Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva, joined the Summer Retreat for Labour Theory and Research in Switzerland for discussions on labour geographies, collaborations, & reconnecting with the wider DeepLab community, including Dr Sébastien Antoine & Dr Kaveri Medappa. @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Congrats to our Social Data Scientist, @jessicamatheus.bsky.social, on presenting at #SMSociety in Glasgow. Her paper explores how social media reshapes ideas about work and collective rights in Brazil using computational social science. website: labdeep.com @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

New from DeepLab! Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva's new paper explores how social media help workers distance themselves from stigmatised places and project aspirational identities, individualising structural inequalities. Read more: labdeep.com/publications/ @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Reminder! Join the next Deep Thoughts Seminar with Sébastien Antoine: Tech Consultancy and Global Division of Labour: A Comparative Dialogue Between Brazilian and Indian Tech Workers 📅 18 June 2026 🕒 3:00–4:30pm 💻 Online Register: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

📢 Deep Thoughts Seminar Series Join Sébastien Antoine for Tech Consultancy and Global Division of Labour: A Comparative Dialogue Between Brazilian and Indian Tech Workers. 🗓 18 June 2026 ⏰ 3:00pm–4:30pm 💻 Online Register: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Join us Monday 15 June for the next Deep Thoughts Seminar “Decolonizing Law and Criminology? with Prof. Evandro Piza Duarte & Vic de Oliveira Martins. 🕒 3:00–4:30 PM 📍 Hybrid | UCD + Zoom Register:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1991352793812?aff=oddtdtcreator @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Great to be at LASA 2026! Thanks to everyone who joined our panels and conversations we’re excited to continue these discussions and collaborations. @lasabluesky.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @pinheiromachado.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

"The CEO myth on social media: how digital entrepreneurship transforms aspirations among marginalised workers” now up on the Journal of Cultural economy. @marinafrid.bsky.social, @pinheiromachado.bsky.social, Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva & Jessica Matheus de Souza. labdeep.com/publications/

Great to have Dr Tatiana Vargas-Maia in DeepLab after two years away! She met with the team, led a workshop on academic writing, and worked with Rosana Pinheiro-Machado on a future publication. Tatiana is also joining the DeepLab team at #LASA2026 in Paris. @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

DeepLab at #LASA2026 🌎 Our team will be presenting research on digital labour, platform politics, entrepreneurship, and the far right in Latin America at this year’s LASA Congress in Paris. Read more in our latest lab news here labdeep.com/news-and-eve... #DeepLab #LASA #Research #LatinAmerica

📢 Reminder: Join us this Thursday for the next Deep Thoughts Seminar Series event with Dr Oscar d’Alva on platform capitalism, AI, and official statistics. 📍 Hybrid | 3pm–4:30pm | 21 May |D101 Newman| In person: www.eventbrite.com/e/1988901019... Online: www.eventbrite.com/e/1988901990...

Join us on 21 May for Dr Oscar d’Alva's talk: “Official Statistics and Platform Capitalism: The Transition to a Datafication Regime” 🗓 21 May | 3pm–4:30pm 📍 Hybrid: UCD + Zoom Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/oscar-dalv... @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social @ucdsociology.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Join us on 21 May for Dr Oscar d’Alva talk: “Official Statistics and Platform Capitalism: The Transition to a Datafication Regime” 🗓 21 May | 3pm–4:30pm 📍 Hybrid: UCD + Zoom Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1988901990... @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social @ucdsociology.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow for an online Deep Thoughts seminar with Dr Sharmila Parmanand (LSE): “Gender as a Political Resource in Populist and Dynastic Politics: The Duterte Family” 🗓 Thursday, 14 May 2026 ⏰ 3pm–4:30pm 💻 Zoom only Register directly here: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @erc.europa.eu

Deep Thoughts Seminar | 21 May Oscar d’Alva: Official Statistics and Platform Capitalism: The Transition to a Datafication Regime 🕒 3–4:30pm 📍 Hybrid: D101 Newman + Zoom 🍷 Wine reception Register in person: www.eventbrite.com/e/oscar-dalv... Register online: www.eventbrite.com/e/oscar-dalv...

