Rafael Grohmann

Rafael Grohmann 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 researcher of the AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work and Fairwork. He leads projects such as Creative Labour and Critical Futures, and Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms. 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.