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Matthew Cole is an Assistant Professor of Technology, Work and Employment at the University of Sussex and an Associate Fellow of the Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit). His research focuses on the political economy of technology and work, particularly artificial intelligence, platform capitalism, and labour market transformations. Previously, he held roles at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), including Postdoctoral Researcher (2020–2022) and Research Associate (2022–2023), where he contributed to the Fairwork initiative analyzing global platform labour standards. He earned his PhD from the University of Leeds (2019) with a thesis on low-waged hospitality work, examining service production and labour conflicts.
Education:
- PhD in Social Science, University of Leeds (2019)
- Thesis: “The Politics of Service Production: Experiences of Low-Waged Hospitality Work in London”
Research Interests:
- Technological change and its impact on work
- Platform economies and gig work
- Automation and AI ethics
- Political economy of digital labour
- Labour rights and unionization
Key Research Trends (Articles):
- Critique of AI ethics in workplace governance
- Analysis of wage theft and unpaid labour in hospitality
- Study of digital value networks and global labour exploitation
- Exploration of platform capitalism’s infrastructural power
Lab/Affiliations:
- Fairwork (OII initiative on platform labour standards)
- Autonomy (think tank on work and technology)
- Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit)
