Tiago Vieira
@t-vieira.bsky.social
PhD in Social and Political Sciences. Interested in algorithmic management, AI, employment relations, platform work and memes on how academics tend to think too highly of themselves and their work.
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Tiago Vieira
@t-vieira.bsky.social
· Jun 21
As you may have noticed, earlier this month I defended my PhD. But what was it about? My topic was algorithmic management. Specifically, I tried to answer the question: How does algorithmic management reshape the employment relationship? (TL;DR – see the picture at the end)
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Felicidades, Tiago! 🎉
Forthcoming in our final issue of 2025, this study conducted @eui-eu.bsky.social, helps understand 🇪🇸's efforts to re-embed platform couriers within standard employment relationships.
🌟 Supporting early-career scholarship remains central to our mission.
📚 Read: bit.ly/4nYk4kf
Forthcoming in our final issue of 2025, this study conducted @eui-eu.bsky.social, helps understand 🇪🇸's efforts to re-embed platform couriers within standard employment relationships.
🌟 Supporting early-career scholarship remains central to our mission.
📚 Read: bit.ly/4nYk4kf
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Felicidades, Tiago! 🎉
Forthcoming in our final issue of 2025, this study conducted @eui-eu.bsky.social, helps understand 🇪🇸's efforts to re-embed platform couriers within standard employment relationships.
🌟 Supporting early-career scholarship remains central to our mission.
📚 Read: bit.ly/4nYk4kf
Forthcoming in our final issue of 2025, this study conducted @eui-eu.bsky.social, helps understand 🇪🇸's efforts to re-embed platform couriers within standard employment relationships.
🌟 Supporting early-career scholarship remains central to our mission.
📚 Read: bit.ly/4nYk4kf
Happy to share the first empirical chapter of my PhD thesis accepted for publication - now in the proofs stage at the International Labour Review, the International Labour Organization’s flagship journal!
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy to share the first empirical chapter of my PhD thesis accepted for publication - now in the proofs stage at the International Labour Review, the International Labour Organization’s flagship journal!
As you may have noticed, earlier this month I defended my PhD. But what was it about? My topic was algorithmic management. Specifically, I tried to answer the question: How does algorithmic management reshape the employment relationship? (TL;DR – see the picture at the end)
June 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As you may have noticed, earlier this month I defended my PhD. But what was it about? My topic was algorithmic management. Specifically, I tried to answer the question: How does algorithmic management reshape the employment relationship? (TL;DR – see the picture at the end)
From yours truly and Pedro Mendonça: an interesting case on its own, but also important in light of EU and ILO recent decisions/recommendations regarding platform work. Hope you enjoy.
🚨 What happens when gig workers are reclassified as employees?
Vieira & Mendonça find:
– Platforms escape rules via subcontracting & informal work
– Control shifts from algorithms to human-tech hybrids
– Flexibility stays, but so do low pay, surveillance & pressure
doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
#SER
Vieira & Mendonça find:
– Platforms escape rules via subcontracting & informal work
– Control shifts from algorithms to human-tech hybrids
– Flexibility stays, but so do low pay, surveillance & pressure
doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
#SER
June 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
From yours truly and Pedro Mendonça: an interesting case on its own, but also important in light of EU and ILO recent decisions/recommendations regarding platform work. Hope you enjoy.
June 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#PhDdefense update: it still sounds a bit unreal, but it seems this is really happening! It'll be on June 11, 16:30, in EUI's Teatro.
Sadly, there will be no online transmission, but if you're in Florence, you are most welcome to join.
For more details 👇
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Sadly, there will be no online transmission, but if you're in Florence, you are most welcome to join.
For more details 👇
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Quo vadis employment relationship?
PhD thesis defence by Tiago Vieira
www.eui.eu
May 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#PhDdefense update: it still sounds a bit unreal, but it seems this is really happening! It'll be on June 11, 16:30, in EUI's Teatro.
Sadly, there will be no online transmission, but if you're in Florence, you are most welcome to join.
For more details 👇
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Sadly, there will be no online transmission, but if you're in Florence, you are most welcome to join.
For more details 👇
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
In an unexpected piece of news, I was surprised by an e-mail from @wiley.com informing me that my article "Platform couriers' self-exploitation: The case study of Glovo" was among top-10 most cited articles published in 2023 in New Technology Work and Employment (@ntwejournal.bsky.social).
March 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In an unexpected piece of news, I was surprised by an e-mail from @wiley.com informing me that my article "Platform couriers' self-exploitation: The case study of Glovo" was among top-10 most cited articles published in 2023 in New Technology Work and Employment (@ntwejournal.bsky.social).
Et voilà, 1281 days after I began this journey called #PhD in the @eui-sps.bsky.social, the moment to submit the dissertation has come!
Thanks to all those who, in way or another, made this possible 🫶
Time to get some of it published and look for a job (wink wink, recruiters).
Thanks to all those who, in way or another, made this possible 🫶
Time to get some of it published and look for a job (wink wink, recruiters).
March 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Et voilà, 1281 days after I began this journey called #PhD in the @eui-sps.bsky.social, the moment to submit the dissertation has come!
