Hannah Johnston, York University

Research

Algorithmic Management Collective Bargaining Electronic Surveilance Industrial Relations Logistics Standard Employment Comparative Research Design workplace data

Latest funding

Platforming Leisure: Navigating worker experiences of labour and leisure in the digital platform economy
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$88,623
Workers governing digital technologies: collective strategies across contexts
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$69,812
Regulating algorithmic management in standard employment: A comparison of legislative and industrial relations approaches
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$71,209

All 3 grants and awards

Platforming Leisure: Navigating worker experiences of labour and leisure in the digital platform economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bergstrom, Kelly

Keywords: time; leisure; work; platform studies; digital platform labour; gig work; access to leisure

$88,623

Workers governing digital technologies: collective strategies across contexts

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Grohmann, Rafael

Keywords: digital labour; technology; cooperativism; platforms; artificial intelligence

$69,812

Regulating algorithmic management in standard employment: A comparison of legislative and industrial relations approaches

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Johnston, Hannah

Keywords: Algorithmic Management; Electronic Surveilance; Industrial Relations; Collective Bargaining; Logistics; Standard Employment; Comparative Research Design

$71,209

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Algorithmic Management Dear Professor Johnston, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on algorithmic management connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Regulating algorithmic management in standard employment: A comparison of legislative and industrial relations approaches" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]