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Reminder: CfP International Conference on ‘Privacy-Friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society’ in Zagreb, Croatia, 28 June 2022 + Special Issue in Digital Society
by Christoph Lutz 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Dear subscribers to the AoIR mailing list, This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for submissions to the International Conference on Privacy-Friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society is approaching fast. Extended abstracts are due by next week, 12 April 2022. The conference is connected to the COST Action “Good Brother: Network on Privacy-Aware Audio- and Video-Based Applications for Active and Assisted Living”, with more information available in the following link as well as in the full call below: [1]https://goodbrother.eu/conferences/goodbrother-international-confere nce-on-privacy-friendly-and-trustworthy-technology-for-society/ The conference is also followed up by a special issue in Digital Society (Springer) that might be interesting for some of you: [2]https://link.springer.com/collections/ccfheehheh (participation at the conference is not a requirement for submission to the special issue) Aims The conference aims to advance the knowledge on critical ethical concepts such as privacy, trust, and transparency of interactive technologies, contributing particularly by extending emerging concepts and themes such as privacy-by-design, overtrust, transparency-by-design, and personalized transparency. Call for papers We are interested in contributions that focus on how privacy and trust are challenged and conceptualized through the increased reliance on automated systems and its implications on design approaches. We encourage you to submit papers that combine different perspectives on privacy (enhancement), trust, and automation, which can be applied to different sectors, such as healthcare, education, leisure, or work. A particular focus is on emerging automated systems applied to vulnerable groups such as seniors and children such as ambient assisted living technologies (e.g.., audio-based and video-based applications to monitor elderly or frail people). Topics of interest The call for papers includes, but is not limited to, the following areas of interest: * Research on system trust (i.e., trust between humans and automation) and link to privacy * Ethical, legal, and societal aspects of trustworthy and privacy-friendly automation * Empirical studies of privacy and trust of interactive systems * Design approaches to support system trust and trustworthy design * Personalization of privacy and transparency requirements and its impact on system trust * Design for privacy and transparency * Usable privacy and security and their implications for systems trust * Overtrust in automation and its implications * Issues of unequal access to and benefits from privacy-friendly and trustworthy automation among different population groups Submission The extended abstract (max. 1000 words excl. references) must be sent in PDF format to [3]privacy-conference(a)goodbrother.eu by 12 of April 2022. You will be notified if the abstract was accepted and if you can present by 30 April 2022. Further information, including the template for formatting submissions, can be found at [4]https://goodbrother.eu/conferences/goodbrother-international-confere nce-on-privacy-friendly-and-trustworthy-technology-for-society/ Thank you for your participation and further spreading the word. For any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to the conference org team at [5]privacy-conference(a)goodbrother.eu Kind regards, Conference Organizers Anton Fedosov, Eduard Fosch Villaronga, Christoph Lutz, and Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux References 1. https://goodbrother.eu/conferences/goodbrother-international-conference-on-… 2. https://link.springer.com/collections/ccfheehheh 3. mailto:privacy-conference@goodbrother.eu 4. https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://goodbrother.eu/… 5. mailto:privacy-conference@goodbrother.eu

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2x 0.5 FTE Research Assistant positions - Fairwork Project Oxford Internet Institute
by Michelle Gardner 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

We are looking to appoint two Research Assistants to join the Oxford Internet Institute. These are part time positions, that will be responsible for the provision of research support for the Fairwork project. The posts will be reporting to Professor Mark Graham and will involve research with gig workers and platforms, organising meetings, liaising with external partners and stakeholders, and dissemination of results. The post is based in the Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles – OX1 3JS and for a duration of 12 months. You will have a university degree in the social sciences or another relevant scientific subject, plus demonstrable experience, ability and knowledge about the gig economy, the platform economy, and digital economy. You will also have experience working with academic researchers and handling, analysing, and writing about qualitative data. You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV plus details of two referees as part of your online application. The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday 25th April 2022. Interviews to be held via Teams the week commencing 16th May 2022. Additional job details available at link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_c…

