BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//INCA project - ECPv6.3.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:INCA project X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://inca-project.eu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for INCA project REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240314T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240314T200000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20240304T120249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T120249Z UID:2802-1710439200-1710446400@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Who is Driving the Innovation? From Tech Alarmism to Digital Alternatives DESCRIPTION:INCA partners Niccolò Cuppini (University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland) and Maurilio Pirone (University of Bologna) will present INCA’s results on the Sociology Research Seminar organized by FSAS-UBB on March 14th. \nThe dominant contemporary paradigm of technological transformation assumes that a few giant companies have a monopoly on innovation\, while people are threatened by mass surveillance and States can simply regulate the market. For this reason\, Big Tech has gained overwhelming power nowadays\, resembling more and more modern commercial empires. Citizens can only attempt to limit such power embedded in corporate technological supremacy. \nNevertheless\, for many years\, digital technologies have been the subject of several narratives and attempts aiming to democratize technological innovation as a tool for a fairer society\, from cybernetic experiments in the Allende’ Chile to the gift economy of hacker culture. \nDrawing upon the results of our ongoing INCA project\, our partners will present a genealogy of digital transformations from the 1960s to the present day to highlight how technological innovation has become increasingly financialized and centralized. They will analyze the different political options toward the organization of digital innovation\, arguing that more than simply limiting the power of Big Tech\, it would be fundamental to regain control over the planning and design of technology. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/who-is-driving-the-innovation-from-tech-alarmism-to-digital-alternatives/ LOCATION:Dostoievski (former Plugarilor) str.\, no. 34-36\, room 7 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/event-into-the-box-fb-scaled-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240314T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240315T143000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20240229T103328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T103518Z UID:2794-1710426600-1710513000@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Workshop ‘Democracy and Capitalism’ DESCRIPTION:The DemoTrans Horizon Europe project is organising a workshop that will promise rich insights into the intricate relationship between democracy and capitalism\, offering a blend of theoretical and practical perspectives crucial for policy makers\, academics\, and professionals engaged in shaping the future of democratic governance. \nPROGRAM \nDay 1: Thursday\, March 14th \n14:30 – 15:00 Registration and coffee \n15:00 – 16:15 Research Session 1 – Taxes \n• Will the Global Minimum Tax Reduce Profit Shifting? Petr Jansky\n• Corporate Tax Avoidance and Within-Country Inequality\, Marek Sedivy\n• What Drives the Location of Profits: Examining the Behavior of Multinational Enterprises from Country-by-Country Reporting\, Tomas Boukal\n• Does Tax Avoidance Make Large Firms Even Larger? Tijmen Tuinsma \n16:15 – 16:30 Break \n16:30 – 17:45 Research Session 2 – Procurement \n• Pre-procurement market engagement for addressing competitiveness\,\nsustainability\, and technology sovereignty: Evidence from an EU-wide survey\, Pelle Berkhout\n• European Cohesion Policy and Public Procurement in Spain\, Jihwan Ryu\n• European funds and green public procurement\, Vita Titl\n• A transaction cost theoretic vignette experiment on the public procurement of broader outcomes\, Thomas Balbach \n18:00 – 19:00 Social Activity\nGuided tour with tasting at the Domus Brauhaus\, a local small-scale brewery (http://www.domusbrauhaus.be/). \n19:00 – Dinner\nWe will continue with our dinner at Domus Brauhaus \n  \nDay 2: Friday\, March 15th \n09:00 – 09:45 Keynote Speech\nGermá Bel (Universitat de Barcelona)\nFive Decades of Reforms for Local Public Service Delivery \n09:45 – 10:00 Q&A \n10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break \n10:30 – 11:30 Research Session 3 – Networking \n• Getting in line: Synchronizing mechanisms in temporary inter-organizational networks\, Vibeke Kroken\n• A temporal approach to ‘Fitting in’: A longitudinal survey design.– Democracy and Capitalism\, Ben Geys\n• The Power of the Pen: Influence of Lobbying on the legislative procedure in Europe\, Emilie Wojcieszynski\n• TBC\, Takis Iliopoulos \n11:30 – 12:30 Research Session 4 – Policy and Democracy \n• Lobbying firms/politically connected firms and revolving doors in the European context\, Emilie Wojcieszynski\n• Should technological sovereignty be part of challenge-led innovation policy? Pelle Berkhout\n• On the drivers of voting behaviour\, Lorenzo Catalano \n12:30 – 13:00 Conclusion and Lunch\nHOG 00.10\, Naamsestraat 69 \n  \nThe workshop is free of charge and is offered in person or online\, but registration is necessary: REGISTRATION HERE URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/workshop-democracy-and-capitalism/ LOCATION:KU Leuven University or Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DemoTrans-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240206T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240208T170000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20240126T081645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T081645Z UID:2733-1707206400-1707411600@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:International Workshop “Exploring new patterns of platform urbanization and citizenship” DESCRIPTION:On 6-8 February 2024\, the international workshop “Exploring new patterns of platform urbanization and citizenship” will be held in Singapore\,  organized by the National University of Singapore and the Singapore University of Technology and Design\, in cooperation with INCA. \nAmong others\, key challenges of platform urbanization and citizenship will be discussed during the workshop\, and a presentation of INCA project will also be offered. \nThe full program is available here URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/international-workshop-exploring-new-patterns-of-platform-urbanization-and-citizenship/ LOCATION:Future Cities Lab Global\, Singapore\, Singapore\, Singapore ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Feat.