Program

Wednesday 09 September 2026 Thursday 10 September 2026 Friday 11 September 2026

List

9:00

4 sessions

Transparency and traceability in the AI models and their supply chains

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Room II - R3 South

Chair: Nicolas Maystre, UNCTAD

09:00 - 09:15 (15min)

Extracting Workers' Cognition: an NLP Approach to AI Annotation Guidelines

Mathilde Abel, Institut interdisciplinaire de l'innovation, Télécom Paris - Thomas Le Bonniec, Télécom Paris - Donatella Delpiano, Università degli studi di Torino

09:15 - 09:30 (15min)

Epistemological Laundering and the Invisible Labour of AI Supply Chains

Adio Dinika, DAIR Institute - Camilla Salim Wagner, DAIR Institute - Milagros Miceli, DAIR Institute, Weizenbaum Institut [Berlin]

09:30 - 09:45 (15min)

The False Consciousness of LLMs: Representations of “Ghost Workers” in Artificially Generated Images

Lorenzo Incardona, United International Business School, Milan

09:45 - 10:00 (15min)

The expression and suppression of upstream workers' voice in contemporary global value chains

Myriam Bouyakhlef, Rotterdam School of Management (Eramus University Rotterdam)

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Transparency and traceability in the AI models and their supply chains

Room II - R3 South

Chair: Nicolas Maystre, UNCTAD

› Extracting Workers' Cognition: an NLP Approach to AI Annotation Guidelines - Mathilde Abel, Institut interdisciplinaire de l'innovation, Télécom Paris - Thomas Le Bonniec, Télécom Paris - Donatella Delpiano, Università degli studi di Torino 09:00-09:15 (15min)

› Epistemological Laundering and the Invisible Labour of AI Supply Chains - Adio Dinika, DAIR Institute - Camilla Salim Wagner, DAIR Institute - Milagros Miceli, DAIR Institute, Weizenbaum Institut [Berlin] 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› The False Consciousness of LLMs: Representations of “Ghost Workers” in Artificially Generated Images - Lorenzo Incardona, United International Business School, Milan 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› The expression and suppression of upstream workers' voice in contemporary global value chains - Myriam Bouyakhlef, Rotterdam School of Management (Eramus University Rotterdam) 09:45-10:00 (15min)

Working conditions, occupational safety and health of workers in the human-in-the-loop

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Room V - R3 South

Chair: Claartje Ter Hoeven, Universiteit Utrecht

09:00 - 09:15 (15min)

Drawing boundaries: inequalities on digital platforms across geographies

Julieta Longo, Laboratorio de Estudios en Sociología y Economía del Trabajo - Mariana Fernandez Massi, Laboratorio de Estudios en Sociología y Economía del Trabajo

09:15 - 09:30 (15min)

Just-in-Time Embeddedness in AI Value Chains: Content Moderation, Data Work, and Infrastructures of Circulation in Southern Europe

Marco Marrone, University of Salento - Antonio Casilli, Institut Polytechnique de Paris

09:30 - 09:45 (15min)

Students Behind the Scenes of Digital Labor

Saadeddine Igamane, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University - Morocco - Fidae El Hassouni, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University - Morocco - Khamar El Khomssi, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University - Morocco

09:45 - 10:00 (15min)

Teachers as Data Annotators: Human-in-the-Loop Labor and the Platformization of Educational AI

Paula Menezes, Faculdade de Educação

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Working conditions, occupational safety and health of workers in the human-in-the-loop

Room V - R3 South

Chair: Claartje Ter Hoeven, Universiteit Utrecht

› Drawing boundaries: inequalities on digital platforms across geographies - Julieta Longo, Laboratorio de Estudios en Sociología y Economía del Trabajo - Mariana Fernandez Massi, Laboratorio de Estudios en Sociología y Economía del Trabajo 09:00-09:15 (15min)

