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.
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
Latest Blogs
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.
New business models mean worse outcomes for Chinese online ride-hailing drivers
How state, market and corporation 'logics' interact to shape the Chinese online ride-hailing sector.
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
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