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240201T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240201T110000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20240125T090430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T091924Z UID:2720-1706778000-1706785200@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Investigating Amazon. Ecosystems of 4.0 DESCRIPTION:INCA consortium partners Niccolò Cuppini (SUPSI) and Mattia Frapporti (University of Bologna) will present a paper on INCA research entitled “Investigating Amazon. Ecosystems of 4.0” at the SISEC conference: Work\, enterprises and territories between proximity and distance. \nThe presentation will take place on 1 of February from 9.00 am to 11.00 am in room 11. It will be part of the S3 Panel 5 “The digital transition between proximity and distance: How are work\, organisation and markets transformed?” \nFull programme here URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/investigating-amazon-ecosystems-of-4-0/ LOCATION:Università di Cagliari ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cagliari-2024_page-0001-720x380-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240126T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240301T170000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20240126T074010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T081838Z UID:2726-1706256000-1709312400@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:CALL FOR PAPERS for the VII International Conference "Social Boundaries of Work. Critical Labour Studies in the Times of a Polycrisis" DESCRIPTION:The Department of the Sociology of Work and Economic Sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Wrocław\, the Sociology of Work Section of the Polish Sociological Association\, the Wrocław branch of the Polish Sociological Association\, the Critical Labour Studies Network and the Research Committee 44 “Labour Movements” of the International Sociological Association invite you to participate in the international conference entitled “Social Boundaries of Work. Critical Labour Studies in the Times of a Polycrisis“\, to be held in Wrocław on 16-18 October 2024. The deadline for abstracts submission is March 1\, 2024. \nThe conference is dedicated to analysing the relationship between academia and the world of work in the context of overlapping and reinforcing socio-economic crises. The COVID-19 pandemic was not only a profound crisis of public health\, but also of public services and the social security systems which have been under pressure for years from neoliberal reforms. The escalation of armed conflicts in Europe as a result of Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine only exacerbated the refugee movements that had been underway for years. The post-pandemic reality is also marked by a cost-of-living crisis that has deepened existing social inequalities and the impoverishment of many groups of workers. \nIn this conference\, they want to look at the interplay of between the worlds of academia and labour under the conditions of the polycrisis outlined above. Applications from both academics and social practitioners representing trade unions\, labour movements but also employers’ organisations are encouraged. Those representing the labour journalism circles community are also welcome to participate. \nDeadlines and practical information\n\nUntil 1st of March 2024  – abstracts submissions via the conference form (please include: name and affiliations of referees\, affiliations\, email\, title of paper\, abstract (250-500 words) – please use the form: https://forms.gle/ufR2YxjtLcXUQZzh8\n15 April 2024  – announcement of the list of accepted abstracts (evaluation is made by the organising committee and the conference scientific council)\n31 May 2024 – deadline for payment of the conference fee URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/call-for-papers-for-the-vii-international-conference-social-boundaries-of-work-critical-labour-studies-in-the-times-of-a-polycrisis/ LOCATION:University of Wrocław\, Wrocław\, Poland ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Call-for-papers.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240125T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240125T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20231220T124603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240105T103729Z UID:2660-1706175000-1706205600@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Platform Architecture Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Platform power comes in many shapes\, which allow for different categorizations. One helpful categorization is based on the subjects of platform power. It distinguishes platform power over markets\, over individuals\, and over society. Platforms can abuse this power. A common way of doing so is through ‘choice architecture’\, i.e.\, the way in which a platform designs its digital environment to guide the choice of its users. Implementing defaults\, ordering results\, and prominent placement are common examples of choice architecture. \nArchitectural choices can be neutral or even to the benefit of users\, but they can also result in harm. A marketplace platform could\, for example\, nudge individual consumers to qualitatively inferior or over-priced products. When such nudges are systematic\, they can have market-wide consequences. They could\, for example\, distort competition between sellers. This becomes more likely when a platform has a financial interest in promoting certain products or services over others (e.g.\, because they are affiliated to the platform). And when choice architecture influences the opinions of individuals\, e.g.\, by hiding or removing content\, society at large is affected. \nDifferent legal instruments target platform power\, and in particular choice architecture. Competition law and the Digital Markets Act focus on markets\, consumer and data protection laws are more concerned with individuals\, and the Digital Services Act and AI Act consider societal risks. Certain obligations\, e.g.