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Luca Cigna
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Postdoc LUISS, PhD EUI | Trade unions | Welfare states ✏️ Politics, Ideas and Praxis
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Join us for the next PE_PP talk organized by the Political Economy and Public Policy group at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration! On March 21, @donatodc.bsky.social, @lucacigna.bsky.social and @jvtk.bsky.social will be presenting on the governance of inflation. Details 🔽
March 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Just out 🍃 first research output of a new agenda on the political economy of, and capitalist varieties in, the green transition 🏭👩‍🏭

Born from a joint effort with @donatodc.bsky.social and @ndurazzi.bsky.social 🚀

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January 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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THREE DAYS LEFT (deadline Jan 6th) to submit your abstracts to the section "Managing transitions: political economy and welfare state change in a turbulent era", at the ECPR conference (Thessaloniki, 26-29 Aug 2025)

•Political economy, welfare, green transition

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Managing transitions: political economy and welfare state change in a turbulent era
European Consortium for Political Research
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January 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The CfA for the Section “Managing transitions: political economy and welfare state change in a turbulent era" at the 2025 ECPR General Conference is out! Consider applying and join us in Thessalonniki!

Deadline: 6 January 2025
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Managing transitions: political economy and welfare state change in a turbulent era
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
December 18, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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ndurazzi.bsky.social
with dear friends and brilliant co-authors @sebdiessner.bsky.social and David Hope, we have a new paper soon out in @comppol.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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📣New paper out!

How do digital platforms change when mandated to reclassify workers as employees?

In our new research published in Socio-Economic Review, Pedro Mendonça and I examine how #Glovo, #UberEats, and #JustEat responded during the first year of the Spanish #LeyRider.

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Picture depicts a print screen of the article's first page. It includes the title "The times, are they changing? Examining platform companies' chameleonic labour process as a response to the Spanish Ley Rider"; the authors, Tiago Vieira and Pedro Mendonca; and the abstract: "This article investigates the effects of the Spanish initiative to deploy a universal presumption of employment relationship for all platform couriers (Ley Rider). Drawing from 36 semi-structured interviews and several non-participant observations in Spain, this article shows that the impact of this initiative has been positive but limited. The eradication of bogus self-employment is a positive development, as it allows workers to access safety nets such as social security and employment rights while preserving valued aspects of their employment model like flexible scheduling. However, this progress is undermined by the platforms' efforts to circumvent regulations through what we term a ‘chameleonic labour process’. Such chameleonic behaviour on the part of the platforms includes: outsourcing labour operations to other companies; maintaining the independent contractor model; and, condoning undocumented work. Despite some progress, workers continue to face insecurity and low wages across all platforms, albeit in varying degrees and in different forms."
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM