Publications

From a decolonial feminist perspective, I recognise that academic platforms are not neutral spaces. They often privilege certain voices, languages, and institutions. Remaining mindful of how access to knowledge is shaped by unequal global power structures, I choose to share my work on ResearchGate and/or to contribute to open-access journals and books. as one avenue for circulation. While this helps broaden accessibility, I remain attentive to the need for more inclusive, community-rooted, and non-extractive forms of knowledge sharing that move beyond dominant academic systems.

I also make a deliberate effort to cite graduate-level work (Master’s and PhD theses), working papers, and scholarship by early-career researchers, as well as those positioned at the margins by gender, sexuality, or location.

Journal articles

Komarraju, S. A., Pathak-Shelat, M., Arora, P., & Raman, U. (2025). Men in Beauty Work and Feminization of Digital Labor Platforms. Social Media + Society, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251326665 (Original work published 2025)

Komarraju, S. A., Arora, P., & Raman, U. (2022). Agency and servitude in platform labour: a feminist analysis of blended cultures. Media, Culture & Society, 44(4), 672-689. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437211029890 (Original work published 2022)

Thirumal, P., & Komarraju, S. A. (2018). Listening to the sonorous: Digital archiving as political practice, Summer Hill, 22 (1): 15-24. 

Raman, U., & Komarraju, S. A. (2018). Policing responses to crime against women: Unpacking the logic of Cyberabad’s “SHE Teams”, Feminist Media Studies, 18 (4):718-733, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2018.1447420

Komarraju, S. A., & Raman, U. (2017). Indian Millennials define feminism, Feminist Media Studies, 17 (5):892-896, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1350519

Book chapters

Komarraju, S. A. (2026). Digital Labour Platforms and the Future of Care Worker(ers). In E. Bulut, J. Chen, R. Grohmann, K. Jarrett (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Digital Labour (pp. 241-251). Sage.

Komarraju, S. A. (2023). Whisper Networks and Workarounds: Negotiating Urban Company’s Interface. In P. Arora, U. Raman, & R. Koenig (Eds.), Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labor in the Digital Economy (pp. 87–98). Amsterdam University Press.

Komarraju, S. A. (2021). “Immoral, Slut, Arsehole”: Feminist memes reclaim stereotypes. In Anna Lise Frey (Ed.), Who’s laughing now? Feminist perspectives on Humor and Laughter,(pp. 87-103). Demeter Press

Raman, U., & Komarraju, S. A. (2017). Researching online worlds through a feminist lens. In K. Kannabiran and P. Swaminathan (Eds.), Re-presenting Feminist methodologies: Interdisciplinary Explorations, (pp. 131-157), Routledge.

Working paper(s)
Komarraju, S.A. 2022. With and against platformization: men in care professions and the gendered dynamics of the future of work(ers). Future of Work(ers) SCIS Working Paper Number 38, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, Wits University.

Public scholarship
Komarraju, S. A. (2025, November 18). Designing for dignity: A feminist ethic of care in platform work. Reshaping Work. https://medium.com/@reshaping_work/designing-for-dignity-a-feminist-ethic-of-care-in-platform-work-70f6b21f1c56

Komarraju, S. A. (2025, April 4). Gig Platforms Will Intensify the Disposability of Domestic Workers. BehanBox. Editorial Series Feature; interviewed by Saumya Kalia. BehanBox Talkies. ‘Gig Platforms Will Intensify the Disposability of Domestic Workers’

Cited in BehanBox article “Platform work unions are fighting gender and caste bias, clearing new paths to resistance” (Saumya Kalia, 19 Sept 2025), for research and insights on platform work, gender, and labour. https://behanbox.com/2025/09/19/platform-work-unions-are-fighting-gender-and-caste-bias-clearing-new-paths-to-resistance/

Cited in BehanBox article “Why unions find it hard to forge worker solidarity in platform companies” (5 Sept 2025), for insights on platform work, unionisation, and labour solidarity. https://behanbox.com/2025/09/05/why-unions-find-it-hard-to-forge-worker-solidarity-in-platform-companies/

Komarraju, S. A. (2022, April 7). Masculinities and Platform Labour in India. Digilabour. Future of Work(ers) in the Global South Interview Series; interviewed by Caroline Govari.  

https://digilabour.com/interview/masculinities-and-platform-labour-in-india/

Komarraju, S. A., (2021, March 5). Centered but invisible: On the contradictions of service design at Urban Company. FemLab.Co https://femlab.co/2021/03/05/centered–but–invisibleon–the–contradictions–of–service–design–at–urban–company/  

Komarraju, S. A., (2020, September 4). Savari: Sharing more than a ride. FemLab.Co https://femlab.co/2020/09/04/savari–sharing–more–than–a–ride/

Komarraju, S. A., (2020, May 29). Beauty gig work in the times of Covid19. FemLab.Co https://femlab.co/2020/05/29/beauty–gig–work–in–the–time–of–covid–19/  

Raman, U., & Komarraju, S. A. (2018, November 25). Two stories: Dancing between Risk and responsibility. In Priyanka Chatterjee and Sanchayita Paul (Guest Eds), New Woman: Then and Now, Café Dissensus 47.