I will be at Internazionale Magazine Festival in Ferrara in September. It is said that work gives dignity and defines us. But couldn’t it be that they pushed us to believe this in order to make better use of ourselves? How to regain time for ourselves and our lives Francesca Coin sociologist Dialogue with Sarah Jaffe American […]
Upcoming Appearances & Events
Past Appearances & Events
I joined Rebecca Vallas on the Off-Kilter Podcast to talk about Work Won’t Love You Back, and in particular to talk about nonprofit sector work and burnout.

I was a guest on the 55 Voices for Democracy Podcast.
Wired Next Fest Milan
I’m appearing at Wired Italia Next Festival in Milan on October 8. They call it the great resignation, the abandonment of jobs considered too stressful or not sufficiently paid that we are witnessing in this post-pandemic phase. The Covid-19, however, was only the detonator of a model, the neoliberal one, which had long since entered […]
I was on the Radical Imagination podcast with Angela Glover Blackwell.

Work Won’t Love You Back at Bologna Attiva
I’ll be presenting Work Won’t Love You Back in Bologna, Thursday 6 October 2022.
Joining me will be Isabella Conti, mayor of San Lazzaro di Savena.
Work Won’t Love You Back at Dig Festival Modena
I was a guest at the Dig journalism festival in Modena, Italy.
I was a guest on NPR Marketplace’s Make Me Smart podcast.
I was a guest on Margie Hartley’s podcast Fast Track to discuss Work Won’t Love You Back.
Idler Festival
I’ll be at the Idler Festival (this is the only time I will be on the bill at an event headlined by Jarvis Cocker! Sunday 10 July, 12:15-13:00 on the Lawn Stage at Fenton House (Hampstead Grove, London NW3 6SP). I’ll be speaking about the future work with my comrade-in-arms Amelia Horgan and Brendan Burchell. […]
Work Won’t Love You Back at De Dependance
Together with American labour journalist Sarah Jaffe (Work Won’t Love You Back), British labour economist Guy Standing (The Precariat) and Dutch sociologist Marguerite van den Berg (Work is Not a Solution) we will set out to bring into focus what is wrong with our perceptions of work, and what we can do to fundamentally transform our current labour markets.