This editorial shows how the digital economy continuously reshapes work and employment. Based on a literature review, it illustrates that digitalization frequently implies job loss, de-skilling and measures to restrict co-determination and participation of labor. However, digitalization also...

This article analyses the dynamics of trust in institutions, which underpin the legitimacy of social order, on the basis of a study of the developed Arctic region during the period 2006-2018. The authors considered the principal theoretical concepts on which the study of trust, the well-being of...

Africa is currently undergoing the most rapid urbanisation process globally, and this trend is forecast to persist in the coming decades. Many believe that this ongoing rapid urbanisation process is changing the social fabric and reshaping social cohesion. This study explores the theoretical...

The presence of trade unions in hard-to-abate sectors (e.g., steel plants) adds up to the richness of perspectives that is necessary to understand and meet the needs of groups directly affected by, and mainly involved in, the sectors' transition, such as workers and their families. - Trade...

The presence of trade unions in hard-to-abate sectors (e.g., steel plants) adds up to the richness of perspectives that is necessary to understand and meet the needs of groups directly affected by, and mainly involved in, the sectors' transition, such as workers and their families. - Trade...

This paper presents findings from the Leeds Index of Platform Labour Protest, a database of platform worker protest events around the world which gathers data from online news media reports and other online sources. For the period January 2017 to July 2020, we identified 1,271 instances of...