Dr. Vili Lehdonvirta's, Oxford Internet Institute, lecture slides from the presentation given at the information strategies-seminar arranged by the Finnish Ministry of Communications and Transportation in Dipoli, Espoo, Finland on 14.5.2014.

1. Dipoli, 14 May 2014
Policy making in the information era:
Case digital work
Dr Vili Lehdonvirta
Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute
Twitter: @ViliLe

3. • Startup based in Redwood City, California
• 900,000 employers posting 4,000 jobs every day
• 4,500,000 workers around the world

4. oDesk peak of global activity at 3pm (2012 data)

5. “Laitoin hakuun ‘Finnish’ ja hetkessä löysin
kymmeniä työpaikkoja, joissa etsittiin
sisällöntuottajaa, kääntäjää ja ääninäyttelijää
suomen kielellä.”
“oDesk on monen vuoden kokemuksella
osoittautunut parhaaksi paikaksi löytää ja
tehdä etätöitä.”

6. • oDesk jobs are framed
as independent
contracting
• Workers are lifted out of
national regulatory
frameworks
– Employment law
– Collective agreements

9. November 2013: oDesk establishes a
Global Minimum Wage of $4.00/h

10. People making labour policy for Finland

12. To influence digital policies, you must be part of
the actor networks that create them
government APIs, open data, standard setting, public-private collabs
Ask: what value can we offer to the network?

13. Dipoli, 14 May 2014
Policy making in the digital era
Dr Vili Lehdonvirta
Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute
Twitter: @ViliLe