\, those aimed at transparency\, are found in multiple instruments. Questions arise with regard to the regulatory fit (are there overlaps or gaps?) and effectiveness (does transparency work given the bounded rationality of individuals?). \nOur event explores the different forms of platform power through the lens of choice architecture. The aim is not only to connect different branches of law\, but also to learn from other disciplines such as ethics\, computer science\, and economics. Invitees include academics and selected representatives from industry\, regulators and non-governmental organizations. The event takes the form of an interactive roundtable. To kickstart discussion\, invited speakers give short opening remarks (around five minutes each). Everyone can then join into a lightly moderated debate. Discussion is structured within four panels. \nThere are a few seats left for those interested to participate. If you would like to attend\, please contact Friso (f.bostoen@tilburguniversity.edu) or Inge (i.graef@tilburguniversity.edu). \nNote that this is an in-person event\, online participation is not possible. \nVenue \nRoom RTZ 102 in the building Reitse Toren\nProfessor Cobbenhagenlaan 109\, 5037 DB Tilburg\nSee a map here\nThe venue is a 5 minute walk from the Tilburg University train station. \n  \nProgram – Thursday 25 January 2024 \n9.30–9.45 Opening \n9.45–11.00 Panel 1: an interdisciplinary introduction to choice architecture – moderated by Giorgio Monti\, Tilburg University \n▪ Gunes Acar\, Radboud University Nijmegen\n▪ Bart Engelen\, Tilburg University\n▪ Ben Schroeter\, Booking.com\n▪ Shiva Shekhar\, Tilburg University \n11.00–11.15 Coffee break \n11.15–12.30 Panel 2: choice architecture and individuals – moderated by Friso Bostoen\, Tilburg University \n▪ Silvia de Conca\, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam\n▪ Raphaël Gellert\, Radboud University Nijmegen\n▪ Catalina Goanta\, Utrecht University\n▪ Anne-Jel Hoelen\, Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets \n12.30–14.00 Lunch at Esplanade (a 10 minute walk from the venue) \n14.00–15.15 Panel 3: choice architecture and markets – moderated by Jasper van den Boom\, Tilburg University \n▪ Alessia D’Amico\, Utrecht University\n▪ Victoria Daskalova\, Utrecht University\n▪ Inge Graef\, Tilburg University\n▪ Claudio Lombardi\, University of Aberdeen \n15.15–15.30 Coffee break \n15.30–16.45 Panel 4: choice architecture and society – moderated by Inge Graef\, Tilburg University \n▪ Quirine van Eeden/Mariëtte van Huijstee\, Rathenau Instituut\n▪ Joris van Hoboken\, University of Amsterdam\n▪ Maria Luisa Stasi\, ARTICLE19\n▪ Cristiana Teixeira Santos\, Utrecht University \n16.45–18.00 Closing and drinks \nConvenors: Friso Bostoen & Inge Graef\, Tilburg University URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/platform-architecture-roundtable/ LOCATION:Room RTZ 102 in the building Reitse Toren Professor Cobbenhagenlaan 109\, 5037 DB Tilburg\, Professor Cobbenhagenlaan 109\, Tilburg\, Netherlands ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/EVENTS-14.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240115 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240201 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20231102T140344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T074058Z UID:2572-1705276800-1706745599@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:CALL FOR PAPERS: “Looking back\, moving forward” : Re-assessing technology regulation in digitalized worlds DESCRIPTION:Call for papers. The deadline for submission is January 31\, 2024\nThey value the multi- and inter-disciplinary approach highly\, yet are also open to specialized papers on a relevant topic from a particular scientific discipline. \nThey welcome: \n\nExtended abstracts for presentation of research papers\, position papers\, works-in-progress and other academic contributions fitting the conference theme.\nProposals for panels and interactive workshops fitting the conference theme.\n\nMore information here and on the official website! \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Tilburg Institute for Law\, Technology\, and Society (TILT)\,  is delighted to announce the 8th edition of the TILTing Perspectives Conference “Looking back\, moving forward: Re-assessing technology regulation in digitalized worlds”. \nThe conference will take place on July 8\, 9\, 10\, 2024 at the Tilburg University campus and will coincide with TILT’s 30th anniversary celebrations. We see this as a fitting moment to take stock of decades of technology regulation and how it impacts our lives and the digitalized worlds around us. \nLooking back\, moving forward: What has been accomplished? By whom? And where? What is missing? Who is missing? What can we say about the relations between technology-focused regulation and other regulatory foci and modes of standard-setting? \nReflecting on these questions leads us along diverse paths of inquiry. In the realm of governance: the ways in which different forms of technology regulation are being designed\, critiqued\, promoted\, exported\, and rejected\, raise questions of standing and agency with regard to technology as a power\, as well as on regulatory power. On the intersection of human rights & technology\, perceived challenges to a broad range of established fundamental rights raise questions about the suitability of old and new legal frameworks such as treaty law and national constitutions\, the proposed EU AI Act\, Data Protection\, and Cyber and Data Security regulation — not least in situations of warfare. Questions with regard to competition & innovation focus on the regulatory challenges posed by ongoing social and technological transformations in key sectors such as energy\, finance and healthcare\, as well as the challenges of (finding new ways of) regulating competition and intellectual property rights in an increasingly digitalized world. \n\n  URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/call-for-papers-looking-back-moving-forward-re-assessing-technology-regulation-in-digitalized-worlds/ LOCATION:Tilburg University campus ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Call-for-papers.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240109T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20240109T133000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20240108T091716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T092838Z UID:2695-1704807000-1704807000@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Chokepoints in Logistics. Organizing potentials in the logistics sector in Poland in times of crises DESCRIPTION:On January 9 2024\, the HuLog project will give an online seminar where our partners from the University of Wrocław Szymon Pilch and Adam Mrozowicki will give a presentation about “Chokepoints in Logistics. Organizing potentials in the logistics sector in Poland in times of crises”. \nThe presentation reconstructs the worker’s power (“organising potentials”) of Amazon’s Poland employees in times of polycrises and it will focus on the following: \n\nLogistics as choke-point of global capitalism (Alimahomed-Wilson & Ness 2018): further rise of workers’ structural power during Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent\, interlinked crises vs. ongoing precarisation\, algorithmic control and anti-union strategies.