Suddhabrata Deb Roy is an Izaak Killam Notley Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta in Canada. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Otago in New Zealand. His research mainly focuses on labour, humanism, technology, workers’ organisations, and class composition.
Ashique Ali Thuppilikkat is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Canada. His work centers on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), with a focus on the role of technology in worker resistance, particularly within digital labour platforms.
Yang Zhou is a research assistant professor at the Department of Cultural Studies at Lingnan University. His research looks at the opportunities and challenges changing forms of digital technologies present for workingclass formation in China. His recent work on platform labour in China appeared in EPA: Economy and Space, Media, Culture & Society and New Media & Society.
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