Asmita Bhutani is an Assistant Professor in the Work and Labour Studies Program, Department of Social Science at York University.

She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto. Her research explores the impact of digital economies and automation on working-class communities. Her current project examines the role of gender, race and class in the proliferation of transnational AI data production platforms.

Asmita’s work is interdisciplinary, bringing fields of labour studies, adult learning, science and technology studies and digital sociology into conversation. Her key recent collaborative projects include examining young workers’ job quality and agency in Ontario, disparity learning amongst youth in Singapore during early career experiences and migrant labour networks between South Asia and the middle-east in historical and contemporary contexts.

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Asmita Bhutani is an Assistant Professor in the Work and Labour Studies Program, Department of Social Science at York University.

She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto. Her research explores the impact of digital economies and automation on working-class communities. Her current project examines the role of gender, race and class in the proliferation of transnational AI data production platforms.

Asmita’s work is interdisciplinary, bringing fields of labour studies, adult learning, science and technology studies and digital sociology into conversation. Her key recent collaborative projects include examining young workers’ job quality and agency in Ontario, disparity learning amongst youth in Singapore during early career experiences and migrant labour networks between South Asia and the middle-east in historical and contemporary contexts.

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