Op-Eds

Unlikely bedfellows: How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alike

January 7, 2025 • The Conversation

Gig work used to be a recession-proof safety net. Not anymore.

August 10, 2020 • Fast Company

When Pay Fluctuates, Workers Walk Away

October 05, 2026 • Harvard Business Review

How Micro-Choices and Games Motivate Gig Workers

June 21, 2024 • Harvard Business Review

How Gig Work Pits Customers Against Workers

April 03, 2024 • Harvard Business Review

Why Calling Your Workers Heroes Can Backfire

February 01, 2024 • Harvard Business Review

Research: When Mindfulness Does — and Doesn’t — Help at Work

December 12, 2022• Harvard Business Review

The new Uber law's ripple effect

November 01, 2019 • Kiplinger

What Activism Looks Like in the Gig Economy

November 2024 • Labor and Employment Relations Association – Perspectives on Work Magazine

The Hidden Dangers of Eliminating Taxes on Tips

July 24, 2025 • Newsweek

Worker voice & choice: The democratization and uberfication of work

Summer 2021• People + Strategy Magazine

TV, Radio, Blogs & Podcasts

DITL: A Day in Their Lives

March 27, 2026 • 34th Street Magazine, Daily Pennsylvanian

Fairness on Platforms for Customers, Providers, and Owners

July 22, 2024• Academy of Management Insights

The Making of the “Good Bad” Job: How Algorithmic Management Manufactures Consent Through Constant and Confined Choices.

September 22, 2025 • ASQ Blog

In Fellowship: Capstone Conversation

June 03, 2023 • Data & Society Research Institute

Harvard Blackbox Lab

Winter 2023 • Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard University

The Making of the “Good Bad” Job: How Algorithmic Management Manufactures Consent Through Constant and Confined Choices

Faculti.net

Gender Empowerment and the Gig Economy: Insights from Dr. Lindsey Cameron

March 15, 2024 • HerVoice Podcast, Girl Up Texas Triangle

Just Your Average Employee: Episode 1 - Interview with Dr. Lindsey D. Cameron

December 11, 2024 • Just Your Average Employee, IESE Business School

Uber Launched a Women-Only Service. Will It Work?

September 23, 2025 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Uber’s Women-Only Ride Option Aims to Boost Safety

August 15, 2025 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Mindfulness in the workplace

May 20, 2025 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Rethinking Wellness at Work: Mindfulness, Focus & Emotional Regulation

May 20, 2025 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Algorithmic AI can fall short, leaving gig workers without people to reach when issues come up

February 25, 2025 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Pros & Cons of Gig Work & Algorithms Managing Employees

February 25, 2025 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Algorithmic Management: Navigating the Gig Economy’s New Frontier

February 25, 2025 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Is Algorithmic Management Too Controlling?

November 12, 2024 • Knowledge at Wharton 

What Is the Role of Customers in the Gig Economy?

April 25, 2024 • Knowledge at Wharton 

From Amazon to Uber: Why Platform Accountability Requires a Holistic Approach

April 22, 2024 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Not Sure How Much to Tip Your DoorDash Driver? That’s by Design

June 30, 2023 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Hero Worship: What Happens When Jobs are Suddenly Moralized

November 29, 2022 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Can the U.S. Embrace a Four-day Workweek?

August 22, 2022 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Finding Balance in a Post-pandemic Workplace

July 19, 2022 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Dealing with Difficult Customers? How Gig Workers Push Back

March 21, 2022 • Knowledge at Wharton 

How Gig Workers Are Managing Risk During the Pandemic

February 28, 2022 • Knowledge at Wharton 

How Workers Create Meaning in the Gig Economy

January 31, 2022 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Can an Algorithm Be an Effective Employee Manager?

September 29, 2021 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Bad Bosses: What’s Wrong with Labor Algorithms

September 27, 2021 • Knowledge at Wharton 

How Ridesharing Adds Value to Your Life

December 23, 2019 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Why Ridesharing Reaps Unexpected Benefits

November 14, 2019 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Mindfulness at Work: A Little Bit Goes a Long Way

September 30, 2019 • Knowledge at Wharton 

Why a California Law Could Impact the Future of the Gig Economy

September 20, 2019 • Knowledge at Wharton 

The Great Return to Work: Ensuring Individual and Organizational Wellbeing in the New Normal

June 22, 2022 • Nalanda Institute

A hot summer trend in the sharing economy? Rental swimming pools

July 3, 2026 • NPR

Why are more Americans choosing freelance and part-time work?