\nThe question of the conditions which allow workers’ structural power and societal power to be “converted” (Bourdieu 1986) into associational power: What are the organizing potentials in the context of increased workers’ structural power in the times of post-pandemic interlinked crises?\nInterviews with workers and trade unionists in three sections of the logistics in Poland: logistic centres\, parcel- and online food-delivery\, truck transport.\nPoland is chosen as the representative country in which private logistics industry is very weak unionised\, but at the same time one can observe a variety of union innovative practices in the recent years to mobilise and represent workers.\n\n  \nIf you are interested in participating in the event\, please\, register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczVXjldfhgJpEVcjw2yExXAtMS3lUALxTBujVolB8-t0yIEA/viewform URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/chokepoints-in-logistics-organizing-potentials-in-the-logistics-sector-in-poland-in-times-of-crises/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EVENTS-15.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231220T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231220T220000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20240126T074957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T082033Z UID:2730-1703084400-1703109600@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:AI for the People: Immaginari e Politiche dell’Intelligenza Artificiale DESCRIPTION:On 20 December 2023\, a workshop and two talks will take place in Bologna\, Italy\, to understand\, experiment and democratize artificial intelligence. \nArtificial Intelligence is suddenly becoming part of our daily lives. The launch of platforms like OpenAI has had an (apparently) disruptive impact on digital innovation trends\, regardless of the metaverses Zuckerberg was aiming for. \nBig tech corporations (particularly Microsoft and Google) are once again the main players driving these transformations. At the beginning of 2023\, Microsoft invested several billion euros (at least ten)\, also offering OpenAI its physical and Cloud (Azure) infrastructure to implement its performance. In response\, Google is challenging OpenAI in terms of performance with its project called Bard. The challenge is open and has crossed Western borders if we also consider the arrival of Ernie Bot promoted by the Chinese Baidu. \nThis powerful technological innovation is giving rise to profound debates\, between those who say for the umpteenth time that this technological leap will lead to the end of work – especially the most “human” of creative functions – and those who contest AI’s independence from work alive – bringing it back to a form of intensification and extension of work – and its structural characteristics – questioning not only whether it is “intelligent”\, but whether it is also “artificial”. \nBe that as it may\, the techno-political function of AI imposes on us the need to develop not only forms of understanding and regulation but also experiments that can test its liberation aspects\, the strengthening of autonomous forms of social cooperation\, and the opening of new common imaginaries. \nMore info and the video recordings of the talks are available here. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/ai-for-the-people-immaginari-e-politiche-dellintelligenza-artificiale/ LOCATION:Teatro del Damslab\, Piazzetta Pasolini 5B\, Bologna\, Italy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AI-x-the-people_FB-1410x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231213T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231213T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20231127T092547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T075030Z UID:2608-1702485000-1702490400@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:To share or not to share: can data sharing be a viable strategy in platform competition? DESCRIPTION:Data plays a crucial role in the operations of digital platforms. Online platforms generate data on user behaviour\, financial transactions\, and performance statistics and integrate them into their business models and governance strategies. Today\, major tech conglomerates have access to enormous amounts of data\, which creates formidable barriers for new market entrants and leaves them with limited growth opportunities. Can data sharing be a viable strategy in platform competition? What data can be shared\, with whom\, and under what conditions? \nIn our upcoming discussion\, we will examine empirical cases of data sharing in industrial digital platforms and scrutinize the European Union’s regulatory landscape about data use and reuse. \nThis event is part of the ‘INCA workshop series.’ \nSpeakers\n\nInge Graef is an Associate Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg University. She is affiliated with the Tilburg Institute for Law\, Technology\, and Society (TILT) and the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC). Her research focuses on competition law\, platform regulation\, and the governance of data. \nTimo Seppälä is a University Lecturer (Operations Management) at Aalto University. He earned his PhD in industrial economics and management. His scholarly work has touched upon global value chains\, digital platforms\, and\, lately\, the semiconductor industry. He serves as a chairman of the board at Koja Yhtiöt Oy & Koja Oy and a member of the board at Koja USA Inc. and Chiller Oy (An Aalto Family Company). \nModerator\nAlina Kontareva will be moderating the discussion. She is a senior researcher in the Innovation\, Entrepreneurship & Society research group at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and co-lead of the INCA research project at HIIG. Alina’s research focuses on online platforms and particularly on national platform alternatives\, their competitive strategies\, and the role of the state in competition and innovation. \n  \nTo participate in the event\, please register here. You will receive the login details on the day of the event. