ICES Panel Discussion with thematic session and reception: Current perspectives and future challenges of feminist research on platform economies

Date: Thursday, July 3, 2025
Time: from 14:00 h
Location: Europa-Universität Flensburg, TAL 007 und HEL 063/065
Organized by: ICES as part of the conference Feminist Perspectives on the Platformization of Care Work

As part of the international conference Feminist Perspectives on the Platformization of Care Work, the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Studies (ICES) warmly invites all members of the university and the interested public to join the following open events:

Panel Discussion: “Current Perspectives and Future Challenges of Feminist Research on Platform Economies”

Time: 14:00–15:30
Location: Europa-Universität Flensburg (TAL 007)

This public panel brings together international scholars to explore key developments and future challenges in feminist research on platform economies. 

Panelists:

  • Barbara Orth, University of Bern
  • Yannick Ecker, University of Halle
  • Olivia Blanchard, Independent researcher and consultant
  • Mê-Linh Riemann, Europa-Universität Flensburg
    Chair: Emma Dowling, University of Vienna

ICES-hosted Thematic Session: “On the Varieties of Emotional Labour in Digitally-Mediated Care Work”

Time: 16:00–17:30
Chair: Mê-Linh Riemann (EUF)

This ICES-hosted session explores the diverse emotional dynamics involved in digital care and domestic work. 

Presentations:

  • “A qualitative study of Norwegian freelancers’ self-understandings and emotions”
    Lin Proitz (Østfold University College), Benedicte Nessa & Gilda Seddighi (Norwegian Research Centre)
  • “Reshaping domestic labour? Intersectional perspectives on platform work in Switzerland”
    Hélène Widmann, University of Lausanne
  • “Just keep on smiling! Emotional labour digitally exposed in platform-mediated domestic cleaning”
    Katarzyna Gruszka, Malmö University

Get-Together at Werftcafé

Time: from approx. 18:30
Location: Werftcafé, Schiffsbrücke 43–45, Flensburg

ICES cordially invites to a Get-Together at the Werftcafé. The informal setting offers space to continue the day's discussions and connect with colleagues and guests over drinks and snacks.

Further Information

Details on the full conference program, panel sessions, and reception are available on the website:
www.uni-flensburg.de/ices/termine/tagung-feminist-perspectives-on-the-platformization-of-care-work

The conference is part of the DFG-funded project TICS – Urban Platform Economies: Transformations of labour and intersectional inequalities in care services, coordinated by Sybille Bauriedl (EUF) in cooperation with partners in Austria and Switzerland. Further Information about the project can be here:   https://www.uni-flensburg.de/?id=51882