June 25, 2023 • Scripps News

Taming Platform Power Multi-sided platforms require multi-sided accountability

June 4, 2024 • Platform Papers

Does Mindfulness Actually Make You Happier (or Better) at Work? | Prof. Lindsey Cameron

March 29, 2023 • Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

The Allure of the Four-Day Workweek

May 21, 2023 • Viewpoints Radio

Uber looks new, but its roots run through Amway and McDonald’s

September 18, 2026 • Work In Progress, American Sociological Association

The Platform Paradox: How Platform Workers Experience Freedom and Control at the Same Time

June 21, 2026 • Work In Progress, American Sociological Association

Author Meets Critics: Engaging Hatim Rahman’s Inside the Invisible Cage

May 20, 2025 • Work In Progress, American Sociological Association

The Age of Algorithmic Consent and the Birth of the “Good Bad” Job

February 3, 2025 • Work In Progress, American Sociological Association

For gig workers, resistance against digital bosses is not futile

August 4, 2023 • Work In Progress, American Sociological Association

Some heroes push shopping carts: How the pandemic changed gig workers

February 23, 2023 • Work In Progress, American Sociological Association

Playing the game: How ride-hailing drivers make meaning out of gig work

September 29, 2022 • Work In Progress, American Sociological Association

The Need for Mindfulness, Reflection, and Inquiry in Our Busy World

July 3, 2024 • Yale Insights 

Quotes & Mentions

The rise of gig work: Creating flexibility and stability for workers in a new era

February 13, 2019 • The Aspen Institute

Online gig work is growing rapidly, but workers lack job protections, a World Bank report says

September 08, 2023 • Associated Press

Meet your new boss: An algorithm

March 11, 2025 • Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation

'Don't Kill Me': Carjacked Amazon drivers want destination before taking gig

March 11, 2022 • Bloomberg

Who’s really at the wheel for Uber and Lyft? In many ways, AI.

August 3, 2024 • The Boston Globe

Is Algorithmic Management Too Controlling?

December 16, 2024 • Business A.M.

How a few minutes of meditation make you a nicer co-worker

December 16, 2019 • Business A.M.

Robotaxis could slowly be coming for Uber and Lyft drivers' earnings

November 19, 2024 • Business Insider

The biggest perk of gig work might also be its downfall

March 10, 2024 • Business Insider

Single parents need the gig economy but it's screwing them over

March 7, 2024 • Business Insider

Gig workers feel pain at the pump as gas prices hit 21-month highs

March 12, 2026 • CNBC

How Coronavirus could impact the future of the gig economy

April 09, 2020 • CNBC, Make It

In Fellowship: Capstone Conversation

June 03, 2023 • Data & Society Research Institute

What is AI? The Human's handbook to computers that think.

August 25, 2020 • Emerging Tech Brew Guides

Could a 4-Day Workweek Be the Answer to Job Burnout and Stress?

February 21, 2023 • Everyday Health

What an impending recession could mean for freelancers

October 28, 2022 • Fast Company

Research making a real difference

January 21, 2025 • Financial Times

Four days’ work for five days’ pay: what the experts say

December 7, 2022 • Financial Times

California Supreme Court Says Gig Workers are Contractors

July 31, 2024 • Food on Demand

Meet The New Boss — Artificial Intelligence

Novembner 19, 2024 • Forbes

Lawsuit Alleges Gig Economy Companies' Poor Vetting Resulted in Hit-and-Run Death

May 10, 2023 • Forbes

How gig workers strive to exert some control over their work

May 16, 2022 • Forbes

What motivates gig workers?

April 19, 2022 • Forbes

Managing risk as a gig worker during Covid

March 15, 2022 • Forbes

Push for a 4-day workweek picks up steam - and critics

February 5, 2023 • Fox News

Gender Empowerment and the Gig Economy: Insights from Dr. Lindsey Cameron

March 15, 2024 • HerVoice Podcast, Girl Up Texas Triangle

Institute for Advanced Study, Impact Report

January 21, 2025 • Institute for Advanced Study

Profiling Platforms

2024 • Institute for Advanced Study

Meet a Hacker Turned Scholar: Q&A with Lindsey D. Cameron

Fall 2023 • Institute for Advanced Study

New Wharton study: 7 Minutes a day of meditation is enough to stop people from behaving like jerks

October 07, 2019 • Inc.

How Have Gig Workers Navigated the COVID-19 Pandemic?

