Thesis defence: Riyaj Shaikh

Welcome to a thesis defence at DSV! In his PhD thesis, Riyaj Shaikh explores food deliveries from the gigworkers’ perspective.

Thesis defence

Date:

Friday 28 February 2025

Time:

14.00 – 18.00

Location:

Lilla hörsalen, DSV, Borgarfjordsgatan 12, Kista

On February 28, 2025, Riyaj Shaikh will present his PhD thesis at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University. The title of the thesis is “The Work Practice of Platform-Mediated Food Delivery: An Ethnographic Study of Bridging Algorithmic Workflows and Situated Action”.

PhD student: Riyaj Shaikh, DSV
External reviewer: Jacqueline O’Neill, Microsoft Research Africa, Kenya
Main supervisor: Airi Lampinen, DSV
Supervisor: Barry Brown, DSV and University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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The defence takes place at DSV in Kista, starting at 14:00.
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Abstract

The thesis examines the work practice of platform-mediated food delivery. Combining ethnographic studies in India and Sweden, it highlights the friction between the platform’s representation of work and the ground realities shaping workers’ situated actions, including their economic concerns. The thesis contributes to the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, with an emphasis on worker-centered design and the critical role of human labor in gig work.