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  • Digital Europe

New UNI Global-FES-Verdi Survey on Workers in the Video Game Industry

New survey of video game workers across 29 countries by UNI Global, supported by FES Future of Work and Verdi, is now available.

  • Event
  • Platformisation of Work

Online Platforms, Platform Work & Platform Workers in Nordic countries and Germany: What can we learn from each other?

This online-event on platform economy in the Nordics and Germany took place on June 8. The recording of the event is now available.

  • Publication
  • Platformisation of Work

Mapping Platform Economy

This project sheds some lights on the complexity of platform economy by providing maps of regulatory aspects of platform work in over 30 countries.

  • Event
  • Platformisation of Work

What needs to change for platform workers? (video)

The most recent video of FES Future of Work explains what needs to change for platform workers to improve their working conditions.

  • Event
  • Digital Europe

Made in Serbia: cheap labour in the Southeast European textile sector

This short documentary shows why the textile sector in Southeast Europe have become a pool of cheap labour.

  • Event
  • AI, Algorithms, & Data

AI in in Retail

Recent technological developments in retail are linked to AI and automation. The digital transformation in retail needs to include workers’ perspective.

Latest Publications

Une vie professionnelle en pleine mutation

Sabanova, Inga | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Décembre 2025

les femmes et l'automatisation sur le marché du travail ; revue de littérature

Changing working lives: women and automation in the labour market

Sabanova, Inga | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., December 2025

scoping review

Worker data rights under GDPR and beyond

Gaudio, Giovanni ; Nogarede, Justin | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, December 2025

enforcement and legal mobilisation across the EU

Gender data

Arora, Payal ; Huang, Weijie | Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, January 2025

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