Publications

Latest publications

Valeria Pulignano, Stefania Marino, Mathew Johnson, Markieta Domecka, Me-Linh Riemann, ‘Digital Tournaments’: the colonisation of freelancers’ ‘free’ time and unpaid labour in the online platform economy, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 48, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages 133–150, https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bead042

Johnson, M., & Herman, E. (2024). Out with the old, in with the new? Institutional experimentation and decent work in the UK. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X231220528

Johnson, M., Herman, E. and Hughes, C. (2023), "Co-produced or co-opted? Reflections on the “movement” to promote good employment in Greater Manchester", Employee Relations, Vol. 45 No. 4, pp. 857-869. https://doi.org/10.1108/ER-01-2022-0042


Blog posts

UK minimum wage to rise – here’s how it could really tackle the cost of living and inequality

UK minimum wage to rise – here’s how it could really tackle the cost of living and inequality (theconversation.com)

Forget about the future, what about the now of work?

Working futures

The people who care for and educate our children deserve better pay - here’s why that would help us all

The people who care for and educate our children deserve better pay - here's why that would help us all (theconversation.com)

It’s all about the money! Making a living as a platform driver in Greater Manchester

Platform workers in Manchester