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Tech and Labor Organizing

Tech and Labor Organizing

Exploring how technology shapes and supports labor organizing

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Exploring how technology shapes and supports labor organizing

Projects

project

Tools for Crowdsourcing Platform Data

ongoing

We are building new crowdsourcing tools that will allow users of platforms, ranging from Instagram to TikTok to Doordash, donate data to researchers and advocates with minimal effort.

Started: 2025-08-01
Dana Calacci
Clayton Colson
VR
AG
SD
project
The Workers Algorithm Observatory ↗ ongoing

The Workers Algorithm Observatory (WAO) is a inter-institutional collaboration focused on developing tools and doing research to support labor organizing and advocacy in the algorithmic age.

Started: 2023-06-01
Dana Calacci
SD
VR

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People

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Dana Calacci

she / her

Director

Asst. Professor, Penn State IST

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person
SD

Samantha Dalal

she / her

Affiliate

Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University CITP

person
VR

Varun Rao

he / him

Affiliate

PhD Candidate, Princeton University CITP

person

Freddy Reiber

he / him

PhD Student

Boston University

🔗 Website
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Clayton Colson

he / him

Research Engineer

Penn State ICDS

person
AG

Ananya Gollakota

she / her

Undergraduate Researcher

Penn State IST

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