Jonas Valente

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jonas CL Valente is a postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, responsible for co-leading Fairwork’s Cloudwork Project.

Jonas was awarded a Doctorate in Sociology from the University of Brasília (UnB) (2019), the highest-scored post-graduate program in this area in Brazil. He defended his thesis on digital platforms, receiving an honourable mention in the UnB Thesis Awards and being nominated for the Capes Thesis Award. His solo-authored book, From Online Platforms to Digital Monopolies: Technology, Information and Power was published by Brill in 2021. He has also authored, co-authored and edited books about digital technologies, digital platforms and the Internet.

Jonas holds a Master’s Degree in Communication from the University of Brasília (2009) and graduated in Social Communication from the University Center of Brasília (2003). He was a lecturer in Brazilian higher education institutions. He is a researcher with the Labor Studies and Research Group at the University of Brasília (GEPT-UnB), the Communication Policies Laboratory at the UnB (LaPCom-UnB), the Technology, Policy and Economics of Communication Laboratory at the UFC (Telas), and the Internet Governance Research Network.

He works as an assistant editor on the Revista Internacional de Economia Política da Informação, Comunicação e Cultura journal  (Eptic-Online).