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J.H. (Jorien) Oprins MSc

PhD candidate
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
GPIO: Political and Economic Geographies

Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
  • Postbus 15629
    1001 NC Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profile

    Jorien Oprins is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam and affiliated with the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). She completed the Research Master in International Development in 2016. For her master thesis, she did research on the developmental potential of digital labour platforms like Upwork and Freelancer. With her PhD on the labour market strategies and agency of freelancers working through digital labour platforms, she builds on this research. She focuses on: 
    1.   freelancers’ occupational choices
    2.   freelancers’ learning efforts 
    3.   how freelancers leverage their occupational choices and learning efforts to strengthen their competitive position on digital labour platforms.

    Her PhD research is set in the Philippines.  

    Next to her research at the University of Amsterdam, Jorien works as an economics teacher at Joke Smit College, a public school for “voortgezet algemeen volwassenonderwijs” (vavo) in Amsterdam.

    Research expertise and fields

    • Digital labour platforms
    • Future of work
    • Lifelong learning
  • Research

    Research methods

    • In-depth interviews
    • Longitudinal research design
    • Focus group

    Research grants & honours

    Promotiebeurs voor leraren (2020, NWO)

  • Publications

    2024

    • Oprins, J. H. (2024). Uncovering the uneven livelihood outcomes of online freelance labour: a literature review and agenda for future research. Work in the Global Economy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1332/27324176Y2024D000000020

    2023

    2022

    • Beerepoot, N., & Oprins, J. (2022). Online freelancing and impact sourcing: Examining the inclusive development potential of online service work in the Philippines. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 88(2), Article e12204. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12204 [details]
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