |
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15:25 - 15:40 |
› Flexibility or Precarity? A Sociological Inquiry into Platform Drivers in Morocco - Saadeddine Igamane, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Laboratory of Cultural and Social Research and Studies (LaRECS) |
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16:00 - 16:10
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Break |
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16:10 - 16:50
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Women, AI and Work in the ME & Africa: Feminist Perspectives from the MENA Observatory - Nagla Rizk, American University of Cairo (Chair: Paola Tubaro, CNRS, DiPLab) |
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16:50 - 17:30
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Challenging the 'thingness’ of AI from Eastern Africa - Sharath Srinivasan, University of Cambridge (Chair: Antonio A. Casilli, IP Paris) |
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17:30 - 17:45
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Closing remarks - Myriam Raymond, Nagla Rizk |
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