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/exploring-platform-alternatives-shaping-a-responsible-future/ LOCATION:Online\, HIIG\, Berlin\, Germany ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/EVENTS-11-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231013T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231013T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230922T090046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T154817Z UID:2403-1697187600-1697220000@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:TOWARDS A FAIRER PLATFORM WORK: POLICY PROCESSES AND SOCIAL DEMANDS DESCRIPTION:Seminar funded by the COST Action Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab with the support of Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli and Horizon Europe INCA project. \nRising at the crossroads between waged labour and self-employment\, very often positioned in the labour law grey areas of the legislative systems of European countries\, platform work is the subject of a deep and variegated debate with respect to the type of regulatory intervention to put in place in order to guarantee\, at the same time\, a development of the sector and the protection of workers. \nWhile the awareness that regulatory intervention is necessary seems to have settled – both at academic and public policy level – there are still sharp differences as to how. \nThere is a renewed role of public institutions – from municipalities to states – in favouring collective bargaining between companies and platforms\, as well as in defining regulations on different scales. Local experiments were followed by several legislative initiatives at national level (Italy\, Spain). To these\, the proposal for a European directive (2021) that is still under discussion must be added. \nAlongside these initiatives\, platform workers’ mobilisations continued in some sectors\, in particular in the food delivery. In some cases\, e.g.\, that of the Takeaway group\, the trade unions signed collective agreements with the companies\, settling the construction of a more stable system of industrial relations. \nThe effects and evaluations of these initiatives are manifold; in some cases\, they have profoundly changed platform work\, in other cases they have struggled to find effective implementation or have been strongly opposed by workers or companies. \nThe seminar will consider both policy initiatives (top-down) promoted by national and European institutions\, and company agreements and demands (bottom-up) expressed by workers’ mobilisations. \nFormat\nParticipation is free but under registration by 9 October 2023. Fill the form at the following link: https://forms.gle/CNiT8igzyVCq52d58 \nThen you will receive an official email invitation by the COST Action P-WILL you will have to accept. \nIt will be possible to participate both online (Zoom) or in person. \nThe seminar will be organised around 4 sessions – 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon – concentrated in a single day. \nThe morning sessions will focus on legislative initiatives (top-down) promoted by national and European institutions\, the afternoon session on company agreements and demands (bottom-up) expressed by workers’ mobilisations. \nThe contributions will address the following topics: \n\nDo legislative proposals have to be focused exclusively on platform work or work in general?\nIs it enough to define one European legislative initiative for all platform workers or do we need multiple laws tailored to the different categories of platform workers?\nHow in force legislations affected platform work? Did they improve working conditions and social protections?\nIs the EU directive a promising solution? Which are its value and its potential risks?\nWhat strategies of resistance and mobilisation (formal and informal) can we identify in the context of platform work? Are they adequately supported by the existing legislation/practices?\nWhich real life examples of resistance and mobilisation in platform work can we draw from?\nHow decolonial and feminist perspectives may help to better understand workers’ claims and protests?\nAre industrial relations strong enough to self-regulate platform work? May we appoint some collective agreements as best practices?\n\nAgenda\n9:30-10:00 Welcome and introduction \nMaurilio Pirone (University of Bologna) \n10:00- 11:30 The path towards a EU Directive on platform work \nChair: Guido Smorto (University of Palermo) \n\nClass actors and dynamics influencing the EU Platform Work Directive\n\nBen Wray (Gig Economy Project) \n\nA feminist critique of the EU directive\n\nNelli Kambouri (National Hellenic Research Centre\, online) \n\nThe power of lobbying\n\nEdoardo Mollona (University di Bologna) \n11:30-12:00 Break \n12:00-13:30 Innovating policies \nChair: Mattia Frapporti (University of Bologna) \n\nRight to disconnect \n\nKosjenka Dumančić (University of Zagreb) \n\nWhat law for domestic platform workers? Comparative study of France\, Sweden\, and European Union \n\nClaire Marzo (University Paris Est) \n\nFrom Labor Law to a Law on Persons? Attempts to Regulate Tax Status of Online Labour Markets Workers in Serbia \n\nBranka Andjelkovic\, Tanja Jakobi\, Maja Kovac (Public Policy Research Centre) \n13:30-14:30 Lunch refreshment \n14:30-16:00 How platforms are transforming labour and social reproduction \nChair: Niccolò Cuppini (SUPSI) \n\nPlatforms and welfare\n\nIvana Pais (Catholic University of Milan) \n\nPlatform work and piece wages. How piecework affects workers’ opinions on platform work regulation?\n\nLaura Valle Gontijo (University of Brasilia) \n\nPlatforms and social fabric\n\nOlegario Batalla (Autonomous University of Puebla) \n16:00-16:30 Break \n16:30-18:00 Workers’ strategies \nChair: Maurilio Pirone (University of Bologna) \n\nLegislative initiatives in Greece and the EU\, trade unions and workers’ actions\n\nMaria Kyriakidou (American College of Thessaloniki) \n\nStrategies of Resistance and Mobilization in the Context of Platform Work\n\nIsidora Milosevic\, Anđelka Stojanović (University of Belgrade) \n\nThe strike of the food couriers\n\nRose Marie Azzopardi (University of Malta) \n\nSocial dialogue in the platform economy. The case of Slovenia\n\nMaja Turnšek (University of Maribor) URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/towards-a-fairer-platform-work-policy-processes-and-social-demands/ LOCATION:Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli\, Milan\, Italy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1920X1080-Towards-a-farirer-platform-work-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231012T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231012T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230905T140622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T140123Z UID:2381-1697130000-1697133600@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Workshop: From ‘Big Tech’ to ‘Small Tech’: Values\, Norm-Building\, and Open-Source DESCRIPTION:Online platforms are shaping various aspects of our social\, political\, and economic lives and have become not only integral to our daily routines but also ignited critical discussions. As the focus shifts towards making platforms more socially responsible and accountable\, we find ourselves at the crossroads of innovation and responsibility. \nIn our discussion\, Christina Dinar and Martin Kenney will open up a conversation about platform alternatives to global monopolists and discuss how open-source could be used as a competitive strategy. \nSpeakers\nChristina Dinar is a Junior Researcher for Platform Governance at Leibniz Institut for Media Research|Hans Bredow Institut and specializes in community-involved content moderation practices and user participation perspectives. She will present the outcomes of her research project on small platforms and user courts. \nMartin Kenney is a Distinguished Professor of Community and Regional Development at the University of California\, Davis\, and a Senior Project Director at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy. Martin’s scholarly interests are in the interplay between technology\, academic institutions\, finance\, and competition in capitalist economies and how these dynamics affect people and places. Martin has written extensively on platform economy\, platform entrepreneurship\, and competition. \nModerator\nAlina Kontareva will be moderating the discussion. She is a senior researcher in the Innovation\, Entrepreneurship & Society research group at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) and co-lead of the INCA research project at HIIG. Alina’s research focuses on online platforms and particularly on national platform alternatives\, their competitive strategies\, and the role of the state in competition and innovation. \n  \nTo participate in the event\, please register here. You will receive the login details on the day of the event. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/workshop-from-big-tech-to-small-tech-values-norm-building-and-open-source/ LOCATION:Online\, HIIG\, Berlin\, Germany ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EVENTS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231009T134000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20231009T152000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20231003T080251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T113613Z UID:2471-1696858800-1696864800@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:# Digital Labor in the Wake of Pandemic Times DESCRIPTION:INCA partners Niccolò Cuppini (SUPSI) and Maurilio Pirone (Bolognia University) will present a paper entitled “Platform Labour in the Cloud Metropolis. Case Studies\, Trajectories and Tendencies” at the INDL conference in the session “Digital labour\, time and space”. \nThe presentation will take place in Session 2B Digital labour\, time and space\, from 13:40 to 15:20. \nINDL\, the International Network on Digital Labor\, is an initiative founded in 2019. INDL’s mission is to organize international conferences and foster global-level collaboration between academia and civil society. INDL conferences welcome stakeholders such as experts\, media\, union leaders\, and policymakers. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/platform-labour-in-the-cloud-metropolis-case-studies-trajectories-and-tendencies/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/EVENTS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230928T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230928T130000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230920T120547Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T121113Z UID:2424-1695906000-1695906000@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Let’s talk competition - It’s soon time for DMA compliance DESCRIPTION:The third Let’s Talk Competition conversation will focus on the impact of the Digital Markets Act for gatekeepers. \n\n\n\nThree renowned experts will share their unique perspectives on this important policy development: \n\n\n\n\nMr. Alberto Bacchiega\, Director for Digital Platforms at the Directorate-General for Competition;\n\n\n\nMs. Vanessa Turner\, Senior Advisor for Competition at the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC);\n\n\n\nMs. Inge Graef\, INCA partner and Associate Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg University.\n\n  \n \n  \n\n\n\nMs. Aoife White\, Technology and Competition Editor at Politico will moderate the debate. \n\n\n\nThe event will take place on 28 September 2023 at 13:00 (CET) and it will be webcasted on this website as well as in DG Competition YouTube channel. \n\n\n\nYou are warmly invited to join the conversation and pose questions to the speakers via Slido. No need to pre-register. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/lets-talk-competition-its-soon-time-for-dma-compliance/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lets_talk_competition_banner_episode3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230718 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230816 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230718T135222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230718T145411Z UID:2329-1689638400-1692143999@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:CALL FOR PAPERS for a workshop on Lobbying and Political Influence DESCRIPTION:On November 7 2023\, DemoTrans and Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) will organise a workshop on Lobbying and Political Influence in Utrecht\, The Netherlands. The purpose of the event is to bring together researchers working on the topics of lobbying\, corruption\, political connections and influence to present and discuss their ongoing research and to stimulate interaction and cooperation between them. We especially welcome submissions dealing with the effects of digitalization and transparency reforms on the aforementioned issues and applications in public procurement markets. Submissions dealing with broader issues in political economics are also welcome. The deadline for full papers is July 31\, 2023. \n\n\n\n\nThe workshop