› Just-in-Time Embeddedness in AI Value Chains: Content Moderation, Data Work, and Infrastructures of Circulation in Southern Europe - Marco Marrone, University of Salento - Antonio Casilli, Institut Polytechnique de Paris 09:15-09:30 (15min)

› Students Behind the Scenes of Digital Labor - Saadeddine Igamane, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University - Morocco - Fidae El Hassouni, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University - Morocco - Khamar El Khomssi, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University - Morocco 09:30-09:45 (15min)

› Teachers as Data Annotators: Human-in-the-Loop Labor and the Platformization of Educational AI - Paula Menezes, Faculdade de Educação 09:45-10:00 (15min)

Legal frameworks, regulatory initiatives, and institutional responses

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Room IX - R2 South

Chair: Diego Rivera, Universidad de Chile

09:00 - 09:15 (15min)

Children and Youth in Platform Labour and the Limits of Regulation in Brazil

Amanda Biazzi, Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Brasil] - Matheus Viana Braz, Universidade Estadual de Maringá [Brasil]

09:15 - 09:30 (15min)

Regulating platform labour in Brazil: precarity, contestation, and workers' agency

Lucas Souza, Universidade Federal Fluminense [Rio de Janeiro]

09:30 - 09:45 (15min)

Governance Instrument or Governance Performance? National AI Strategies and the World of Work in Europe and Latin America

Anthea Bicakcioglu, International Labour Organization - Caetano Patta Barros, Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning

09:45 - 10:00 (15min)

The Rise of the Rule of Algorithms: From Lex Laboris to Lex Algorithmica and the Erosion of Just and Equitable Labour Protection in Algorithmic Governance.

Sathiyaseelan Janani, University of Colombo [Sri Lanka]

Algorithmic management, labour control, and workers’ resistance

9:00 - 10:30 (1h30)

Room Jura - R2 South

Chair: Sofie Schuller, Universiteit Utrecht

09:00 - 09:15 (15min)

Labor Dependency and the Reconfiguration of Labor Relations in Digital Platforms

Pía Garavaglia, Universidad de Buenos Aires

09:15 - 09:30 (15min)

Negotiating Contextual Legitimacy: Migrant Workers' Interpretations of Precarity Beyond the Platform in Italy and Germany

Padmini Sharma, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

09:30 - 09:45 (15min)

Uberized and Undocumented: Legal Status and Working Conditions of Migrant Platform Delivery Workers in France

Marwân-Al-Qays Bousmah, Institut national d'études démographiques, Centre Population et Développement

09:45 - 10:00 (15min)

Designing Control and Autonomy: A Taxonomy of Online Gig Platform Configurations

Karthika Nadarajah, Radboud university [Nijmegen]

10:30

Coffee break

10:30 - 11:00 (30min)

Gobelin - R2 South

11:00

Keynote: The particulars of data work in AI’s Supply Chain by Alex Taylor

11:00 - 12:00 (1h)

Room II - R3 South

Chair: Balaji Parthasarthy

12:00

2 sessions

Gender and digital labour

12:00 - 13:00 (1h)

Room II - R3 South

Chair: Floor Fiers, Universiteit van Amsterdam

12:00 - 12:15 (15min)

Relocating Reproductive Labor in the Platform Economy

Avantika Tewari, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, O.P. Jindal Global University

12:15 - 12:30 (15min)

Platform Bias and Communication Gaps: Mapping inclusion and Exclusion Pattern of Female-centric Instant Home Service Apps in Urban India

Shikha Shalini, Research Scholar - Dr. Sweta Singh, Associate Professor

12:30 - 12:45 (15min)

Reconfiguring Human Labour in AI Supply Chains: Gendered Constraints and AI-Enabled Customer Service

Yizhen Wang, Université Paris Cité

Working conditions, occupational safety and health of workers in the human-in-the-loop

12:00 - 13:00 (1h)

Room V - R3 South

Chair: Aishik Saha, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

12:00 - 12:15 (15min)

The Irruption of generative AI in art worlds: Reconfigurations of work in the creative sectors