Thanks to all those who, in way or another, made this possible 🫶
Time to get some of it published and look for a job (wink wink, recruiters).
Thanks to all those who, in way or another, made this possible 🫶
Time to get some of it published and look for a job (wink wink, recruiters).
Some things seem to insist on not changing
27-02-1941 NETHERLANDS: German troops and Dutch police crush The February Strike, a union protest against the deportation of Dutch Jews to death camps.
February 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Some things seem to insist on not changing
Reposted by Tiago Vieira
Excellent presentation by @t-vieira.bsky.social at CERIC Leeds! Watch out for all the amazing work he does 👏🏼🌟
February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Excellent presentation by @t-vieira.bsky.social at CERIC Leeds! Watch out for all the amazing work he does 👏🏼🌟
Tomorrow 👇🏻
Interested in algorithmic management and occupational health?
Next Wednesday, I’ll be in Leeds presenting my latest work - precisely on that topic - to members of CERIC.
If you are interested to know more, you can join online. Details below.
Next Wednesday, I’ll be in Leeds presenting my latest work - precisely on that topic - to members of CERIC.
If you are interested to know more, you can join online. Details below.
On the 26th February, Tiago Vieira @t-vieira.bsky.social will be delivering a hybrid CERIC Seminar on "Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management". For more info and (free!) tickets see www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ceric-semi...
February 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Tomorrow 👇🏻
Interested in algorithmic management and occupational health?
Next Wednesday, I’ll be in Leeds presenting my latest work - precisely on that topic - to members of CERIC.
If you are interested to know more, you can join online. Details below.
Next Wednesday, I’ll be in Leeds presenting my latest work - precisely on that topic - to members of CERIC.
If you are interested to know more, you can join online. Details below.
On the 26th February, Tiago Vieira @t-vieira.bsky.social will be delivering a hybrid CERIC Seminar on "Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management". For more info and (free!) tickets see www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ceric-semi...
CERIC Seminar - Tiago Vieira, "A kind of magic?"
Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Interested in algorithmic management and occupational health?
Next Wednesday, I’ll be in Leeds presenting my latest work - precisely on that topic - to members of CERIC.
If you are interested to know more, you can join online. Details below.
Next Wednesday, I’ll be in Leeds presenting my latest work - precisely on that topic - to members of CERIC.
If you are interested to know more, you can join online. Details below.
Reposted by Tiago Vieira
On the 26th February, Tiago Vieira @t-vieira.bsky.social will be delivering a hybrid CERIC Seminar on "Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management". For more info and (free!) tickets see www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ceric-semi...
CERIC Seminar - Tiago Vieira, "A kind of magic?"
Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
On the 26th February, Tiago Vieira @t-vieira.bsky.social will be delivering a hybrid CERIC Seminar on "Empirical insights into the contested relation between Occupational Safety and Health and Algorithmic Management". For more info and (free!) tickets see www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ceric-semi...
Reposted by Tiago Vieira
The AI Summit ends in rupture. AI accelerationists want pure expansion—more capital, energy, private infrastructure, no guard rails. Public interest camp supports labor, sustainability, shared data. safety, and oversight. The gap never looked wider. AI is in its empire era.
February 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The AI Summit ends in rupture. AI accelerationists want pure expansion—more capital, energy, private infrastructure, no guard rails. Public interest camp supports labor, sustainability, shared data. safety, and oversight. The gap never looked wider. AI is in its empire era.
While i think that things can get worse if AfD gets to power it’s noteworthy that in Germany (as in several other countries where the far right is NOT in power) key defining democratic elements have been only selectively upheld.
A university banning a UN rapporteur is just the most recent example.
A university banning a UN rapporteur is just the most recent example.
The Bundestag resolution throwing its shadow. One does not have to agree with Francesca Albanese to find the ban by LMU Munich despicable. Albanese chiefly talks about international law. Legal discourse needs to remain possible. 1/ protection.retarus.com/v1?u=https%3...
München: LMU verhindert Palästina-Vortrag von UN-Sonderberichterstatterin
Die Menschenrechtlerin Francesca Albanese ist eine scharfe Kritikerin Israels. Die LMU storniert einen für sie bereits reservierten Hörsaal.
protection.retarus.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
While i think that things can get worse if AfD gets to power it’s noteworthy that in Germany (as in several other countries where the far right is NOT in power) key defining democratic elements have been only selectively upheld.
A university banning a UN rapporteur is just the most recent example.
A university banning a UN rapporteur is just the most recent example.
Immeasurable, indeed.
May Michael’s many talents and legacy pass on to present and future generations of sociologists.
May Michael’s many talents and legacy pass on to present and future generations of sociologists.
The International Sociological Association (ISA) deeply mourns the tragic passing of Michael Burawoy, a leading sociologist, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley, and the 17th President of ISA. Michael was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident on February 3rd. His loss is immeasurable.
February 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Immeasurable, indeed.
May Michael’s many talents and legacy pass on to present and future generations of sociologists.
May Michael’s many talents and legacy pass on to present and future generations of sociologists.