is organized as a part of the DemoTrans project\, a consortium of researchers from KU Leuven\, Utrecht University\, Charles University\, University of Bergen and Tax Justice Network (TJN) investigating the interchange between globalization and democracy in Europe. \n\nDeadline and practical information\n\nSubmission deadline for full papers: July 31st 2023\nPlease submit via email: lobbying.workshop@uu.nl \nAcceptance decisions: August 15th 2023\nParticipation fee: € 120 euros (including social dinner on November 6th)\n\nGo to the call for papers (PDF) URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/call-for-paper-for-a-workshop-on-lobbying-and-political-influence/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/EVENTS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230609T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230609T000000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230421T111000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230530T102437Z UID:2001-1686268800-1686268800@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Workshop: Global Infrastructures: The Production of the Modern World DESCRIPTION:A collaborative workshop organized by the Institute of Contemporary History at Nova University\, Lisbon\, and the University of Bologna\, Italy\, will take place on the 9th of June 2023 at the University of Bologna in the Department of Arts. \nIn the last twenty years\, in correspondence with the growing importance assumed by Global History\, numerous studies have analysed past border-crossings and long-established transnational networks. This seminar intends to contribute to the discipline by promoting a collective investigation of the origins and development of global infrastructures\, emphasizing how their construction interacted with colonial projects\, capitalist ventures\, and cultural superstructures. \nThe workshop will focus on questions such as: \n\nWhat global infrastructures have contributed to the construction of the modern world and the establishment of a single world market?\nWhich public and private actors have participated to the construction and securing of global infrastructures?\nWhat ecologies of labour have been mobilized during the erection of global infrastructures?\nWhat forms of resistance and sabotage have opposed and slowed down the development of planetary infrastructures?\nWhat has been the impact of climate change and the ecological crisis on global infrastructures?\nHow can the concept of infrastructure contribute to expand Marxist theories beyond the traditional distinction of economic structure and cultural superstructure?\nHow can historical approaches help us rethink the relation between global infrastructures and imperialism?\n\nProgram:\n10-10.30 Welcome and Introduction \n10.30-12.00 Imperial Infrastructures (Chair & Introduction: Franco Tomassoni\, Colabor) \n\n\n\n Maria do Mar Gago (IHC – Nova Lisbon) – Botanical Networks as Imperial Infrastructures: Plantations and agro- ecology in Colonial Angola (1940-1961)\n Romario Sampaio Basilio (Nova Lisbon) – Failed Railways in El Dorado: Collaboration\, Competition\, and Scarcity in a Megaproject for the Amazonia-Guianas Remoteness (c.1870-1914)\n Emilio Distretti (University of Basilea) – The Coloniality of Infrastructure: Italian Imperial Highways in Libya and Ethiopia (title tbc)\n\n\n\n12.00-13.30 Lunch Break \n13.30-15.00 Oceanic Infrastructures (Chair & Introduction: Amedeo Policante\, IHC-Nova Lisbon) \n\n\n\n Matteo Aria (La Sapienza) Navigational Infrastructures: Governing the Sea through Meteorological Prediction and Fo\n Erica Borg (King’s College) Media Infrastructures: Coloniality\, Capital Circulation and the Equiano Project\n Lorenzo Pezzani (University of Bologna) Title To Be Confirmed\n\n\n\n15-15.30 Coffee Break \n15.30-17 Digital Platforms as Infrastructures (Chair & Introduction: Mattia Frapporti\, Unibo) \n\n\n\n Alina Kontareva (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society) and Martin Kenney (University of California\, Davis) – Protecting Domestic Platform Infrastructure: How Russia Mitigated Dependence upon US West Coast Platform Giants\n Marco Marrone (University of Salento) – The Infrastructural Power of Digital Platforms\n Davide Blotta\, Abdallah Hassan\, Riccardo Sacco (University of Urbino) The camera is working! Making the migration infrastructure in Bosnia and Sudan.\n\n\n\n17-18.00 Final Roundtable and Collective Discussion led by Sandro Mezzadra (Università di Bologna)\, Maurilio Pirone (Università di Bologna)\, Niccolò Cuppini (SUPSI) and Amedeo Policante (IHC-Nova Lisbon). URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/workshop-global-infrastructures-the-production-of-the-modern-world/ LOCATION:Department of Arts of the University of Bologna\, Via Barberia\, 4\, Bologna\, 40123\, Italy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Workshop.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230505T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230526T000000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230421T114420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T115705Z UID:2012-1683244800-1685059200@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Exhibition: “Data is a relation\, not a property” DESCRIPTION:From 5 to 26 May 2023\, in the spaces of Bologna Attiva at DumBO\, the INCA partner Fondazione per L’innovazione Urbana host the exhibition “Data is a relation\, not a property”\, presented in 2021 by the Austrian Pavilion Platform Austria at the Venice Architecture Biennale. \nData is a relation\, not a property stages a polyphonic\, profound and punctual account of the process of the ‘flattening’ of existence\, with a specific look at so-called ‘platform urbanism’\, i.e. the forms\, dynamics and ways in which digital platforms transform the urban and its forms of life. It is a visual\, textual\, theoretical\, artistic and research exploration that allows us to enter into the complexity\, dynamics\, tensions and trends of our platform-society\, and contributes to creating a public space for reflection and discussion on some of the issues that affect the present of our city and contribute to designing its future. \nThrough a composite programme which\, within the framework of the exhibition\, provides for the organisation of different moments of encounter\, this second life of Platform Austria will give space in particular to the deepening of the slogan “Data is a relationship\, not a property“\, in order to open a public reflection on the construction of new and different data policies\, and on the experimentation of alternatives to the privatisation of data. \nThe programme: \n\nFriday 5 May\, 16.00 – 17.30: workshop What about art and the digital? Tips and insights.