Isabel Roque


Biography

Isabel Roque is a researcher in Sociology of Labour. She belongs to the Board of Associate Editors of the "Journal of Labor and Society", and "Journal of Working Class Studies". She is a reviewer for "Ciências Sociais - Unisinos", "Política e Sociedade - Revista de Sociologia Política - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina"; "Estudios Sociales" da Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Los Andes; "Revista Sociedade e Estado (UNB)"; "Sociolgia OnLine - Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia". She is also a COST Action Rapporteur and Independent External Expert, a member of the "Observatory of Living and Working Conditions" of NOVA University, a member of the EURYO - European Rural Youth Observatory and a member of the Research Group "Work and Social Theory", University of Brasília (Grupo de Trabalho Teoria Social). Her research interests focus on: Call and Contact Centres; Digital Platform Work; Precarity; Social Protest Movements; Trade Unionism; Psychosocial Risks; Social Inequalities; Safety and Health at Work; Alienation; Life Trajectories; Vulnerabilities; (Un)employment; Rural NEETs.


Latest Publications

Book Chapter

Roque, Isabel (2024), Working Class Representation in Cinema and Literature in the Digital Age, in Ben Clarke (org.), The Routledge Companion to Working-Class Literature. London: Routledge, 369-386

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Article in Scientific journal

Roque, Isabel; Boavida, Nuno (2024), "Perceptions of vulnerability and precariousness of Airbnb workers in Portugal", Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation, 18, 2, 245-265

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Article in Scientific journal

Roque, Isabel; Carmo, Renato Miguel do; Caleiras, Jorge; Assis, Rodrigo Vieira de (2024), "Trajectories of precariousness of tuk-tuk drivers in Portugal. A case study", Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation, 18, 2, 176-195

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