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[Data to Power]: Online Events recordings
by Natalia Grincheva 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Hello all, Apologies for X postings. We are happy to share the recordings of the Second Research Session developed in the framework of the project:* GLAM and Digital Soft Power in the Post-Pandemic World. * Please, read more about the project here: datatopower.net *Webinar: Global communications and audiences: Propaganda, fake news & AI censorship* The webinar explored how a rise in new disinformation and propaganda tools, bots and fake news might affect museum global communications. It discussed critical issues around data privacy, ethics, provenance and equity, data access and censorship. *Read more here:* https://www.datatopower.net/webinar2 *Watch a recording on YouTube: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zHu2n6JeI8 *Datathon: Understanding and mapping digital museum audiences* The Datathon explored mapping digital audiences methods and presented a prototype of a new web app solution co-designed in collaboration with the Museum Science Group in London and Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. *Read more here:* https://www.datatopower.net/datathon2 *Watch a recording on YouTube: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Zq2FelE94 *To stay in the loop of current and future activities:* Subscribe to our Google group https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower With kind regards, *Dr Natalia Grincheva* Programme Leader, BA(Hons) Arts Management School of Creative Industries, LASALLE College of the Arts Senior Research Fellow (Hon) Digital Studio, The University of Melbourne *Recent Books:* *Museum Diplomacy in the Digital Age* (Routledge 2020) *Global Trends in Museum Diplomacy* (Routledge 2019) *Research Creation Project: *datatopower.net

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EAI WiCON 2022 (VIRTUAL) - 15th EAI International Wireless Internet Conference -- Submission Deadline: 9 May 2022
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EAI WiCON 2022 - 15th EAI International Wireless Internet Conference https://wicon.eai-conferences.org/2022/ November 17, 2022 Original Location: Cyberspace Submission Deadline: 9 May 2022 EAI WiCON 2022 will be held as a fully-fledged online conference! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scope Wireless technologies, in general, and the Wireless Internet, in particular, became pervasive in our everyday lives. We rely on wireless connectivity for work, social connections, commerce, finance, health, etc. It would be hardly possible for our generation to imagine life without wireless access. WiCON 2022 is the continuation of, and builds upon, the success of the past editions in this series that focus on various aspects of wireless technology. Building on these past successes, the 15th WiCON 2022 aims to tackle the challenges of wireless Internet communications, covering topics ranging from technology issues to new applications, especially focusing on current, novel, and future next-generation wireless Internet technologies, 5G, 6G, IoT, Industrial IoT, Healthcare IoT, and related topics. WiCON 2022 aims to bring together researchers, leading academic scientists to share their experiences and research findings on all aspects of Wireless Internet Communications. It also offers a leading interdisciplinary forum for academics, educators, and practitioners to present and discuss the latest technologies, developments, practical challenges and approaches to Wireless Internet. Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to participate in the conference by sending Full Papers, Work-in-Progress Papers, and Posters of their work. Last but not the least, middleware and platform providers, application developers, and smart object providers are also welcome. WiCON attendees will present novel ideas, exchange points of views, and foster collaborations. Papers, posters, and demos expressing the point of view of middleware and platform providers, smart object providers, application developers, and researchers are particularly welcome. Topics The works that will be presented at conference will focus on the following topics: 5G, 6G, and beyond technologies Algorithm design and performance analysis Anytime, Anywhere connectivity via wireless communication Architectural support for security Challenges and Architectures related to LTE Cloud Computing and Networks Cognitive Radio Networks Cognitive Radio, AI-Enabled Networks, Cooperative, Collaborative Communications, and relay networks Collaborative Communications and relay networks Context-aware mobile network Convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks Dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) Dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) Delay-tolerant networks Dependable networks Emerging technologies for Wireless Network Energy Transfer in Wireless Networks Flying Ad hoc Networks (FANET) Fog and Edge computing architecture Green wireless network architectures and communication protocols Industrial IoT Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) Internet of Things (IoT) based applications Next-Generation Networking, Internet services, multimedia communications, and applications Next-Generation wireless networking QoS (Quality of Service) issues of Wireless Networks Remote powering of Wireless Networks Remote services via Wireless Internet Satellite and Space Communications SDN, Network Virtualization, Open Platform, Software and Services Security and privacy issues in Wireless Internet Security in cooperative networks Tele-medicine/e-health networks Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) Wireless access in vehicular environment (WAVE) Wireless communication security Wireless technology in healthcare WLANs, WPANs, WBANs, WWAN Publication All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: WiCON Conference Proceedings. WiCON proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH. Paper submission: https://wicon.eai-conferences.org/2022/submission/ Papers should be submitted through EAI 'Confy+' system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author's kit section). All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here. Important dates Full Paper Submission deadline: 9 May 2022 Notification deadline: 11 July 2022 Camera-ready deadline: 31 August 2022 Start of Conference: 17 November 2022 End of Conference: 17 November 2022 Full Paper Submission deadline: 9 May 2022 Notification deadline: 11 July 2022 Camera-ready deadline: 31 August 2022 Start of Conference: 17 November 2022 End of Conference: 17 November 2022 General Chairs Ravi Prakash University of Texas at Dallas, USA Zygmunt Haas University of Texas at Dallas, USA Technical Program Committee Chairs Habib M. Ammari Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA Weili Wu University of Texas at Dallas, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Area Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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Book announcement: Technology of the Oppressed
by Nemer, David (dn6nn) 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear AoIRers, I hope you are doing well. I'd like to take this opportunity to shamelessly plug my new book "Technology of the Oppressed: Inequity and the Digital Mundane in Favelas of Brazil" (MIT Press, 2022). The book was published in Open Access and it is free to read and download: https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5266/Technology-of-the-OppressedI… In this book, I show how Brazilian favela residents engage with and appropriate technologies, both to fight the oppression in their lives and to represent themselves in the world. Brazilian favelas are impoverished settlements usually located on hillsides or the outskirts of a city. I tell stories of how favela residents make do and care for their precarious physical infrastructure; how their uses of Selfies help them efficiently communicate with their intended audience and bypass the surveillance of drug traffickers and prejudice of members of the upper class; how institutional gender prejudice harmed the ability of women to play video games and have a constant presence online; how a Human Infrastructure of Fake News was assembled to promote the rise of the far-right government in Brazil, etc. "In Technology of the Oppressed, David Nemer draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to provide a rich account of how favela residents engage with technology in community technology centers and in their everyday lives. Their stories reveal the structural violence of the information age. But they also show how those oppressed by technology don't just reject it, but consciously resist and appropriate it, and how their experiences with digital technologies enable them to navigate both digital and nondigital sources of oppression—and even, at times, to flourish. Nemer uses a decolonial and intersectional framework called Mundane Technology as an analytical tool to understand how digital technologies can simultaneously be sites of oppression and tools in the fight for freedom. Building on the work of the Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire, he shows how the favela residents appropriate everyday technologies—technological artifacts (cell phones, Facebook), operations (repair), and spaces (Telecenters and Lan Houses)—and use them to alleviate the oppression in their everyday lives. He also addresses the relationship of misinformation to radicalization and the rise of the new far right. Contrary to the simplistic techno-optimistic belief that technology will save the poor, even with access to technology these marginalized people face numerous sources of oppression, including technological biases, racism, classism, sexism, and censorship. Yet the spirit, love, community, resilience, and resistance of favela residents make possible their pursuit of freedom." The book was also published in Portuguese and will soon be published in Spanish: "Tecnologia do Oprimido: Desigualdade e o mundano digital nas favelas do Brasil" (Milfontes, 2021) https://www.amazon.com.br/Tecnologia-Oprimido-Desigualdade-mundano-digital-… Kinds regards, -- David Nemer, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Media Studies University of Virginia Faculty Associate Berkman Klein Center Harvard University http://dnemer.com<http://www.dnemer.com/> https://twitter.com/DavidNemer Books: Technology of the Oppressed (MIT Press, 2022) - https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/technology-oppressed Tecnologia do Oprimido (Editora Milfontes, 2021) - https://editoramilfontes.com.br/loja/Tecnologia_do_oprimido Favela Digital: The other side of technology (GSA, 2013) - http://favela-digital.com<http://favela-digital.com/>

