Alessandro Delfanti

Alessandro Delfanti is a Professor at the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (UTM) and holds a graduate appointment in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on digital capitalism, digital labor, hacking cultures, and resistance strategies against exploitative work systems. He has written extensively on Amazon's labor practices, open science movements, and the political economy of digital media.

Key research areas include the political economy of communication, digital labor dynamics, and the intersection of technology with social movements. His work analyzes how automation and surveillance shape contemporary workplaces, particularly in large corporations like Amazon. Delfanti also investigates open science initiatives and their challenges in fostering equitable knowledge-sharing.

Notable publications include The Warehouse: Workers and Robots at Amazon (2021), Biohackers: The Politics of Open Science (2013), and co-authored Introduction to Digital Media (2019). He has contributed to projects such as the international Platform Organizing research collaboration and authored reports on Amazon labor conditions for UNI Global Union.

Teaching includes graduate courses on digital labor (INF2315) and undergraduate courses on media studies (CCT218) and remote work (CCT404) at UTM. His advising includes students like Ava Lew and Brendan Smith.

Current research explores 'Log Out!' as a framework for resisting digital capitalism, the 'tech unconscious' of corporate futurism, and generative labor practices in AI-mediated workplaces.