Rafael Grohmann

Assistant Professor of Media Studies with focus on Critical Platform and Data Studies at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), with a graduate cross-appointment at the Faculty of Information (iSchool). Leader of DigiLabour Initiative. Researcher of Fairwork project. Editorial Board Member of Big Data & Society and Work, Employment and Society journals. Member of Scholars Council, Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2), UCLA. Founding Board Member of Labor Tech Research Network. His research interests include platform cooperativism and worker-owned platforms, work & AI, workers' organization, platform labour, communication/media and work. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of São Paulo.

Ph.D. Communication, University of São Paulo, Brazil (2016)
M.Sc. Communication, University of São Paulo, Brazil (2012)
BA, Social Sciences, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil (2009)

Faculty of Information (iSchool)

Platform Labour; Critical Data Studies; Platform Economy; Media Studies in Latin America; Data and Artificial Intelligence

Platform Labour; Platform Cooperativism; Work, Data and Artificial Intelligence; Media Workers; Workers' Organization

Emerging Leadership Award. Awarded by the Brazilian Association of Researchers in Communication and Media, Intercom.

Grohmann, R., Pereira, G., Guerra, A., Abilio, L., Moreschi, B. & Jurno, A. (2022). Platform scams: Brazilian workers’ experiences of dishonest and uncertain algorithmic management. New Media & Society, 24 (7). 
Journal Article
https://doi.org/10.1177%2F14614448221099225

Grohmann, R. (2021). Rider Platforms?: Building Worker-Owned Experiences in Spain, France, and Brazil. South Atlantic Quarterly. 120 (4): 839–852. 
Journal Article
https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-9443392

Grohmann, R. & Araújo, W. (2021). Beyond Mechanical Turk: The Work of Brazilians on Global AI Platforms. In: Verdegem, P. (ed.). AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives. London: University of Westminster Press. 
Book Chapter
https://doi.org/10.16997/book55.n

Grohmann, R. (2022). Beyond platform cooperativism: worker-owned platforms in Brazil. Interactions, 29 (4). 
Article
https://doi.org/10.1145/3540251

Rafael Grohmann and Paris Marx
Gig Work is Not a Novelty in Brazil w/ Rafael Grohmann’. Oct 12, 2021.
Podcast
Oct 12, 2021
Tech Won't Save Us Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gig-work-is-not-a-novelty-in-brazil-w-rafael-grohmann/id1507621076?i=1000538308933

Rafael Grohmann and Mohan Dutta
"Like A Tinder For Academic Publications" - Open Data Access in Brazil 
Podcast
April, 2022
Interventions from the Global South Podcast - International Communication Association (ICA) - 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/like-a-tinder-for-academic-publications-open-data/id1608984569?i=1000558402851

Paola Ricaurte and Rafael Grohmann
Data sovereignty and alternative development models
Op-ed
October, 2021
BotPopuli
https://botpopuli.net/data-sovereignty-and-alternative-development-models