Our ESRC-funded research aims to increase understanding of how digital technologies are changing work and the implications for employers, workers, job seekers and governments.
Forthcoming events
Can we talk about strategic Human Resource Management in the gig economy?
12 October 2022
Professor Fang Lee Cooke provides an overview of research on digitally enabled gig employment and the implications for human resource management research and practice.
Digital Levelling Up in Sussex
2 November 2022
Dr Becky Faith asks who is being left behind by the digital transformation and how can we imagine a more inclusive digital future for Sussex?
Shaping the Future of Work: An Activist Research Agenda
16 November 2022
Professor Thomas Kochan asks how researchers can take an activist role in studying how to best design and use technology for the common good.
Latest Publications
Digital Poverty in the UK
Faith, B., Hernandez, K. and Beecher, J. (2022), IDS Policy Briefing 202, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
Furloughing and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in the UK: Managers’ experiences and perspectives
Stuart, M., Spencer, D., McLachlan, C., Forde, C. (2021) University of Leeds
Innovation Analytics: Tools for Competitive Advantage
Edited by Subramanian, N., Ponnambalam, S.G., Janardhanan, M. (2022) World Scientific
Theorising labour unrest and trade unionism in the platform economy
Joyce, S., Stuart, M. and Forde, C. (2022), New Technology, Work and Employment
Latest Blogs
Research in progress: Reflections at Digit’s halfway point
Midway through the first phase of Digit's funding, some reflections from our annual research meeting.
There is a robot doing my job! Am I doomed?
What happened to the revolutionary retail model of unmanned supermarkets introduced by Chinese tech giant Alibaba?
Contested delivery platforms in Argentina: what do platform workers want?
In South America, “health and safety” is one of the main demands in platform labour protests.
Latest news
Job opportunity: Research Fellow – Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a new Research Fellow (Research Associate or Research Assistant) to work on a project exploring employment regulation and the digitalisation of work as part of Digit.
Digit researchers’ policy brief on Digital Poverty
A new policy brief by Digit researchers highlights that 1 in 10 of England’s poorest households (9 percent) reduce spending on food or clothes to afford phone or home internet.
Digit researcher presents at the Future of Work & Wellbeing Conference – Postponed
Dr Wil Hunt talks about his research at this event organised by the Institute for the Future of Work (IFOW). POSTPONED
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