Personal profile
Research interests
I'm a Sociologist of Work and Employment, and my research focuses on unpaid labour, working conditions, and the meaning of work across social classes, genders, ethnicities, industries and countries.
I teach Employment Relations and Business Research Methods. I supervise undegraduate and postgraduate students who are interested in the realities and experiences of work.
Education/Academic qualification
Social Sciences, PhD, KU Leuven
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- Social theory
- Research methods
- HD28 Management. Industrial Management
- Unpaid labour
- HM Sociology
- Sociology of work
- Employment relations
- HT Communities. Classes. Races
- Intersectionality
- Gender
- Class
- Ethnicity
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Value of Work
Domecka, M. (PI), Foresti, P. (CoPI) & Umegboro, L. (CoI)
1/05/26 → 30/04/28
Project: Research
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Unpaid Labour and Mental Health
Domecka, M. (PI) & Umegboro, L. (CoI)
1/09/24 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Why does unpaid labour vary among digital labour platforms? Exploring socio-technical platform regimes of worker autonomy
Pulignano, V., Grimshaw, D., Domecka, M. & Vermeerbergen, L., 29 Jun 2023, In: HUMAN RELATIONS.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How state influence on project work organization both drives and mitigates gendered precarity in cultural and creative industries
Pulignano, V., Dean, D., Domecka, M. & Vermeerbergen, L., 3 Mar 2023, In: British Journal of Industrial Relations . 61, 2, p. 1-23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Working Hard for the Ones You Love and Care for under Covid-19 Physical Distancing
Vermeerbergen, L., Pulignano, V. & Domecka, M., 15 Jun 2021, In: WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY. 35, 6, p. 1144 1154 p., 35(6).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
The Politics of Unpaid Labour: How the study of unpaid labour can help address inequality in precarious work
Pulignano, V. & Domecka, M., 4 Feb 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP). 320 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Open Access -
Entrepreneurial opportunities and working conditions of self-employed online freelancers in the platform economy: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Muszynski, K., Pulignano, V., Domecka, M., Potter, J. & Halabisky, D., 2024, OECD. (OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Papers; vol. 45)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Membership of consortium
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Meno-Mentum Consortium (External organisation)
Coxon, C. (Member), Jermyn, D. (Member), Costabile, A. (Member), Franklin-Brown, G. (Member), Domecka, M. (Member), Sommer Boysen, K. (Member), Sari, H. (Member) & Ilsley, J. (Member)
2026Activity: Membership › Membership of consortium