Dr. Barbara Orth
Research Associate | Economy and Civil Society
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Since April 2024, Barbara Orth has been a postdoctoral research associate in the research area 'Economy and Civil Society' at the IRS and contibutes to the lead project.

During her PhD work at Free University (FU) Berlin, Barbara explored digital platforms as migration infrastructures, particularly in the realm of reproductive services. Prior to joining FU, she conducted research on queer support structures in Berlin’s labour market and labour market access for refugees and asylum seekers. She has several years of professional experience in the non-profit sector working with migrants.

Barbara holds a B.A. in International Relations (University of East Anglia/ Akita International University) and an M.Sc. in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (University of Oxford).

Selected Publications by Year

2024
Orth, B. (2024). Stratified pathways into platform work: Migration trajectories and skills in Berlin’s gig economy. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 56(2), 476-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X231191933
2023
Orth, B., Jahre, S., & Schmiz, A. (2023). Reproduktive Widersprüche im Plattform-Urbanismus von Körpern aus denken. Sub\urban: Zeitschrift für kritische Stadtforschung, 11(1/2). https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v11i1/2.851
2022
Orth, B. (2022). “Riders United Will Never Be Divided?": A Cautionary Tale of Disrupting Platform Urbanism. In A. Strüver, & S. Bauriedl (Eds.), Platformisation of Urban Life: Towards a Techno Capitalist Transformation of European Cities (pp. 185-204). (Urban Studies). Transcript. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839459645-012
2021
Orth, B. (2021). Krisenbearbeitung durch digitale Plattformen: Rezension zu Moritz Altenried, Julia Dück und Mira Wallis (Hsg.) (2021): Plattformkapitalismus und die Krise der sozialen Reproduktion. Sub\urban: Zeitschrift für kritische Stadtforschung, 9(3/4), 380–386. https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v9i3/4.724

Selected Publications by Type

Journal Article
Orth, B. (2024). Stratified pathways into platform work: Migration trajectories and skills in Berlin’s gig economy. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 56(2), 476-490. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X231191933
Orth, B., Jahre, S., & Schmiz, A. (2023). Reproduktive Widersprüche im Plattform-Urbanismus von Körpern aus denken. Sub\urban: Zeitschrift für kritische Stadtforschung, 11(1/2). https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v11i1/2.851
Contribution to Anthology
Orth, B. (2022). “Riders United Will Never Be Divided?": A Cautionary Tale of Disrupting Platform Urbanism. In A. Strüver, & S. Bauriedl (Eds.), Platformisation of Urban Life: Towards a Techno Capitalist Transformation of European Cities (pp. 185-204). (Urban Studies). Transcript. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839459645-012
Review in Journal
Orth, B. (2021). Krisenbearbeitung durch digitale Plattformen: Rezension zu Moritz Altenried, Julia Dück und Mira Wallis (Hsg.) (2021): Plattformkapitalismus und die Krise der sozialen Reproduktion. Sub\urban: Zeitschrift für kritische Stadtforschung, 9(3/4), 380–386. https://doi.org/10.36900/suburban.v9i3/4.724

Talks

2024
New mobility pathways from the Global South to Europe's Urban Platform Economies

Future of Work in the Global South and Global North Symposium

May/02/2024
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Going beyond the place of production - Learning from care and migrantized labor to broaden our understanding of platforms, resistance, and subjective precarity

42nd International Labour Process Conference

April/03/2024
Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany