Dr Kelle Howson is a Senior Researcher in the IEJ’s Basic Income project. She previously worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Fairwork project at the Oxford Internet Institute. Kelle’s research background is in uneven economic geography, labour, and the digital economy. Her doctoral research at the University of Wellington, New Zealand, investigated the impact of international ethical certifications on working conditions in the South African wine industry. With Fairwork, she helped to shed light on and positively influence working conditions in the gig economy in South Africa, Kenya, Brazil, and the online cloudwork market. Before her academic research career, Kelle served in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Leader’s Office as a Senior Researcher.