Jonas C. L. Valente

Jonas C. L. Valente is a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford), co-leading the Fairwork Cloudwork Project. He holds a Doctorate in Sociology (University of Brasília, 2019) and has authored award-winning research on digital platforms and labor relations. His work focuses on platform capitalism, digital monopolies, and regulatory frameworks in the Global South. Valente has taught as a substitute/voluntary professor at the University of Brasília and IESB, and currently works as a journalist with Brazil’s state media, EBC.

• Education: PhD in Sociology (UnB, 2019), MA in Communication (UnB, 2009), BA in Social Communication (2003).

Research Interests: Platform work, digital labor, internet governance, surveillance capitalism, and regulatory policies for digital monopolies.

Key Contributions: Co-authored studies on platform labor conditions (Fairwork reports), analyzed digital monopolies in Brazil and Latin America, and contributed to debates on disinformation and data protection. His 2021 book Technology, Information and Power explores the socio-political impacts of digital platforms.

• Recent Projects: Cloudwork platform research (Brazil), international studies on information disorder in the Global South, and analyses of AI’s ecological implications.