During her fieldwork, Marina delved into India's regional diversity, the bustling wedding season for beauty professionals, their motivations, skills, and social media usage. Dividing her time between Bangalore and Hyderabad in the South, a rural town in the North, and New Delhi.

🚴‍♀️🍔 In Bengaluru, Rashmi @Guha_Ray joined the gig economy as a food delivery partner! Part of her ethnographic fieldwork, she’s diving into the lives of gig workers. 📦📱 #Ethnography #GigEconomy #Bengaluru

Wagner Alves da Silva is now a certified Personal Cleaner and presented research at the National Meeting of Domestic Workers in Rio! Closing his Brazil chapter on a high note. Wagner is off to the Philippines for more impactful research with domestic workers. Obrigado, Brazil!

“Moments of crisis open the door for deliberative democracy to thrive.” Read @NicoleCurato & Miguel Rivera's discussion on conspiracy, empathy & reimagining democracy in the Philippines. See takeaways on how community efforts counter disinformation labdeep.com/takeaways/

DeepLab Talk in India!! Title: Entrepreneurialism on Social Media: The Case of Instagram Beauty Creators by @marina.frid 📷 Date: November 19 📷 Time: 2:30 p.m. 📷 Location: CR-3, Department of Communication, S N School of Arts & Communication, The University of Hyderabad, India

With Aline Gama who highlighted striking similarities in the precariousness of platform work across Brazil, India, and the Philippines. They gained valuable insights from Prof Gama’s extensive ethnographic research with food delivery riders. Stay tuned for more updates!

Engaging with ISER - Instituto de Estudos da Religião in a productive discussion on the intersection of religion and politics, examining how everyday religiosity shapes political perspectives.

Meeting with Bruno de Vasconcelos Cardoso and his students at Laboratório de Estudos Digitais - LED (UFRJ/IFCS) to discuss platform work and explore opportunities for South-South collaboration among Brazil, India, the Philippines, and other countries in Asia and Latin America.

@DeepLab is happy to welcome to Dr. Ana Claudia Farranha who is visiting this week! @AnaFarranha has a PhD in Social Sciences (UNICAMP), is a prof at Univ. of Brasília Law School, Vice-Coordinator of the Abdias Nascimento Programme, & a researcher in law, info & race relations

Rashmi Guha Ray (PhD) connected with three female Zomato delivery partners through the food delivery workers' union, discovering that Jyoti (36), a widowed mother, Gauri (31), a workers' rights advocate, and Devi (32), married at 15, stay motivated despite their challenges.

posture, digital marketing, faith, and more—turning individuals into businesses. A highlight? Imagining himself as a future millionaire on the cover of Forbes! 💼✨ #PersonaCleaner #MillionaireMindset #DreamBig #Mentorship #Growth

Wagner Guilherme Alves da Silva's journey as a ‘Personal Cleaner’ continues! This month, he joined events that brought together Personal Cleaners from across the country, focusing on branding,

data scientist @Jessicamatheuss , will be launched later this year. We were also featured in @folha , one of Brazil’s leading newspapers! 📰 Stay tuned for more updates on our groundbreaking report! 💼📱

offering exclusive insights. A major highlight includes @bbcbrasil receiving early access to our upcoming report on how social media is transforming the job market, particularly for vulnerable groups. The report, featuring contributions from Rosana and

DeepLab has been gaining significant attention in Brazilian media recently! Over the past four weeks, lead investigator Prof. Rosana Pinheiro-Machado @_pinheira has been interviewed by major newspapers and became a columnist for @UOL during the Brazilian elections,

Our PhD researcher, Miguel Paolo Rivera, connects with riders in Metro Manila during his research. At their hangout spots, they share stories about the hustle and their determination to support their families. 💪 #EverydayHeroes #RiderLife #ResearchInAction #UCD #ERC #DeepLab

New on our website: Dr. Aastha Tyagi delves into the challenges of studying contemporary ideological movements as access becomes more elusive. Read the full takeaway—link in bio! #Anthropology #Research #Ideology #HinduNationalism" Image by Phuong Luu from Pixabay

We’re excited to welcome the newest members of our team, Lyellen and Ingrid! 🎉 They’re the first of many students joining us through the Abdias do Nascimento Programme. Learn more about the programme labdeep.com/abdias-do-nascim…

Our next Visiting Researcher Seminar is on September 17th at 2pm! 📅 For more info, reach out at [email protected]. #ResearchSeminar #DeepLab #UCD @JanainaPenalva

Check out our latest Lab News ‘Behind the Scenes: DeepLab's Global Research Efforts’ Available Now! Find it in our Lab News section of our website. 🔗labdeep.com/news-and-events/… Photo: Rosana Pinheiro-Machado @_pinheira and the Besouro Team.