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D5.3.040
Welthandelsplatz 1/D5/level 3
1020 Vienna, Austria

CV

Research Interest

• Platform-mediated work; transformation of work with digital intermediaries;

• Invisibility and platform-mediated work; platform-mediated domestic/household work 

• Platform economies

• Political economy, digitalization/(ICT) technologies & capitalism dynamics

• Platform capitalism

• The sharing/collaborative economy

• Socio-ecological transformation

• Economic sociology, economics discourses and pluralism in economics

Current Projects

Platform Cleaners

Recent Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters

Gruszka, K., Scholz-Wäckerle, M. & Aigner, E. Planetary carambolage: The evolutionary political economy of technology, nature and work. Rev Evol Polit Econ (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43253-020-00030-3

Gruszka, K., and Böhm, M. (2020) Out of sight, out of mind? (In)visibility of/in platform-mediated work. New Media and Society, December 2020.https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820977209

Gruszka, K., Scharbert, A.R., and Soder, M. (2017): Leaving the mainstream behind? Uncovering subjective understandings of economics instructors’ roles. Ecological Economics 131, 485-498. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.09.021  

Gruszka, K. (2017): Framing the collaborative economy - Voices of contestation. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 23, 92-104. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2016.09.002

Gruszka, K., Rammel, C. (2016): Science-Society Interfaces - Transforming Universities. In: Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level. Hrsg. W. Leal Filho and L. Brandli, S. 177-189. Switzerland: Springer.

Working papers

Gruszka, K. and Novy, A. (2018): Sharing the liberal utopia. The case of Uber in France and the US. Multilevel Governance and Development Institute, WU Vienna: SRE-Discussion-2018/07. Available at: http://www-sre.wu.ac.at/sre-disc/sre-disc-2018_07.pdf

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