The Future of Work(ers)
The SCIS has defined and driven the research agenda on the future of work, looking at the changing nature of work (labour markets, informality) and the implications for inequality in the global South. Interdisciplinary research include looking at the intersection between digital technologies and the future of work(ers), developing a methodology for understanding labour strikes and strike waves, working from home and arguing for a global minimum wage.
The SCIS also coordinates Future Works: Eastern and Southern Africa, a global research network committed to a more sustainable and inclusive world of work, with a focus on women and youth. Staff members influence policy development through their participation in the National Minimum Wage Commission.
Book Chapter
Digital Capitalism and its Limits
Digital capitalism promises progresss, development and an end to the planetary crisis. Through a Marxist lens, contributors interrogate the implications of heightened technological innovation on employment, weak market democracies, climate change and labour power dynamics and alternatives for emancipatory futures in a digitalised world.