Rania Bouabdallah, Université Paris Saclay - Lisa Amari, Université Paris Saclay

12:15 - 12:30 (15min)

Auditing African Content Moderators' Working Conditions by Using the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Jessica Pidoux, Université de Neuchâtel - Kauna Malgwi, Pan African Christian University Africa - Sonia Kgomo, African Content Moderators Union (ACMU)

12:30 - 12:45 (15min)

Artificial Intelligence and Exploitation: A Labour Regime Analysis of India's Data Annotation Economy

Gautam Suresh Kumar, Independent researcher - Alessandra Mezzadri, School of Oriental and African Studies

13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 14:00 (1h)

Cafetaria - R2 North

14:00

2 sessions

Working conditions, occupational safety and health of workers in the human-in-the-loop

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

Room V - R3 South

Chair: Thomas Le Bonniec, Institut Polytechnique de Paris

14:00 - 14:15 (15min)

From Data Cascades to Better (and Worse) Work Cascades: Three AI Labour Governance Mechanisms Driving More Responsible AI Value Chains

Hung Kai-Hsin, HEC Montreal, International Development Research Centre

14:15 - 14:30 (15min)

Juggling Microwork, Traditional Employment, and Personal Life: A Playful and Activity-Based Perspective

Yuri Scharp, Universiteit Utrecht

14:30 - 14:45 (15min)

Trapped in Hope: A Discourse on Persistence and Continuity of Indebted Life of Migrant Workers in Digital Labour Platforms in Urban India

Kinchan Chakma, Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies (ADCPS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India - Rahul Sapkal, Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies (ADCPS), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Algorithmic management, labour control, and workers’ resistance

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

Room Jura - R2 South

Chair: Gonzague Isirabahenda, Universitatea “1 Decembrie 1918” Alba Iulia

14:00 - 14:15 (15min)

Social Dialogue and the Governance of Workplace AI: Evidence from Italian Collective Bargaining

Davide Bisi, Università degli studi di Parma - Ivana Pais, Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore

14:15 - 14:30 (15min)

Working Without Dignity: The Production and Negotiation of Indignity in Platform Food Delivery across India and Italy

Padmini Sharma, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) - Premilla D'Cruz, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad - Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

14:30 - 14:45 (15min)

Remote Migrants, Digital Borders: Migration and the Global AI Economy

Stefano Piemontese, University of Birmingham - Lawrence Jabs, University of Birmingham, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

14:00 - 15:00 (1h)

Algorithmic management, labour control, and workers’ resistance

Room Jura - R2 South

Chair: Gonzague Isirabahenda, Universitatea “1 Decembrie 1918” Alba Iulia

› Social Dialogue and the Governance of Workplace AI: Evidence from Italian Collective Bargaining - Davide Bisi, Università degli studi di Parma - Ivana Pais, Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore 14:00-14:15 (15min)

› Working Without Dignity: The Production and Negotiation of Indignity in Platform Food Delivery across India and Italy - Padmini Sharma, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) - Premilla D'Cruz, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad - Ernesto Noronha, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 14:15-14:30 (15min)

› Remote Migrants, Digital Borders: Migration and the Global AI Economy - Stefano Piemontese, University of Birmingham - Lawrence Jabs, University of Birmingham, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna 14:30-14:45 (15min)

15:00

Coffee Break

15:00 - 15:15 (15min)

15:15

Round table: Setting up an inter-disciplinary Research Agenda on AI Supply Chains

15:15 - 16:45 (1h30)

Room II - R3 South

Chair: Uma Rani Panellists: Timothy Newman, Paola Tubaro and Alex Taylor

16:45

Closing remarks: Co-Chairs: Matheus Viana Braz and Antonio Casilli

16:45 - 17:15 (30min)

Room II - R3 South

Mariana Massi (INDL-LatAm), Myriam Raymond (INDL-MEA), Aishik Saha (INDL-SA), Julian Posada (INDL-NA), Julie Chen (INDL-EA)