Thesis

Title: Valued capital(s) and devalued labour in London’s “Gig Economy” (2021)

Supervisors: Professor Ellen Helsper and Professor Bart Cammaerts

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Profile

I am an experienced strategic research leader in the fintech sector, working as Vice President of Research at Nutmeg, a digital wealth manger that is part of JPMorgan Chase. On a day-to-day basis I plan, scope and execute data-driven projects to produce insights and strategy; helping to drive business decisions at a high level. I work directly with product, design, marketing, data, commercial, strategy, investment and wealth teams to grow and improve our product and service offering. With a rigorous background in academic research, I have presented to various audiences across Europe and North America; as well as serving as an expert source for the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian and the Independent. I have supervised a broad range of research and taught graduate level courses on research methods. I have mentored and supervised a wide range of researchers throughout my career. 

Selected Publications

Conference Talks

• Maier, G (2021) ‘Indebted by Design: Uber Drivers Trapped in London’s Gig Economy by Debt’ Presented at: European Sociological Association 2021, Barcelona, Spain (online due to Covid-19).
• Maier, G (2020) ‘Social Class and Datafied Subject Value in London’s Gig Economy’ Presented at: American Sociological Association 2020, San Francisco, United States of America (online due to Covid-19).
• Maier, G (2020) ‘“I Get on Better with Anglo People”: Racial Discrimination in Guest Acceptance Decision-Making Within London’s AirBnB Host Community’ Presented at: International Association for Media and Communication Research 2020, Tampere, Finland (online due to Covid-19).
• Maier, G; Gilchrist, K (2020) ‘Women Who Host: Gendered Subjectivity Among London’s AirBnB Hosts’ Presented at: Cultural Studies Association, Chicago, The United States of America (online due to Covid-19).
• Maier, G (2019) ‘Labour, Capital and Debt: Theorising the Gig Economy’. Presented at: European Sociological Association 2019, Manchester, United Kingdom.
• Maier, G (2019) ‘Who is Valued? Symbolic Subject Value in the Sharing Economy’. Presented at: International Association for Media and Communication Research 2019, Madrid, Spain.
• Maier, G (2019) ‘Valued or Devalued: Symbolic Subject Value in the Sharing Economy’ Presented at: Cultural Studies Association, New Orleans, The United States of America.
• Maier, G (2019) ‘Making a Living in the Sharing Economy: The Female AirBnB Hosts of London’. Presented at: International Communication Association, Washington DC, The United States of America.
• Maier, G (2019) ‘'Gay Capital’ and the Neoliberal Commodification of Gay Male Personhood’. Presented at: International Communication Association, Washington DC, The United States of America.
• Maier, G (2019) ‘The Female Host and Internal Inequalities Within London's AirBnB Host Community’. Presented at: Gender and Working Lives Symposium, University of Cambridge.
• Maier, G (2018) ‘Power, Class and Digital Markets: A Critique of Digital Inclusion’. Presented at: International Association for Media and Communication Research 2018, Eugene, Oregon, The United States of America.
• Maier, G (2018) ‘Reconceptualising the Sharing Economy for Class Analysis’. Presented at: DigitalCapitalism2018, London, United Kingdom.
• Maier, G (2017) ‘Digital Inclusion: A Critique of Power and Inequality in The Social Construction of the Digital World’. Presented at: BRESTOLON, Lisbon, Portugal.

Book Reviews

• Maier, G (2018) ‘Grant Bollmer, Inhuman Networks: Social Media and the Archaeology of Connection’ International Journal of Communication 12(2018) pp. 3339–3342.
• Maier, G (2017) ‘Book Review: The Contradictions of Capital in the Twenty-First Century: The Piketty Opportunity’ The LSE Review of Books. Subsequently republished online by American Politics and Policy, LSE Business Review and the Global Policy Journal

Academic Blog

• Livingstone, S; Ólafsson, K; Maier, G (2017) ‘If Children Don’t Know an Ad from Information, How Can They Grasp How Companies Use Their Personal Data?’ Media Policy Project Blog.