Abhinav Kumar
Development Researcher · PhD Candidate, JNU New DelhiResearching digital platforms, gig work, and labour studies in India. Interested in how the platform economy restructures informal work and urban livelihoods in the Global South.
Where to find me: Google Scholar · ORCID · GitHub · Email
About this site
Welcome! I’m a researcher working at the intersection of technological platforms and informal economies. I enjoy observing platform-mediated work from the ground up and translating complex socio-economic realities into accessible insights for academics and the public.
This site shares some of that work — browse my research, explore publications, or read the blog.
Interested in collaborating? Get in touch!
Research Interests
- Political Economy of Digital Platforms Analyzing market power, extraction mechanisms, and structural impacts of contemporary digital platforms on local economies.
- Labour Process & Worker Resistance Studying algorithmic control, gamification, and collective resistance in platform-mediated work such as food delivery.
- Gig Work in the Global South Examining the precarity, informalisation, and sustainability of gig and platform-based employment models in the Indian context.
- Platform Cooperativism Exploring community-governed and non-extractive digital market systems as alternatives to dominant corporate platforms.