Julie Yujie Chen

Julie Yujie Chen is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (ICCIT) at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a graduate appointment at the Faculty of Information. She holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park, and previously served as a Lecturer at the University of Leicester's School of Media, Communication, and Sociology.

Her research focuses on the intersection of culture, digital technologies, and economic structures in shaping work experiences, particularly in China's platform economy. Key areas include ride-hailing and food-delivery sectors, worker resistance in digital capitalism, and the sociocultural impacts of platforms like WeChat. She is the lead author of *Super-sticky WeChat and Chinese Society* (2018), the first academic work analyzing WeChat's societal and political influence.

• Research interests: Digital labour, platform capitalism, AI-driven work, global labour patterns, and socio-technological change.
• Current supervision: Hiu-Fung Chung and Mathew Iantorno.

Her recent work examines platform labour dynamics, national employment policies in China, and comparative studies of global digital economies. Articles often explore themes like worker agency, algorithmic management, and socio-technical resistance strategies.