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The research aims to analyze how app-based private hire drivers in the UK organize collectively amidst hyper-individualization in the gig economy.

Communities of Co-Research: Private Hire Drivers’ Self-Organisation in the Platform Gig Economy

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This article demonstrates community-based organization among private hire drivers, indicating new forms of resistance in the gig economy.

The research aims to analyze how app-based private hire drivers in the UK organize collectively amidst hyper-individualization in the gig economy.
Developed a processual account and analysis of private hire drivers' organization using qualitative methods.
Examined community-based and occupational networks among drivers in response to changes in their work.
Identified tactics of resistance and self-organisation through driver-led knowledge production.
Private hire drivers engaged in community-based networks to confront challenges posed by platform management.
The study revealed how drivers can undermine the perceived objectivity of algorithmic management practices.
Drivers developed new forms of collective self-organisation to navigate and resist exploitation within the platform economy.

Joe Kearsey (2026) studied this question.

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