Descrizione del progetto
La pandemia svela la situazione critica dei corrieri che consegnano prodotti alimentari
La pandemia di coronavirus ha incrementato il numero di aziende che si occupano di consegna alimentare in tutta Europa. Inoltre, ha anche fatto nuova luce sul dramma dei lavoratori della gig economy durante i lockdown. Il progetto COGONU, finanziato dall’UE, indagherà la mobilitazione dei corrieri di tale settore. In particolare, il progetto approfondirà le cause, le traiettorie e gli esiti delle mobilitazioni di questi lavoratori dal 2016 in varie città europee prima e durante la crisi della COVID-19. Il progetto analizzerà tre casi di mobilitazione che presentavano differenze in termini di repertorio di azione, forme di organizzazione, cooperazione e obiettivo, al fine di comprendere le dinamiche di contesa, le loro strategie politiche e gli esiti politici. I risultati saranno condivisi con i ricercatori, le organizzazioni partner e i responsabili delle politiche.
Obiettivo
In response to the rise of a new labour governance regime in the platform economy, militant forms of worker mobilization have recently emerged across Europe, exhibiting novel forms of organisation and action repertoires. The research action “COntesting GOvernance by NUmbers: The Mobilizations of Food Delivery Couriers across Europe in Time of the Pandemic (COGONU)” investigates the causes, trajectories, and outcomes of mobilizations of these workers since 2016 in different European cities before and during the Covid crisis.
The action has three main research objectives:
1. it maps all episodes of couriers’ mobilizations across Europe since 2016 accounting for similarities and differences in terms of strategies, action repertoire, and mobilization capacity.
2. it conducts an in-depth analysis of three cases of mobilization that have exhibited variation in terms of action repertoire, forms of organizing, alliance building and target, to understand the dynamics of contention, their political strategies, and policy outcomes.
3. it aims to explore the processes of transnational coordination and organization among couriers, union representatives, and activists and their feedback effects on both corporate and EU governance.
The action includes a comprehensive training plan, which enhances my career opportunities across sectors as well as academic departments. The UCD School of Business, the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy and its ERC Research Group “Labour Politics and the EU’s New Economic Governance Regime” (host institution), along with the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) (secondment institution), will provide me with excellent interdisciplinary research skills and development opportunities. The action also incorporates an ambitious dissemination and communication plan that promotes knowledge exchange between the researcher and partner organizations as well as the production of valuable knowledge for policy makers and citizens at local, national and EU level.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinatore
4 Dublin
Irlanda