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FREE Workshop: Debugging Inequality In Data Science (6th of May, London, UK)
by Brooke,SJ 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear All, We are organising Debugging (In)equality in Data Science<https://www.lse.ac.uk/DSI/Events/Debugging-Data-Science> Workshop at the London School of Economics on the 6th of May. Please could you circulate the advert for the Workshop below to interested parties? Fusing the benefits of academic conferences with the relaxed, collaborative atmosphere of hackathons, the event is targeted at Doctoral and Early Career Researchers, but we will also consider applications from Master’s students and Permanent Faculty. Please feel free to direct any questions back to me! The Call for Presenters and the Poster for the event can be found here.<https://www.dropbox.com/s/ll8sivp60acwegl/CfP_Debugging_Data_Science_Worksh…> _____ Debugging Inequality in Data Science Free – Open – Catered Please note that the deadline to apply by submitting an abstract is 15 April 2022. The Debugging (In)equality Data Science Workshop aims to foster camaraderie and collaboration between Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers involved with or interested in computational methods for social sciences. The event will showcase cutting-edge data science that explores, exposes and tackles (in)equality. A founding principle of the event is to facilitate this type of research and to support the development of junior Scholars. Research grants will be available for two projects which align with the workshop principles, both valued at £500. _____ Best wishes, Sian Dr. Siân Brooke (she/her<https://www.lse.ac.uk/economics/about-us/equity-diversity-and-inclusion>) Fellow in Computational Social Science, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Research Associate<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/sian-brooke/>, Oxford Internet Institute Affiliate<https://www.lse.ac.uk/DSI/Data-Science-Spotlight/Dr-Siân-Brooke>, Data Science Institute