February 10, 2022 • I-O at Work

Research Spotlight: Lindsey Cameron on Algorithmic Management

November 5, 2024 • Mack Institute for Innovation Management

Marketplace Tech

December 7, 2022 • Marketplace

Businesses need staffing strategies to deal with ongoing COVID-19 surges

April 15, 2022 • Marketplace

New California law seeks transparency for workplace quotas

December 30, 2021 • Marketplace

New NYC law restricts hiring based on artificial intelligence

December 10, 2021 • Marketplace

Uncovering the hidden benefits of ridesharing services

May 22, 2018 • Medium

Gig workers lack job protections as online labor explodes globally into a major source of employment

September 16, 2024 • Milwaukee Independent

Too hot to work? America's next big labor battle

August 14, 2023 • Newsweek

America is Ready for the 4-Day Workweek

March 17, 2023 • Newsweek

California Voters Saved the Gig Economy But Workers May Pay a Heavy Price

November 04, 2020 • Newsweek

Uber to Buy Back Stock, Beside the Strike: Fare Distribution of Profit is in Question

February 15, 2024 • Nikkei

Is the hiring process broken?

September 3, 2024 • WHYY PBS NPR

Gig Workers Rule, Car Culture from Driverless Hot Rods, Is Measles Back?

January 11, 2024 • WHYY PBS NPR

Bye-Bye, 5-Day Grind: Tips for Landing a Job With a 4-Day Workweek

March 10, 2023 • The Penny Hoarder

This Philly influencer’s virtual academy is helping BIPOC creators navigate pay discrimination. It has a 5,200-person waitlist

March 9, 2024 • The Philadelphia Inquirer 

2023 Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors: Lindsey D. Cameron, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

June 02, 2023 • Poets & Quants

State Senate hearing in Philly on ride-hailing companies

June 06, 2019 • Senator Sharif Street

Meditation offerings can help employees in difficult times

April 09, 2020• SHRM

Skimm This: Gig economy reform and Canadian elections

September 11, 2019 • The Skimm

Does Mindfulness Actually Make You Happier (or Better) at Work? | Prof. Lindsey Cameron

March 29, 2023 • Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

IAS Fall Term is Underway with 272 New, Returning Scholars

October 04, 2023 • Town Topics, Princeton University

Remarks of the 2020 Graduates of Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan

April 30, 2020 • University of Michigan

Algorithmic management raises concerns over worker autonomy

November 22, 2024 • University of Pennsylvania

'Mindfulness' isn't the answer to our completely hellish workplaces

October 08, 2019 • Vice News

The Allure of the Four-Day Workweek

May 21, 2023 • Viewpoints Radio

Gen Z embraces side hustles because 'loyalty is dead'

March 25, 2024 • The Washington Post

We ordered over $100 of delivery. Here's how much the restaurants, drivers and apps made.

May 31, 2023 • The Washington Post

You’ve heard of ‘quiet quitting.’ Now try ‘quiet thriving.’

December 14, 2022 • The Washington Post

Inflation is helping gig companies like Uber and hurting their workers

August 07, 2022 • The Washington Post

Research Spotlight: Prof. Lindsey Cameron on drivers in the gig economy

November 29, 2021 • Wharton Social Impact Initiative

The Gig Economy and the Pandemic (Episode 194)

February 12, 2021 • Work and Life with Stew Friedman

Gig economy in light of the Covid-19 crisis

April 17, 2020 • Wharton on SiriusXM

Why a California law could impact the future of the gig economy

September 26, 2019 • Penn Today

When your boss is a computer program: Insights from the ride-hailing industry

April 01, 2018 • Wharton Ideas Lab

2025 Women on the Move Honorees

January 2025 • Onyx Magazine

These are the benefits of practicing mindfulness in the office

October 02, 2019 • World Economic Forum

Is corporate mindfulness training just zen washing?

October 11, 2019 • Yoga Journal

Appearances & Talks

Innovating Work: AI, Gig Economy, and Future Trends with Dr. Lindsey Cameron

July  29, 2025 • The Global Code Podcast

Just Your Average Employee: How Gig Workers Experience Meaning in Work

December  11, 2024 • IESE

The Great Return to Work: Ensuring Individual and Organizational Wellbeing in the New Normal

June 23, 2022 • Nalanda Institute

Why are more Americans choosing freelance and part-time work?

June 25, 2023 • Scripps News

Harvard BlackBox Lab

Winter 2023 • Harvard University