---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pluto Journals Ltd. <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 9:34 PM Subject: New issue of Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation & survey about the future of the Journal To: <[email protected]> This latest newsletter from WOLG brings you details about a new issue of the Journal and a survey to help shape its future in the Open Access era. *New issue and a survey about the future of the journal in the Open Access era!* This latest newsletter from Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation brings you details about a new issue of the Journal. We are also looking for feedback from our contributors and readers about the Journal to help shape its future in the Open Access era, you can find details about this below. This newsletter also includes new call for papers for our upcoming special issue, a book promotion on Ursula Huws' new book with a discount for WOLG newsletter subscribers and a reminder about our previous issue. We are still accepting papers for our call for papers on our other special issue on platform labour in the post-COVID city so you can find more details below. <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=188ea9be76&e=d486634e1b> The latest issue of Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation brings together a collection of articles exploring the effects of work digitalisation and platformisation. Plus articles about high-skilled migrant workers and the ‘class ceiling’ faced by working class students entering professions. View latest issue on JSTOR <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=babf989464&e=d486634e1b> *Give your views about the future of the Journal* When the Journal was established in 2006, we aimed for it to be international, interdisciplinary, accessible to non-academics and to contribute to the development of a dialogue among scholars and policy makers about the future of work. It has developed a profile as a respected and widely-cited resource on the restructuring of work and the changing global division of labour and an international community has grown up around it. At a time when academic publishing is facing major new challenges, we are now formulating plans to take the journal forward in a way that makes it sustainable in the Open Access era, while staying faithful to our original aims. We are inviting you, as a member of our global community, to give us your views about how the journal should evolve in the future and help us develop initiatives that can open up new forms of dialogue among contributors and readers. Take the survey <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=0fb2861bfd&e=d486634e1b> <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=40d62c1988&e=d486634e1b> *Call for Papers* This special issue on *Researching Precarious, Virtual and Clandestine Labour: Methodological and Ethical Challenges *focuses on the challenges posed by researching non-standard work in the 21st century. We particularly welcome contributions that look specifically at the methodological and ethical challenges confronting researchers investigating labour in the context of digitalisation and globalisation based on recent quantitative or qualitative research, though this is not a requirement for submission. We welcome articles from a range of different disciplinary perspectives including (but not limited to) labour sociology, political economy, economic geography, urban planning, policy analysis, philosophy, research methods and gender studies. Articles may draw on the authors’ original quantitative, qualitative or theoretical research but must demonstrate a clear contribution to knowledge and go beyond mere literature reviews. The deadline for submissions is March 28th, 2021 and articles should be submitted to [email protected] *For all requirements, see the full call for papers here. <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=e326f18291&e=d486634e1b>* <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=b1dbc50a90&e=d486634e1b> *NEW BOOK OFFER: 35% off Reinventing the Welfare State: Digital Platforms and Public Policies by Ursula Huws* The welfare state is unfit for purpose – how can we transform it into a force for equality and social justice? As the number of unemployed people in the UK rise, and we are heading towards one of the greatest recessions in the history of capitalism, now is the time to think seriously about rethinking and rebuilding the welfare state for a broken country. In this book, leading analyst Ursula Huws proposes new and original policy ideas, including critical discussions of Universal Basic Income and new legislation for universal workers' rights, as well as outlining a 'digital welfare state' for the 21st century. These fresh ideas breathe new life into an outdated system, and herald the start of a new and urgent discussion that could improve the lives of millions. *Pluto Press are offering 35% off Reinventing the Welfare State for WOLG Newsletter subscribers. To claim the discount, **visit the publisher’s website* <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=fc6a7b2cec&e=d486634e1b>* and enter the coupon code ‘FIREWORKS35**’ at the checkout. The discount applies to both the paperback and the ebook editions.* Paperback RRP £16.99 | Ebook RRP £9.99 Order the book now <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=24fd7f1029&e=d486634e1b> <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=aa1b91360a&e=d486634e1b> Previous issue of Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=85cb305fc5&e=d486634e1b> The use of algorithms for monitoring and predicting consumer behaviour and controlling work and workers grew exponentially in the second decade of the 21st century, doubling between 2016 and 2019 in the UK. In this timely collection, WOLG's latest issue brings together scholarship on urbanisation from South and East Asia and Latin America, as well as from across Europe The issue analyses the evolution of platformisation and describes some of its impacts on urban spaces, identity and working life at the moment cities were struck by the impact of the coronavirus epidemic. It provides a vital underpinning for understanding the explosive changes currently taking place. <https://plutojournals.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=946484bd874ae7f80bb5b6945&id=e392689fb7&e=d486634e1b> Call for papers This special issue of Work* Organisation, Labour & Globalisation* welcomes in particular contributions that look specifically at the impacts of the coronavirus epidemic on algorithmically-managed labour and work organisation. 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