📢 Upcoming Deep Thoughts seminar this May: 🔴 14 May | Zoom only| 🕒 3pm–4:30pm Dr Sharmila Parmanand (LSE) “Gender as a Political Resource in Populist and Dynastic Politics: The Duterte Family” Register directly here: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Reminder: DeepLab Visiting Researcher Seminar this Thursday Contested Amazon with Felipe Schaeffer Neves & Telma Bemerguy 🗓 Thursday, 2 April, 2026 🕒 3–4:30pm 📍 E003A Newman + Zoom Followed by wine reception 🍷 📩 deeplab@ucd.ie (indicate via zoom or in-person) @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Visiting Researcher Seminar: Contested Amazon Felipe Schaeffer Neves +Telma Bemerguy on: – Conservation & livelihoods in the Xingu – Far-right politics in the Brazilian Amazon 📅 2 April | ⏰ 3pm 📍 UCD (Hybrid) 🍷 Wine reception after 📩 deeplab@ucd.ie @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

DeepLab PhDs Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva and Miguel Paolo Rivera are currently visiting Oxford’s Latin American Centre, contributing to DeepLab’s research agenda and building international collaborations. Read more @ labdeep.com/news-and-eve... @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @ox.ac.uk

Reminder: Tomorrow | Deep Thoughts Seminar Dr @jamesfitz2.bsky.social (DCU) Silencing Disinformation Research(ers) in Times of Autocracy 26 Feb | 3pm GMT | Hybrid | Wine reception Register: deeplab@ucd.ie @deeplab.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Join us on 26 Feb for our next Deep Thoughts Seminar with Dr James Fitzgerald (DCU): Silencing Disinformation Research(ers) in Times of Autocracy. Hybrid | 3pm GMT | Wine reception to follow Register: deeplab@ucd.ie (in person or Zoom) @jamesfitz2.bsky.social

DeepLab PhD researcher Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva recently presented his research at the University of Oxford, exploring Instagram, aspiration, and platform labour among personal cleaners in Brazil and the Philippines. @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social #DeepLab #DigitalLabour

New lab news: @cristianorodrigues.bsky.social (Federal University of Minas Gerais) at DeepLab discussing gender, race & far-right politics in Brazil. Read the full story on our website labdeep.com/news-and-eve.... 🌍📖 @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social

Reminder: Deep Thoughts Seminar with @cristianorodrigues.bsky.social (UFMG) this Thursday at 3pm (hybrid). Gender, race & sexual politics under Brazil’s far right, followed by a small wine reception. Register: deeplab@ucd.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Deep Thoughts Seminar with Cristiano Rodrigues (UFMG) on gender, race, and sexual politics under Brazil’s far right. 🗓️ 5 Feb | 3pm | Hybrid Followed by a small wine reception. Register: deeplab@ucd.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @cristianorodrigues.bsky.social

We’re delighted to welcome Sthéfani Luane and Raylon Álvares to DeepLab as part of the Abdias Nascimento Fellowship Programme! 🌍 Raylon is the first student to join us from the Federal University of Pará! @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social #DeepLab #AbdiasProgramme #Brazil #ResearchExchange

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the launch of New Consumers in the Global South at UCD, a thoughtful discussion with the authors on class, consumption, and everyday life across the Global South. @erc.europa.eu @ucddublin.bsky.social @pinheiromachado.bsky.social @marinafrid.bsky.social

📚Join us tomorrow (4 Nov, 3:30 PM) at UCD D101 or online for the launch of New Consumers in the Global South! Featuring authors Anna Cristina Pertierra, @pinheiromachado.bsky.social & Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu all welcome! EMAIL DEEPLAB@UCD.IE to register @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #

📚 Book Launch at UCD! Join us on Nov 4, 3:30 PM (Newman D101) for New Consumers in the Global South — exploring class & consumption beyond “poor” and “middle class.” Featuring authors Pertierra, @pinheiromachado.bsky.social Pinheiro-Machado & Saloma-Akpedonu 🍷 @ucddublin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Reminder 🔔 Our next Deep Thoughts Seminar is today! Join Dr. Camila Rocha (CCI/Cebrap, Brazil) for Work and Politics in Brazil — exploring how work and employment shape political views and voting. 🗓️ 28 Oct | 3:30–5PM (Hybrid, UCD D101 & Zoom) 👉 labdeep.com | deeplab@ucd.ie