Karen Gregory
@karengregory
Soc of Work + Platform Labor | Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh | | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society
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I'm a grumpy NYC sociological crank, but I get what you're saying, Scotland. I hear you.
Fabulous event yesterday put on from colleagues at @heriotwattuni.bsky.social on "Reimagining Fair Work in Scotland". And very nice to hear support for @workersobservatory.org: blob:https://outlook.cloud.microsoft/dc1a8538-c732-497b-b185-f1feb488052e
For example, just look what the hell happened here. Try to read one book, you get seven. It's endless.
Listening to Jonathan Gray set the scene with a pretty clear argument:
Y'all. I really feel this award this year. Thank you to the students who are putting in the work. I see you. You're awesome.
For various reasons, I looked this up and now feel homesick. But, very happy some NYCers are coming to Scotland soon. preview.redd.it/this-is-hang...
Listening to panel tonight-- Very clear to me that the AGI imaginary and promise (fully automated future abundance) is the flipside to white supremacist governance.
"We’re pleased to announce that in partnership with Dr Karen Gregory (@uoe-sps.bsky.social) and Boyan Karabaliev (@workersobservatory.org), ScORSA will be launching new research on the gig economy at our upcoming Road Safety Hour." Feb 24th: lnkd.in/eCTyaqBG media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2...
media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2... Looking forward to speaking here on Feb 24th:
With @workersobservatory.org today and listening to @bkarb.bsky.social talk about migrant workers' voting rights in Scotland.
Last Thursday of the decade of January: actually-i-can.com/weekly-tips/...
That last RT reminded me of a personal "AI nailed it" fav from 2025:
The folks at the @uoe-sps.bsky.social "Centre for Doctoral Training in Designing Responsible and Trustworthy in-the-world NLP" made me into a little supervisor flyer: media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2...