This research project at the Department of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School, investigates how workers' function, status, and sense of belonging is impacted by a digitalized workplace.
Ongoing research on three sub-projects, focusing on macro-, meso-, and micro-dimensions of the digital economy respectively, are helping to develop inclusive labour designs for a fair and meaningful digital economy.
The project, having commenced with a thorough mapping of the digital economy, is currently investigating the role of organizations, institutions, and platforms, in the shaping of experiences of digital labour. As the project continues, we will also look at the situational experiences of digital workers, exploring questions of digital literacy and preparedness, identity, and status.
As an overall driving construct, this project aims to understand how individual digital workers create a sense of belonging, meaningfulness, and importance in the increasingly remote, decontextualized, and fragmented digital economy.
By aggregating our findings in actionable deliverables for stakeholders across business, education, and public policy, we intend to shed light on how responsibility for protecting the individual workers in the digital economy from exploitation and alienation is, in fact, a shared interest among all participants and beneficiaries.