Rafael Grohmann

Rafael Grohmann is part of the affiliated faculty network at the Institute for Inclusive Economies and Sustainable Livelihoods. He is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies (Critical Platform Studies) at the University of Toronto. He is research associate at the University of Oxford, founding editor of Platforms & Society journal and leader of DigiLabour initiative. His research focuses on digital labour, AI and work, AI in the cultural sector, workers’ organizing, platform cooperativism and digital solidarity economy, especially in Latin America. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, a Senior Fellow at Massey College and an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Culture and Technology. His previous affiliations include Weizenbaum Institute and University of Sao Paulo. Rafael published in academic outlets such as Big Data & Society, New Media & Society, International Journal of Communication, Information, Communication & Society, and Social Media + Society. He is an editorial board member of Communication, Culture and Critique and Big Data & Society.