Alex J. Wood

Assistant Prof in Economic Sociology @camsociology. Researching and teaching digital technology, work and capitalism. Book 'Despotism On Demand'

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

Video abstract for my new article '𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗼𝘆' for 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. Link below

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

https://t.co/LN0tUv1c2Y

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

Video abstract for my new article '𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗼𝘆' for 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. Link below

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https://t.co/gVi4GX55ce

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

Really excited that my new article Work in the Global Economy '𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰-𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘰𝘺' is out now and open access. Link in the comments

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

Preprint of my new 'Work in the Global Economy' article 'Marxism with micro-foundations? The contradictory politics of Michael Burawoy'
https://t.co/Y8XdBfeQ0K

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

A pleasure to be interviewed for this great @bbcworldservice show 'What's it like being a delivery rider?' https://t.co/fgMvlP4H1I

You can read the research here:
https://t.co/ZDLDvvTWV2
https://t.co/r8fLgrzfKJ

[Rakesh Bhandari @postdiscipline]

Will share with my students tomorrow. In his last book Tim Minshall has an illuminating analysis of how digitalization has changed production but nothing on work relations specifically. This is a great complement

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

New 'Sociology' article: 'Contesting Algorithmic Workplace Regimes in an Era of Flexible Despotism' https://t.co/9kAY3v0gAw

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

and distinctiveness of algorithmic workplace regimes, arguing that such regimes are better understood as a subtype of flexible despotism that can be traced back to the 1980s.

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

My new article hot of the British Sociological Association 'Sociology' journal's press:

'Contesting Algorithmic Workplace Regimes in an Era of Flexible Despotism'

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

This is achieved by bringing the centrality of non-algorithmic management techniques in co-constituting algorithmic regimes into focus and by historically situating the regime’s emergence within the wider workplace regime literature. In doing so the article questions the novelty

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

El País have featured a great ARTE video which discusses are recent research published by Work, Employment and Society on working conditions in the gig economy https://t.co/H86fNpmU1h

If you can speak Spanish check it out here:

https://t.co/PZ7Lh6Mpyk

[OOIR @ObserveIR]

Trending in #Economics:
https://t.co/Lc4ZeC0SUI

1) Coordinating sellers’ inflation (@SCEDjournal)

2) Manufacturing Revolutions: S. Korea (@QJEHarvard)

3) Optimal cover crop adoption

4) ‘Gig Economy’ & Job Quality in Platform Work

5) Promoting Electric Vehicles (@JaereAere)

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

Very excited that @LinaDencik has been awarded €2.5 million to explore how big tech is transforming the state.

[Lina Dencik @LinaDencik]

Very grateful to be one of these grantees. STATETECH will look at the relationship between the welfare state and tech providers in Europe and will kick off in Spring 2026. Watch this space!

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Published by @WESjnl

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I spoke at length to @LBC Radio regarding our new article 'Beyond the ‘Gig Economy’: Towards Variable Experiences of Job Quality in Platform Work' https://t.co/H86fNpmU1h

[Alex J. Wood @tom_swing]

This morning I spoke to BBC Radio about our new @WESjnl article which highlights the insecurity and anxiety that platform workers in the gig economy experience as a result of algorithmic ratings https://t.co/H86fNpmU1h

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This is actually a surprisingly good write up of our research by the Mail who also approached Uber and Deliveroo for comment https://t.co/xLjs3peSMD