gig work

Logistics Chaire Intl Seminar on 9th November on fairer and more sustainable last mile parcel logistics

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Delighted to have the opportunity to talk about our fairer and more sustainable gig economy work.

We talk about the gig economy workers’ experience based on a mix of innovative online methods. We uncover how much they’re paid, what their experience and knowledge of the city is. Plus end with some ideas about how we could create better, fairer and more sustainable work for this growing group of workers. With implications for platform developers, cities, logistics companies and policy makers.

This was part of a 1/2 day event coordinated by Dr. Laetitia Dablanc, Logistics City Chair at University Gustave Eiffel, Paris.  Note that they publish a range of fascinating surveys and data relating to logistics, gig workers and e.g. warehouse distribution, see:

http://lvmt.fr/en/chaires/logistics-city/

Agenda:

  • Introduction by Jonathan Sebbane (Sogaris) and Laetitia Dablanc (Logistics City Chair)
  • Anne Goodchild (University of Washington) – Bringing curbs to light; estimating the value of digital curb availability data
  • Adrian Friday (Lancaster University) – FlipGig: Digitally transforming deliveries and collections in the gig-economy
  • Matthieu Schorung (Université Gustave Eiffel) – Geography of warehouses in the United States and spatial patterns of Amazon warehouses
  • Giacomo Lozzi (Università degli studi Roma TRE) – Improving stakeholder engagement for urban logistics: the L-3D project
  • Travis Fried (University of Washington) – New spatial patterns for e-commerce warehousing and implications for equity
  • Heleen Buldeo Rai (Université Gustave Eiffel) – Proximity logistics and how warehouses can become good neighbors