Events
Future events
19 June 2026, Annual Day, PlatWork-r consortium, Stibbe, Amsterdam
Morning: workshop on access to the digital shopfloor (following the Platform Work Directive): Afternoon: Presentations and discussion with PlatWork-r stakeholders.
2-3 September 2026, Final Event COST Action PWILL Final Event in Brussels – PWILL, Brussels
The COST Action CA21118 P-WILL on platform economy and platform work will conclude with its final event in Brussels.
9-11 September 2026, 9th Annual conference on International Network on Digital Labor (INDL-9), ILO, Geneva
Aim to to share knowledge in research and practice related to digital labor and its linkages with technology, platformization, and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).
Past events
10-11 February 2026, Future of Work conference by ETUI, Brussels
On the implications of digital technology for labour processes, work organisation, labour market dynamics, and labour law frameworks.
4 December 2025, Early Career Researcher workshop on Platform work, Utrecht University
A full day with presentations, workshops and a keynote by Jeroen Meijerink (University of Twente). Organized by Koen Frenken (Utrecht University).
15 October 2025, Seminar, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Seminar about Ghostwork and the invisible labour behind AI (in Dutch), organized by Tessa Duzee en Martijn Arets.
4 June 2025, Second Workshop on the EU Platform Work Directive, The Hague
Focus on Chapter III-VI. Organized by Koen Frenken (Utrecht University).
16 April 2025, First Workshop on the EU Platform Work Directive, The Hague
Focus on Chapter I-II. Organized by Koen Frenken (Utrecht University).
24 January 2025, Annual Day, PlatWork-r consortium, Utrecht
Presentations and discussion with stakeholders. Special guests were Claartje ter Hoeven – Erasmus University Rotterdam and Catalina Goanta – Utrecht University
24-25 October 2024, Reshaping Work conference, Amsterdam
Reshaping Work conference 2024, sponsored by PlatWork-R
17 April 2024, Utrecht, The Netherlands, PlatWork-r PhD School, Utrecht University, Utrecht
Full-day with PhD presentations and keynotes speeches., organised by Anne Joppe (Utrecht University) and Gabriël van Rosmalen (Utrecht University)
20-21 February 2024, Future of Work, ETUI conference, Brussels
Presentation by Gabriël van Rosmalen and many others. Recording available via this link (Gabriël’s presentation starts at 2h06m54)
5 February 2024, Annual Day, PlatWork-r consortium, Amsterdam
Presentations by Koen Frenken, Wendy Smits, Kurt Vandaele, Gabriël van Rosmalen and Lex Mandos and discussion with stakeholders. Key themes of the day: i. CBS-data on platform workers and platforms, ii. willingness to unionize among platform workers, iii. collective labour agreements between platform workers and platforms.
14 November 2023, Book launch, Utrecht
Book launch (in Dutch): Tim Christiaens (2023) De Kluseconomie. Voor uitbuiting: klik ‘aanvaard’. School of Governance, Utrecht University.
9-11 October 2023, INDL-6, Berlin
Mirte van Hout (UU, PhD student, PlatWork-r) presented her paper on platformization in the Dutch mental health sector on the 6th conference of the International Network on Digital Labor (https://www.indl.network/) in Berlin, 9-11 October.
22-23 May 2023, 8th IWSE, Vienna
The 8th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy (IWSE), Vienna. Koen Frenken gave a keynote on the development of the sharing and gig economy from different perspectives. Full program available here.
17 January 2023, Kick-off PlatWork-r, Utrecht
Kickoff event NWO NWA PlatWork-r with all stakeholders. Presentations by Hanneke Bennaars (Allen & Overy), Anna Gerbrandy (Utrecht University) and Koen Frenken (Utrecht University).
12 January 2023, Workshop on Platform Economy, Utrecht
Academic workshop ‘Platform Economy’, with presentations by Damion Bunders (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Rense Corten (Utrecht University), Andrea Herrmann (Radboud University Nijmegen), Nikos Koutsimpogiorgos (Utrecht University), Vili Lehdonvirta (University of Oxford) and Juliet Schor (Boston College).
13-14 October 2022, Reshaping Work conference, Amsterdam
Reshaping Work 2022, sponsored by PlatWork-R. Special panel debate on ‘Platforms and Regulatory Landscapes’, chaired by Koen Frenken (Utrecht University). Watch here.