Durée
30h Th
Nombre de crédits
Enseignant
Langue(s) de l'unité d'enseignement
Langue anglaise
Organisation et évaluation
Enseignement au premier quadrimestre, examen en janvier
Horaire
Unités d'enseignement prérequises et corequises
Les unités prérequises ou corequises sont présentées au sein de chaque programme
Contenus de l'unité d'enseignement
How did platforms (such as Airbnb, Uber or Deliveroo) become legal in Europe? Have they always been allowed? Isn't Uber an unfair competition to taxi drivers? Sociology of work tackles questions about many aspects of the working experience: the activities of workers, their experience, but also a set of rules that structures this cooperation. The question of regulation is at the core of these rules: how are states setting boundaries to regulate, frame, and provide guidance towards some activities? Through this course, you will learn the stakes of regulation, throughout the question of platforms.
Our course is organized around 3 main chapters.
The first chapter, "Regulating and negotiating, socio historical perspectives" aims at giving a broad context around our questions. Those stakes are particularly important in a capitalist and liberal society structured by globalization. Throughout this theoretical chapter, we will slowly build the topic of our main focus during this course - platform or gig work.
The second chapter will tackle the issue of regulation at both a national and European scale. We will study how lobbies have encouraged the development of platforms. Then we will move on to the protection of those gig workers by unions. This chapter will end with a collective debate in class, doing a mock negotiation in Uber headquarters.
Our third chapter is centered on local regulation and deregulation. We'll see how inhabitants start protests against some of those companies, especially Airbnb. Eventually, the rise of algorithmic regulation will be studied, as self-regulation by those companies. However, this algorithmic regulation seems deeply unsatisfying, as it creates inequalities. Are workers condemned to exploitation? And is deregulation a fate, in a liberal context?
Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) de l'unité d'enseignement
- You will practice oral, reading and writing skills in English.
- You will gain knowledge on sociology of work. At the end of this course, you will be able to identify international and national variations, their historical depth in a globalized context. You will also know the stakeholders of regulation: state, platforms, unions, lobbies, workers.
- You will develop your sociological analysis, understand, and analyse complex work transformations, with a critical approach.
- You will gain key HR skills, such as negotiation. This course will be very useful professionally, in order to have a better understanding on each party's interests and have a thorough overview on change in work.
Savoirs et compétences prérequis
Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement
Lessons will alternate lecture times and in-class activities.
Mode d'enseignement (présentiel, à distance, hybride)
Cours donné exclusivement en présentiel
Informations complémentaires:
This course will be taught on campus.
Supports de cours, lectures obligatoires ou recommandées
Plate-forme(s) utilisée(s) pour les supports de cours :
- eCampus
- MyULiège
Informations complémentaires:
Powerpoint presentation will be uploaded online for students at the end of each chapter.
Modalités d'évaluation et critères
Examen(s) en session
Toutes sessions confondues
- En présentiel
évaluation orale
Informations complémentaires:
Final exam: January
Oral exam
The exam will be an individual oral presentation, structured, making you reflect on key concept of this course followed by a discussion with the teacher.
Stage(s)
Remarques organisationnelles et modifications principales apportées au cours
Contacts
Marianne Le Gagneur
Marianne.legagneur@uliege.be