Interesting example of people at once being anti-Trump for reconfiguring the American imperial interference, neocolonial machine and buying and amplifying the discourse of China as main threat to American security.
The road to the much need true alternative to authoritarian neoliberalism is long!
The road to the much need true alternative to authoritarian neoliberalism is long!
A friend-of-a-friend works for USAID in Bangladesh. This is how things look on the ground now.
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Interesting example of people at once being anti-Trump for reconfiguring the American imperial interference, neocolonial machine and buying and amplifying the discourse of China as main threat to American security.
The road to the much need true alternative to authoritarian neoliberalism is long!
The road to the much need true alternative to authoritarian neoliberalism is long!
Besides what really matters in all this, someone has to study the sudden and unexpected rise of a *what-goes-around-comes-around-baby morality of copyright* so cristal clear in the debates on DeepSeek!
queen did not mince a single word www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Besides what really matters in all this, someone has to study the sudden and unexpected rise of a *what-goes-around-comes-around-baby morality of copyright* so cristal clear in the debates on DeepSeek!
Oh, now AI is bad, after all?
Interesting times to be alive.
Interesting times to be alive.
January 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Oh, now AI is bad, after all?
Interesting times to be alive.
Interesting times to be alive.
Imagine a world where you lost the possibility to change, to know and to be new things, to deviate from the mean of data points similar to you (including your past self) while having your every move and choice recorded to feed some weird entity’s database.
Can’t wait not to get there.
Can’t wait not to get there.
"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Opinion | AI Can Work for Us
A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Imagine a world where you lost the possibility to change, to know and to be new things, to deviate from the mean of data points similar to you (including your past self) while having your every move and choice recorded to feed some weird entity’s database.
Can’t wait not to get there.
Can’t wait not to get there.
Platform pardonism
Gig economy firms warned by UK government they may be operating illegally
Gig economy firms warned by UK government they may be operating illegally
Companies supplying ‘freelance’ workers contacted by minister over practices that could breach employment law
Gig economy companies supplying “freelance” workers to shops, restaurants and warehouses may be operating illegally, the government has warned,…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Platform pardonism
Delighted to have presented and discussed my thesis on #algorithmicmanagement beyond platform work with the team of CoLABOR (colabor.pt) this morning in the sunny Lisbon.
Plenty of thought-provoking questions and comments to keep improving and develop new ideas for once the PhD is PhDone!
Plenty of thought-provoking questions and comments to keep improving and develop new ideas for once the PhD is PhDone!
January 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Delighted to have presented and discussed my thesis on #algorithmicmanagement beyond platform work with the team of CoLABOR (colabor.pt) this morning in the sunny Lisbon.
Plenty of thought-provoking questions and comments to keep improving and develop new ideas for once the PhD is PhDone!
Plenty of thought-provoking questions and comments to keep improving and develop new ideas for once the PhD is PhDone!
I can already see how in a few years news headlines of “sucess stories” will be like “until the algorithm do us part” or “the children of the algorithm”.
But i’m more convinced that a more realistic angle will probably be “the algorithm will tear us apart” 🙃
But i’m more convinced that a more realistic angle will probably be “the algorithm will tear us apart” 🙃
“An as yet unnamed AI assistant will perform core dating tasks such as selecting the photos it calculates will garner the most responses and recommend what prompts and information to put in a bio. It will also help a user choose the perfect partner.” 🤦🏿♂️
Dating apps prepare to launch AI features to help users find love
Match Group’s digital assistant will tailor profiles and search for dates – but critics fear genuine connections are at risk
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I can already see how in a few years news headlines of “sucess stories” will be like “until the algorithm do us part” or “the children of the algorithm”.
But i’m more convinced that a more realistic angle will probably be “the algorithm will tear us apart” 🙃
But i’m more convinced that a more realistic angle will probably be “the algorithm will tear us apart” 🙃
In 2025, I will - for the first time - (co-)teach a course at the University of Porto. The sessions under my direct responsibility will explore what AI is and how it is impacting contemporary societies. Centered on work relations, we will touch upon credit, welfare, police, justice and warfare, too.
December 30, 2024 at 4:43 PM
In 2025, I will - for the first time - (co-)teach a course at the University of Porto. The sessions under my direct responsibility will explore what AI is and how it is impacting contemporary societies. Centered on work relations, we will touch upon credit, welfare, police, justice and warfare, too.
I know it's not a *proper* landmark, but bear with me as I self-congratulate for finishing the first draft of my PhD thesis! 🥳
73626 words
7 chapters (5 of which empirical)
239 pages
397 works cited
Time to touch the grass and dream of a world with only minor revisions.
73626 words
7 chapters (5 of which empirical)
239 pages
397 works cited
Time to touch the grass and dream of a world with only minor revisions.
December 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
I know it's not a *proper* landmark, but bear with me as I self-congratulate for finishing the first draft of my PhD thesis! 🥳
73626 words
7 chapters (5 of which empirical)
239 pages
397 works cited
Time to touch the grass and dream of a world with only minor revisions.
73626 words
7 chapters (5 of which empirical)
239 pages
397 works cited
Time to touch the grass and dream of a world with only minor revisions.