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ITU Generation Connect – European Digital Youth Jam
by Luísa Franco Machado 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to attend the European Digital Youth Jam happening virtually this Monday April 4th 10:00-14:00 CET. The aim of the Digital Youth Jam is to bring together young European leaders from different organizations to create meaningful engagement by lifting young voices to regional level discussions. This event will serve as another step towards the *Generation Connect Youth Summit* <https://www.itu.int/generationconnect/generation-connect-youth-summit-2022/>, to be held in June 2022, as well as the *European Year of Youth 2022* <https://europa.eu/youth/year-of-youth_en> as declared by the European Commission. This Digital Youth Jam for Europe will focus in particular on three themes: - *Meaningful youth engagement*: Effective mechanisms towards youth engagement in the policy and strategy making at the regional level and beyond. - *Quality education*: The challenges in achieving quality education in Europe aligned with the expectations of digital future; - *Gender equality: *Actions undertaken by youth to empower girls and young women to pursue education in digital skills and a career in the STEM field. - More information on the event here: https://lnkd.in/dXvnuBD4 > REGISTER HERE: http://itu.int/go/UJOR See you there! *Luísa Franco Machado* *Graduate Researcher - London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | Sciences Po Parishttps://www.linkedin.com/in/luhfm/ <https://www.linkedin.com/in/luhfm/> | luisa.francomachado(a)sciencespo.fr <luisa.francomachado(a)sciencespo.fr> *

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ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022): Fifth Call for Contributions
by Announce Announcements 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

*** Fifth Call for Contributions *** ACM International Conference on Information Technology for Social Good (GoodIT 2022) 7–9 September, 2022, 5* St. Raphael Resort & Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/ Scope The ACM GoodIT conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions related to the application of information technologies (IT) to social good. Social good is typically defined as something that provides a benefit to the general public. In this context, clean air and water, Internet connection, education, and healthcare are all good examples of social goods. However, new media innovations and the explosion of online communities have added new meaning to the term. Social good is now about global citizens uniting to unlock the potential of individuals, technology, and collaboration to create a positive societal impact. GoodIT solicits papers that address important research challenges related to, but not limited to: • Citizen science • Civic intelligence • Decentralized approaches to IT • Digital solutions for Cultural Heritage • Environmental monitoring • Ethical computing • Frugal solutions for IT • Game, entertainment, and multimedia applications • Health and social care • IT for automotive • IT for development • IT for education • IT for smart living • Privacy, trust and ethical issues in ICT solutions • Smart governance and e-administration • Social informatics • Socially responsible IT solutions • Sustainable cities and transportation • Sustainable IT • Technology addressing the digital divide Paper Submission The papers should not exceed eleven (11) pages single-column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). They must be original works and must not have been previously published. At least one of the authors of all accepted papers must register and present the work at the conference; otherwise, the paper will not be published in the proceedings. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the ACM Digital Library. In addition to a Main Track, the conference features 9 additional Special Tracks. More information on these tracks is available on the conference web site. Journal Special Issues and Best Paper Award Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to two special journal issues: • FGCS, Elsevier (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) • MDPI Sensors, where the theme of the special issue will be "Application of Information Technology (IT) to Social Good" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/topical_collection_good… ). Specifically 5 papers will be invited free of charge and another 5 papers will get a 20% discount on the publication fees. Furthermore, MDPI Sensors will sponsor a Best Paper Award with the amount of 400 CHF. Work-in-Progress and PhD Track Inside ACM GoodIT, the Work-in-Progress and PhD Track provides an opportunity to showcase interesting new work that is still at an early stage. We encourage practitioners and researchers to submit to the Work-in-Progress venue as it provides a unique opportunity for sharing valuable ideas, eliciting feedback on early-stage work, and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. Moreover, this track provides a platform for PhD students to present and receive feedback on their ongoing research. Students at different stages of their research will have the opportunity to present and discuss their research questions, goals, methods and results. This is an opportunity to obtain guidance on various aspects of their research from established researchers and other PhD students working in research areas related to technologies for social good. Important: For this specific track, papers must not exceed nine (9) pages single column, including figures, tables, and references in the new ACM format (https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/index.php/authors/ ). Submission Instructions All papers must be submitted electronically via the hotcrp web site (https://goodit2022.hotcrp.com ). Once on the submission page, you will be able to select the track where to submit your paper. Important Dates • Submission deadline for all types of contributions: 23 May 2022 • Notification of acceptance: 20 June 2022 • Camera-ready submission and author registration: 11 July 2022 Conference Committees https://cyprusconferences.org/goodit2022/committees/

