Isabel Roque
Biography
Isabel Roque is a Sociologist, researcher in Sociology of Labour. Associate Editor of the "Journal of Labor and Society", "Journal of Working Class Studies" and "Que força é essa? Revista sobre os mundos do trabalho". She is a Rapporteur and Independent External Expert for the European Cooperation in Science and Technology, 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). She is also 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"; Caderno CRH - UFBA. 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 (2025), Vulnerability and Resistance Among Digital and Platform Immigrant Workers in Portugal, in Francesco Della Puppa, Dipsita Dhar, Nicola Montagna (org.), Migrant Labour in the Gig Economy. The Intersection of Migrant Labor, Platform Capitalism, and Resistance. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 145-171
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Festi, Ricardo; Roque, Isabel; Magalhães, Kethury (2025), Subjetividades, legislação e organização entre os entregadores de plataformas digitais do Sul e do Norte Global, in Marco Aurélio Santana (org.), Redes de luta Plataformas digitais e ação coletiva da classe trabalhadora. Rio de Janeiro: 7Letras, 242-272
Article in Scientific journal
Ribeiro, Ana Sofia; Bettencourt, Leonor; Roque, Isabel; Sousa, João Carlos (2025), "Skilled Transitions: Digital Training Programmes as Active Labour Market Strategies in Rural Portugal", Social Inclusion. Special Issue: The Implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights in the Era of Polycrisis, 13, 1-19
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