SWiPE – Smart Work in Platform Economy research consortium organises consortium’s concluding seminar at the WORK2019 conference. The seminar is part of the conference programme on Friday 16th of August.<\/p>\n
Professor Martin Kenney<\/strong>\u00a0gives his keynote speech titled Platform Dependent Entrepreneurs and Business: Understanding Power in the Platform Economy\u00a0<\/em>at 9:30 at the Finlandia Hall. The speech is followed by a panel discussion\u00a0Digital Work in the Platform Economy.\u00a0<\/em>The discussants at the panel are SWiPE consortium leader, WORK2019 committee chair, professor Anne Kovalainen<\/strong> from the University of Turku, senior research fellow Seppo Poutanen<\/strong> from the University of Turku, senior economist Petri Rouvinen<\/strong> from ETLA\/Avance Attorneys and chief scientist Laura Sepp\u00e4nen<\/strong> from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. The panelists are the leaders of SWiPE projects. The session will be presided by professor Steven Vallas from the Northeastern University, US.<\/p>\n The panel discussion addresses some key findings of a three-year research project on Smart Work in Platform Economy (SWiPE) and launches a forthcoming book, Digital Work and the Platform Economy: Understanding Tasks, Skills and Capabilities in the New Era<\/em>, ed. by Poutanen, S., Kovalainen, A. and Rouvinen, P. Routledge (2019\/20).<\/p>\n
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