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Callum Cant is a British author, researcher and labour rights advocate known for his contributions regarding workers in the gig economy. He is a lecturer in management at Essex Business School.
Cant was born in Hampshire and privately educated at Lord Wandsworth College, [1] the universities of Warwick and Sussex, and the University of West London, where he completed his Ph.D. His thesis, titled "'We are a service class': a workers’ inquiry into the class composition of service commodity production during the unreal interregnum", [2] focused on understanding the class composition of young, precarious, disorganised, and low-paid service sector workers in the UK.
Cant was the head of communications at Momentum during the 2019 general election. Upon leaving Momentum, he returned to research and completed a postdoctoral position at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, collaborating on the 'Fairwork AI' project with the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence. [3] [4] [5]
Cant has contributed over 100 articles to publications such as The Guardian, [6] [7] The Independent [8] [9] and Novara Media. [10] [11] [12] From 2018 to 2019, he penned a column 'Stay Classy' for Vice, [13] focusing on strikes in the UK.
Currently, Cant is a senior lecturer in management at Essex Business School [14] as well as an editor for Notes from Below. [15]
Cant's research interests include artificial intelligence, platform capitalism, algorithmic management, workers’ inquiry, class composition, trade unions, and industrial relations. His published notable contributions include a book Riding for Deliveroo: Resistance in the New Economy, [16] which investigates class conflict in platform capitalism. He has also co-authored academic articles such as "Fast Food Shutdown: From disorganisation to action in the service sector" in Capital & Class [17] and "Digital workerism: Technology, Platforms, and the Circulation of Workers’ Struggles" in tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. [18]
Callum Cant | |
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Born |
Basingstoke,
Hampshire, England |
Alma mater | |
Occupation(s) |
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Writing career | |
Subjects | |
Website |
www |
Callum Cant is a British author, researcher and labour rights advocate known for his contributions regarding workers in the gig economy. He is a lecturer in management at Essex Business School.
Cant was born in Hampshire and privately educated at Lord Wandsworth College, [1] the universities of Warwick and Sussex, and the University of West London, where he completed his Ph.D. His thesis, titled "'We are a service class': a workers’ inquiry into the class composition of service commodity production during the unreal interregnum", [2] focused on understanding the class composition of young, precarious, disorganised, and low-paid service sector workers in the UK.
Cant was the head of communications at Momentum during the 2019 general election. Upon leaving Momentum, he returned to research and completed a postdoctoral position at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, collaborating on the 'Fairwork AI' project with the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence. [3] [4] [5]
Cant has contributed over 100 articles to publications such as The Guardian, [6] [7] The Independent [8] [9] and Novara Media. [10] [11] [12] From 2018 to 2019, he penned a column 'Stay Classy' for Vice, [13] focusing on strikes in the UK.
Currently, Cant is a senior lecturer in management at Essex Business School [14] as well as an editor for Notes from Below. [15]
Cant's research interests include artificial intelligence, platform capitalism, algorithmic management, workers’ inquiry, class composition, trade unions, and industrial relations. His published notable contributions include a book Riding for Deliveroo: Resistance in the New Economy, [16] which investigates class conflict in platform capitalism. He has also co-authored academic articles such as "Fast Food Shutdown: From disorganisation to action in the service sector" in Capital & Class [17] and "Digital workerism: Technology, Platforms, and the Circulation of Workers’ Struggles" in tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. [18]