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CrowdTangle access?
by Maggie Clifford 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

Hello all, I am a PhD student needing to gain access to CrowdTangle to gather a limited data set from Instagram. I've been in a circuitous back-and-forth with the CrowdTangle team for months and have yet to be onboarded. If you have an academic account with them and would be willing to let me piggyback on your access, please let me know. I will greatly appreciate it! Thanks all, Maggie Clifford Maggie Clifford PhD Candidate School of Communication American University Washington, DC LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggieclifford/> www.maggieclifford.com Maggie Clifford on Spotify <https://open.spotify.com/artist/2IvJt1Qqw6f8sYeOSjbEPb>

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Call for Fairwork Partners: Decent Work Standards in the Platform Economy
by Michelle Gardner 01 Apr '22

01 Apr '22

Call for Fairwork Partners: Decent Work Standards in the Platform Economy https://fair.work/en/fw/blog/call-for-fairwork-partners-decent-work-standar… This is a call for proposals for one-year funded partnerships with Fairwork<https://fair.work>, which works to ensure decent work standards for workers on digital platforms. Proposals must be submitted by April 18, 2022 via email to kristin.thompson(a)wzb.eu<mailto:kristin.thompson@wzb.eu> and michelle.gardner(a)oii.ox.ac.uk.<mailto:michelle.gardner@oii.ox.ac.uk> “Fair Work in the Platform Economy: A Global South Perspective” is an action research project funded by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). The project is co-ordinated Professor Mark Graham at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, with key coordinating partners including Professor Martin Krzywdzinski at the WZB: Berlin Social Science Centre and Professor Richard Heeks at the Centre for Development Informatics, University of Manchester. Fairwork’s main focus is rating digital labour platforms – mainly but not exclusively in the ride-hailing, delivery and domestic work sectors – according to five decent work principles<https://fair.work/principles>: fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management, and fair representation. Evidence is gathered from the platforms themselves and from worker interviews, with each platform being awarded a score between 0 and 10 (see examples here<https://fair.work/ratings>). Fairwork’s action research approach intends not just to understand the platform economy across the world, but to change it. By bringing workers, platforms, scholars, labour researchers and policymakers to the table, we work to collaboratively develop and embed principles of fair work into the script of the platform economy. Fundamental to the project is a commitment to being participatory in our research and non-hierarchical within our communities. Our aim is to understand, and counter, some of the forces that disempower platform workers across the world. We are a transnational network of social justice-minded scholars<https://fair.work/en/fw/about/people> in pursuit of this planetary goal. Launched in 2018, the project has so-far produced ratings for more than 200 digital labour platforms (both geographically tethered, and remote), and currently operates in 27 countries on five continents. Thanks to funding from GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), we are able to support seven new partners with funding of up to £21,000. We are seeking partners in: Albania, Algeria, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo (DR), Ethiopia, Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Palestinian Territories, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zambia. Description of Partner Activities: We expect partners to conduct the following as part of the Fairwork Activities in a scoring round: 1. Desk Research: Selection of digital labour platforms to be studied and identifying key local stakeholders. Local ethical approval for data gathering must also be obtained. Months 1-2) 2. Project Set-Up: initial in-country stakeholder workshop to discuss design and implementation of the planned project with platforms, worker associations, government representatives, NGOs, etc. (Months 2-4) 3. Data Gathering: rating of platforms against Fairwork principles via anonymised worker interviews and interaction with local platform managers to obtain internal company evidence. We anticipate between 6-12 local platforms to be rated, with each rating involving interviews with 6-10 workers. (Months 4-9) 4. Dissemination: dissemination of results to local stakeholders with co-development of strategic action plans for platforms, workers and government to improve platform work standards. Dissemination of results to Fairwork community through attendance at a special workshop, and to international research forums including attendance at an international conference and development of a peer-reviewed research publication. (Months 10-12) Please note that all activities are undertaken with members of the Fairwork project team. The Budget Teams will be funded with a total up to £21,000 for one year initially. Specific budgets will be set up with partners after the selection process. Allowable costs include staff and non-staff costs, related to running the research activities in a scoring round. All budget lines will be agreed pre-award with potential partners. Partners will receive the funding from the University of Oxford, and a financial collaboration agreement will be set up between partner institutions and the University of Oxford. Please note that financial procurement rules apply to all financial commitments made by partner institutions, as part of our funding requirements. The Proposal Proposals must be emailed to kristin.thompson(a)wzb.eu<mailto:kristin.thompson@wzb.eu> and michelle.gardner(a)oii.ox.ac.uk.<mailto:michelle.gardner@oii.ox.ac.uk>

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