Policy Making in the Digital Era

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Dipoli, 14 May 2014 Policy making in the information era: Case digital work Dr Vili Lehdonvirta Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Twitter: @ViliLe

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Dr. Vili Lehdonvirta's, Oxford Internet Institute, lecture slides from the presentation given at the information strategies-seminar arranged by the Finnish Ministry of Communications and Transportation in Dipoli, Espoo, Finland on 14.5.2014.

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Dipoli, 14 May 2014

Policy making in the information era: Case digital work

Dr Vili LehdonvirtaResearch Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute

Twitter: @ViliLe

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• Startup based in Redwood City, California

• 900,000 employers posting 4,000 jobs every day

• 4,500,000 workers around the world

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oDesk peak of global activity at 3pm (2012 data)

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“Laitoin hakuun ‘Finnish’ ja hetkessä löysin kymmeniä työpaikkoja, joissa etsittiin sisällöntuottajaa, kääntäjää ja ääninäyttelijää suomen kielellä.”

“oDesk on monen vuoden kokemuksella osoittautunut parhaaksi paikaksi löytää ja tehdä etätöitä.”

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• oDesk jobs are framed

as independent

contracting

• Workers are lifted out of

national regulatory

frameworks– Employment law

– Collective agreements

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November 2013: oDesk establishes aGlobal Minimum Wage of $4.00/h

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People making labour policy for Finland

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To influence digital policies, you must be part ofthe actor networks that create them

government APIs, open data, standard setting, public-private collabs

Ask: what value can we offer to the network?

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Dipoli, 14 May 2014

Policy making in the digital era

Dr Vili LehdonvirtaResearch Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute

Twitter: @ViliLe