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.
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| Born | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
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| Website | www |
Early life and education edit
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.
Career edit
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]
Research and publications edit
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]
References edit
- ^ http://lordwandsworth.daisy.websds.net/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=LWCTST2012.pdf&origFilename=LWCTST2012.pdf
- ^ Cant, Callum (3 August 2020). ""We are a service class": a workers' inquiry into the class composition of service commodity production during the unreal interregnum" – via repository.uwl.ac.uk.
- ^ "Dr Callum Cant". Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Callum Cant". Fairwork. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Dr Callum Cant". Alan Turing Institute. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Cant, Callum (23 November 2023). "Be warned: Deliveroo's victory over its riders shows just how vulnerable British workers are" – via The Guardian.
- ^ Cant, Callum (3 September 2020). "In Britain's low-pay economy, warehouse workers could start calling the shots" – via The Guardian.
- ^ "'Why students should stop relying on Parliament for free education'". The Independent. 19 January 2016.
- ^ "Why students will not go down without a fight, despite the Government's #HEgreenpaper". The Independent. 6 November 2015.
- ^ "Sheffield Food Couriers Are Waging the Longest Strike in the History of the Gig Economy". Novara Media.
- ^ "'Starmerism' is Failing on Its Own Terms – And Members Need to Lead the Way". Novara Media.
- ^ "The Frontline of the Struggle Against Platform Capitalism Lies in São Paulo". Novara Media.
- ^ Cant, Callum (28 June 2019). "We Should All Ditch Work and Go on Strike for the Climate".
- ^ "Dr Callum Cant". University of Essex. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ https://notesfrombelow.org/about
- ^ Riding for Deliveroo: Resistance in the New Economy: Amazon.co.uk: Cant, Callum: 9781509535514: Books. ASIN 1509535519.
- ^ Cant, Callum; Woodcock, Jamie (December 3, 2020). "Fast Food Shutdown: From disorganisation to action in the service sector". Capital & Class. 44 (4): 513–521. doi:10.1177/0309816820906357 – via CrossRef.
- ^ Englert, Sai; Woodcock, Jamie; Cant, Callum (January 13, 2020). "Digital Workerism: Technology, Platforms, and the Circulation of Workers' Struggles". TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. 18 (1): 132–145. doi:10.31269/triplec.v18i1.1133. hdl:1887/3220824 – via www.triple-c.at.