Dear Colleagues, (with apologies for cross-posting) The deadline for the below job has been extended until next week. We're building an exciting team who are doing research on platform working conditions - together with colleagues in India, South Africa, Germany, and the UK. For those unable to apply for this role, we'll also be advertising for another Postdoctoral Researcher role in the next few weeks. Kind regards, Mark *Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager* *Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford* *Grade 8: £40,792 - £48,677 p.a.* We are looking for someone to join our team of researchers <https://fair.work/project-team/> from around the world. The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager to work with the Fairwork Foundation <https://fair.work/>. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work with our team to co-develop standards <https://fair.work/principles/> of fair work and apply them to digital platforms in South Africa, India, Germany, and the UK. Applicants will have a relevant postgraduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. Excellent writing, presentation abilities, and analytical skills are also required. Applicants should be highly organised, be able to effectively manage multiple ongoing tasks, and have experience coordinating between a diverse group of stakeholders. As the successful candidate, you will be based at Fairwork Foundation within the Oxford Internet Institute. You will be part of a team of researchers based in the UK, South Africa, India, and Germany, and will collaborate with colleagues in those places to: co-develop thresholds and principles of fair work that apply to the platform economy; design strategies and carry out research to evaluate platforms against those thresholds; collaborate in the preparation of publications and research outputs to disseminate the evaluations of platforms against principles of fair work. Based in the heart of Oxford, this post is available immediately and is fixed-term until 30 June 2020 in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter. More information about the position is available here <https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=141979> . Only applications received before 12.00 midday on Monday 2 September 2019, will be considered. Interviews for those shortlisted will take place week commencing 23 September 2019. ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford @geoplace <http://twitter.com/geoplace> | markgraham.space New publications: Graham, M. (ed). 2019. Digital Economies at Global Margins <https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/digital-economies-global-margins>. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. Graham, M., and Anwar, M. A. 2019. The Global Gig Economy: Towards a Planetary Labour Market? <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2018.1554208> First Monday. 24(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i4.9913. <http://twitter.com/geoplace>