Publications
Selected academic publications, policy reports and research outputs. Older work is retained here because it provides the intellectual foundation for my current research on AI governance, safety and institutional resilience.
Selected policy and applied research
Research designed for policy, governance and institutional use.
Exploring responsible applications of synthetic data to advance online safety research and development
Pica Johansson, Jonathan Bright, Shyam Krishna, Claudia Fischer and David Leslie. The Alan Turing Institute. Research on the opportunities, risks and governance considerations associated with synthetic data in online safety.
Bridging the Gap for Gig Workers: Policy Pathways for Support and Protection
Policy report on gig-work labour and technology in Chennai, submitted to the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission.
Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health
Lead respondent contribution to the UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur call for input.
Peer-reviewed publications and chapters
Selected academic work on digital identity, platform labour, data justice and technology for development.
Delivering (In)justice: Contestations within India’s digital food delivery platforms
In Platform Labour and Global Logistics: A Research Companion. Routledge.
The role of gig-worker during crisis: Consequences of COVID-19 on food delivery workers in south India
In COVID-19 from the Margins: Pandemic Invisibilities, Policies and Resistance in the Datafied Society.
Digital Identity, Datafication and Social Justice: understanding Aadhaar use among informal workers in south India
Information Technology for Development.
Spatiotemporal (in)justices in digital platforms: An analysis of food-delivery platforms in south India
IFIP Joint Working Conference, The Future of Digital Work: The Challenge of Inequality.
Many-eyed monsters and their lure – Surveillance, seduction, and governmentality
With Yingqin Zheng. IFIP 8.4 conference on the social implications of algorithmic phenomena.
ICTs and Hope for Development: A Theoretical Framework
With Richard Heeks. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries.
Working papers and earlier research
Draft and earlier work retained where it remains useful. The previous site’s outdated “in preparation” items have deliberately not been carried over as active forthcoming publications.
Liquid Inclusion: The Dynamics of Inclusion Under Datafication and Surveillance
Working paper on inclusion, datafication and surveillance.
Food Delivery Apps and Fair Practices – Report from Chennai
Research on wages, work and platform practices among food-delivery workers.