Dr. Fabian Ferrari

Dr. Fabian Ferrari

Assistant Professor
Media and Performance Studies
f.l.ferrari@uu.nl

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Katta, S., Ferrari, F., Van doorn, N., & Graham, M. (2024). Migration, migrant work(ers) and the gig economy. Environment and Planning A. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X241250168
Ferrari, F., Bertolini, A., Borkert, M., & Graham, M. (2024). The German platform economy: Strict regulations but unfair standards? Digital Geography and Society, 100084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diggeo.2024.100084
van der Vlist, F., Helmond, A., & Ferrari, F. (2024). Big AI: Cloud infrastructure dependence and the industrialisation of artificial intelligence. Big Data & Society, 11(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517241232630
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436873/van-der-vlist-et-al-2024-big-ai-cloud-infrastructure-dependence-and-the-industrialisation-of-artificial-intelligence.pdf?sequence=1
Ferrari, F. (2024). State roles in platform governance: AI’s regulatory geographies. Competition and Change, 28(2), 340-358. https://doi.org/10.1177/10245294231218335

Professional publications

Ferrari, F. (2024). A progressive vision for generative AI. In Progressive Yearbook 2024 (pp. 73-78). Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS). https://feps-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/8.-The-age-of-digital-democracy.-A-progressive-vision-for-generative-AI.pdf

2023

Scholarly publications

Ferrari, F., Dijck, J. V., & Bosch, A. V. D. (2023). Observe, inspect, modify: Three conditions for generative AI governance. New Media and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231214811
Ferrari, F. (2023). Neural production networks: AI’s infrastructural geographies. Environment and Planning F, 2(4), 459–476. https://doi.org/10.1177/26349825231193226
Ferrari, F., Dijck, J. V., & Bosch, A. V. D. (2023). Foundation models and the privatization of public knowledge. Nature Machine Intelligence, 5(8), 818–820. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-023-00695-5
Howson, K., Johnston, H., Cole, M., Ferrari, F., Ustek-Spilda, F., & Graham, M. (2023). Unpaid labour and territorial extraction in digital value networks. Global Networks, 23(4), 732-754. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12407
van Doorn, N., Ferrari, F., & Graham, M. (2023). Migration and Migrant Labour in the Gig Economy: An Intervention. Work, Employment and Society, 37(4), 1099-1111. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170221096581

2022

Scholarly publications

Ferrari, F., & McKelvey, F. (2022). Hyperproduction: a social theory of deep generative models. Distinktion, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/1600910X.2022.2137546
HOWSON, K., USTEK‐SPILDA, F., BERTOLINI, A., HEEKS, R., FERRARI, F., KATTA, S., COLE, M., AGUERA RENESES, P., SALEM, N., SUTCLIFFE, D., STEWARD, S., & GRAHAM, M. (2022). Sin máscara: las condiciones laborales en las plataformas digitales de trabajo durante la pandemia de COVID‐19. Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 141(3), 457-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilrs.12249
HOWSON, K., USTEK‐SPILDA, F., BERTOLINI, A., HEEKS, R., FERRARI, F., KATTA, S., COLE, M., AGUERA RENESES, P., SALEM, N., SUTCLIFFE, D., STEWARD, S., & GRAHAM, M. (2022). Derrière le masque: les conditions de travail des travailleurs des plateformes numériques pendant la pandémie de COVID‐19. Revue internationale du Travail, 161(3), 465-496. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilrf.12249
Graham, M., & Ferrari, F. (2022). Digital work in the planetary market. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/13835.001.0001
Howson, K., Ustek-Spilda, F., Bertolini, A., Heeks, R., Ferrari, F., Katta, S., Cole, M., Aguera Reneses, P., Salem, N., Sutcliffe, D., Steward, S., & Graham, M. (2022). Stripping back the mask: Working conditions on digital labour platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Labour Review, 161(3), 413-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12222
Howson, K., Ferrari, F., Ustek-Spilda, F., Salem, N., Johnston, H., Katta, S., Heeks, R., & Graham, M. (2022). Driving the digital value network: Economic geographies of global platform capitalism. Global Networks, 22(4), 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12358

2021

Scholarly publications

Bertolini, A., Borkert, M., Ferrari, F., & Graham, M. (2021). Towards decent work in the digital age: introducing the fairwork project in Germany. Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft, 75(2), 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41449-021-00247-w
Ferrari, F., & Graham, M. (2021). Fissuras no Poder Algorítmico: plataformas, códigos e contestação. Fronteiras - estudos midiáticos, 23(2), 207-219. https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2021.232.14
Ferrari, F., & Graham, M. (2021). Fissures in algorithmic power: platforms, code, and contestation. Cultural Studies, 35(4-5), 814-832. https://doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2021.1895250