Call for Abstracts “The Future of the Platform Economy and Platform Work” PhD Symposium
PhD Symposium The Future of the Platform Economy and Platform Work 27-28 October, 2021 Hosts: Dimmons, IN3, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya DigiLabour Research Lab, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos University) Timeline: July 30: Deadline for submission of 300-word abstracts August 31: Selection Notifications We invite contributions to the “The Future of the Platform Economy and Platform Work” PhD Symposium. PhD students are encouraged to submit their ongoing research related to the broad topic of platform work. We especially welcome submissions related to studies that improve our understanding of the platform economy business models in promoting certain working…
Presentació MatchImpulsa. 05 de maig. 11.15h
Presentem #MatchImpulsa, un programa obert transversalment feminista per impulsar la plataformització digital de l’Economia Social i Solidària i col·laborativa de Barcelona en el marc de la #CàtedraOberta, fruit de la col.laboració entre la UOC (Equip Dimmons), l’Ajuntament de Barcelona i Barcelona Activa. 📆 05/05 – 11:15h 📍Des de la Sala de premsa Lluís Companys (Ajuntament de Barcelona) 🖥Seguiu el directe a https://matchimpulsa.barcelona/
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In the frame of the Barcelona UOC Chair in Digital Economy, Dimmons IN3 UOC, the Barcelona City Council and Barcelona Activa launch Matchimpulsa, a transversally feminist programme to foster the digital platformization of Social and Solidarity Economy and Platform Economy in the city of Barcelona. This innovative programme emerged as a response to the current social crisis context resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. It seeks to promote economies with social transformative values, especially Social and Solidarity and Feminist Economy, to strengthen local economic circularity and to promote a favourable environment for the economic acceleration of projects focused on the people’s…
Towards a people and planet-oriented (digital) transition in Europe : Platform cooperatives and their fundamental role in the context of recovery
This paper is open to the signatures of other organizations : Sign it here Digital transition, platforms and the alternative model of platform coops Digital transition figures high on the EU policy agenda and among the main priorities of policies and programmes to come – starting with Digital Europe and the digital single market, but including also others related to the EU Recovery Plan, Cohesion Policy, etc.The COVID19 crisis further contributed to the fact that an increasing number of national governments, cities and regions put digitalisation – including the development of the platform economy – at the very top…
Open Call for Papers: the Gender of the Platform Economy
The call to receive abstracts for the Internet Policy Review: Special Issue on the gender of the platform economy is open now. The aim of this publication is to address how public policies could favor a feminist transition from the industrial to the digital platform era in a COVID-19 context. The Special Issue is co-sponsored by Dimmons and KISON research groups (UOC-IN3), in collaboration with the Sharing Cities Action program. TOPIC AND RELEVANCE PLATFORM ECONOMY The Platform economy (PE) – also known as the Collaborative Platform Economy or Sharing Economy – is used as a floating signifier for…