Mobile workers, contingent labour: Migration, the gig economy and the multiplication of labour

• Published in: Environment and planning. A Vol. 56; no. 4; pp. 1113 - 1128
• Main Author: Altenried, Moritz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2024
• Subjects: migration; mobility; Gig economy; platform urbanism; labour

The article takes the surprising exit of the food delivery platform Deliveroo from Berlin as a starting point to analyse the relationship between migration and the gig economy. In Berlin and many cities across the globe, migrant workers are indispensable to the operations of digital platforms such a...