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Callum Cant is a British author, researcher and labour rights advocate known for his contributions regarding workers in the gig economy. He is a lecturer in management at Essex Business School.

Contents

• Early life and education
• Career
• Research and publications
• References

Early life and education

Cant was born in Hampshire and privately educated at Lord Wandsworth College, ^[1] the universities of Warwick and Sussex, and the University of West London, where he completed his PhD. His thesis, titled "'We are a service class': a workers’ inquiry into the class composition of service commodity production during the unreal interregnum", ^[2] focused on understanding the class composition of young, precarious, disorganised, and low-paid service sector workers in the UK.

Career

Cant was the head of communications at Momentum during the 2019 general election. Upon leaving Momentum, he returned to research and completed a postdoctoral position at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, collaborating on the 'Fairwork AI' project with the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Cant has contributed over 100 articles to publications such as The Guardian, ^{[6] [7]} The Independent ^{[8] [9]} and Novara Media. ^{[10] [11] [12]} From 2018 to 2019, he penned a column 'Stay Classy' for Vice , ^[13] focusing on strikes in the UK.

Currently, Cant is a senior lecturer in management at Essex Business School ^[14] as well as an editor for Notes from Below, for which he hosts a podcast called, Workers' Inquiry. ^{[15] [16]}

References