Latest news and press release

clock 18 July 2024
→News

ORIGAMI in UK

The principal investigator of the Origami project, Ivana Pais, as part of her fellowship at Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) is conducting research on digital platforms of home care in the UK. Adopting the same research design as Origami, this research will allow comparison with the countries analysed by the Origami project.

As part of this research, she has initiated a case study of the PrimeCarers platform (https://primecarers.co.uk/), through interviews with the platform’s Founder and Carers. The main results will be disseminated through Origami’s website.

clock 20 February 2025
→Conference

Future of work: reclaiming the value of work in the digital economy

On February 20 and 21, 2025, Ivana Pais (PI of the ORIGAMI project) and Francesco Bonifacio presented the paper “The platformisation of domestic work in six European countries” at the conference ‘Future of work. Reclaiming the value of work in the digital economy’, organized by ETUI and KU Leuven

Watch the video recording of the presentation at this link

clock 3 June 2025
→Seminar

Cleaning and Home Care Service Platforms. Comparative Insights from Italy and Spain

On Tuesday 3 June 2025, Oscar Molina, Ivana Pais and Rosangela Lodigiani will present the results of a comparison of Spanish and Italian case studies from the ORIGAMI project in a seminar organized at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.

The seminar is part of the Milan Social Policy Seminars initiative involving the main universities in the city of Milan.

ue-logo Funded by DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion - EMPL.A – Employment and Social Governance “Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations – SOCPL-2022-IND-REL-01"

Grant Agreement number: 101126007