3- Also, it was very interesting to observe that care platforms not only mediate traditional services, such as childcare and domestic work, but also increasingly commodify new types of care, including pet-sitting and tutoring.

Some crucial findings: 1- Care platforms share features with other digital labour platforms, but the intimate, relational and non-standardised nature of care work limits algorithmic control and commodification.

✨ Excited to share that the SPIRe Research Seminar Series – Autumn 2025 programme is now live! ✨We are delighted to welcome an excellent line-up of speakers who will be joining us on Wednesdays at UCD SPIRe @ucdpolitics.bsky.social soon.

📢 Workshop Call: "Care Risks & Social Transformations" 30 June - 01 July, Dublin.

Scholars interested in politics of care topics are invited to send 500-word abstracts before 7 Feb.

Thanks to the NUI Early Career Academics grant, expenses of confirmed participants will be covered.