\nCarmen Hines (Technische Universität Wien) and Benjamin Gerdes (Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm) will lead this workshop\, which aims to measure how contemporary art is being transformed in the maelstrom of digitalisation. Through the discussion and viewing of the works of some digital artists\, a collective reasoning on this issue will be developed through the confrontation with heterogeneous artistic practices. Secondly\, the workshop intends to reflect on how it is possible to rethink forms of art exhibition and curatorship in the light of the most recent technological transformations symbolised by Artificial Intelligence.\nFriday 5 May\, 6.30 pm: talk and opening of the exhibition “Data is a relation\, not a property”\nPeter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer\, Curators of Platform Austria and Professors at the Technische Universität Wien will open the exhibition with an introductory talk.\nThe talk will be in English with a presentation of the contents in Italian. Followed by an aperitif. Free admission.\nFriday 26 May\, 6 p.m.: Round table and closing Data as common. Possibilities\, experimentations\, risks.\nProgramme to be finalised.\n\nThe exhibition is open from Monday to Friday\, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.\, with free admission. \nAll events are held at the Officina shed in DumBO\, via Casarini 19. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/exhibition-data-is-a-relation-not-a-property/ LOCATION:DumBO\, via Casarini 19\, Bologna\, Italy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Data-is-a-relation-not-a-property.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230428T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230428T173000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230421T102854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T105028Z UID:1962-1682703000-1682703000@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Social justice\, Economic democracy\, Corporate governance and Resposibility DESCRIPTION:Lorenzo Sacconi will be the speaker of the talk “Social justice\, Economic democracy\, Corporate governance and Resposibility” that will take place on the 28th of April 2023 at 5.30pm CET. \nLorenzo Sacconi is Professor of economic policy at the University of Milan. He is also Director of the inter-university center EconomEtica\, member of the Italian Society of Law & Economics and a member of several international scientific associations. Previously\, he was Professor of economic policy at the University of Trento\, where he had the Unicredit Chair in economic ethics and corporate social responsibility. He taught at the University of Pavia\, Bocconi\, Cattaneo-LIUC of Castellanza\, Oriental Piedmont and IUSS (Pavia). He was among the founders and president of the Italian Network of Business Ethics as well as in the executive committee of the European Network. He collaborated with the Department of Public Administration of the Italian Government and was an Italian representative on the Advisory Committee of Council of Europe experts for the drafting of the “Charter for Europe of shared responsibility”. \nThe event is open and free for all interested participants\, who are welcome to join in person or by connecting online. URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/social-justice-economic-democracy-corporate-governance-and-resposibility/ LOCATION:Polo Piagge\, Via Giacomo Matteotti\, 11\, Pisa\, 56124\, Italy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Social-justice-Economic-democracy-Corporate-governance-and-Responsability.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230428T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230428T170000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230426T133821Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230426T134515Z UID:2051-1682690400-1682701200@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:Report Launch: Fairwork UK Ratings 2023 – A Call for Transparency DESCRIPTION:Digital labour platforms are increasingly challenging conventional employment relations and shaping the future of work in the UK. On the one hand\, gig work promotes economic growth and the creation of new jobs lowers labour market entry barriers for some workers\, and provides job flexibility to those who need it. On the other hand\, companies might slip through existing regulatory frameworks and workers experience unfair working conditions on the platforms. \nThis year’s report ‘Fairwork UK Ratings 2023: A Call for Transparency’ evaluates working conditions at 12 of the most popular digital labour platforms in the country\, including Amazon Flex\, Bolt\, Deliveroo\, Getir\, Gorillas\, Just Eat\, Ola\, Pedal Me\, Stuart\, Task Rabbit\, Uber\, and Yoopies. Our findings reveal that there are significant shifts underway in the platform economy in the wake of a tech financing collapse\, a cost-of-living crisis\, and the alleviation of COVID-19 restrictions for a whole year. Whilst the pandemic may have been halcyon days for platform companies\, the reality is starting to bite. We’ll be asking whether workers are left paying the price.\n \nPROGRAMME: \n14.00 – Welcome \n14.15 – Presentation of report findings \n14.45 – Panel discussion \n16.00 – Live audience Q&A \n16.30 – Networking \n*Drinks and light refreshments will be provided. \nPRESENTERS: \nDr. Adam Badger\, Lead Researcher\, Fairwork UK\, Oxford Internet Institute \nDr. Funda Ustek-Spilda\, Senior Researcher and Project Manager\, Fairwork UK\, Oxford Internet Institute \nEXPERT PANELLISTS:\n \nDr Sarrah Kassem – Lecturer\, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences\, University of Tübingen \nEmma Selinger – Ventures Manager\, Resolution Foundation \nMichael ‘Six’ Silberman – Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights\, Faculty of Law\, University of Oxford \nFerdousara Uddin – Regional Organiser\, GMB Union URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/report-launch-fairwork-uk-ratings-2023-a-call-for-transparency/ LOCATION:Newspeak House\, 133 Bethnal Grn Rd\, E2 7DG GB\, London ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Fairwork.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230421T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20230509T000000 DTSTAMP:20240329T105036 CREATED:20230421T105933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230718T151652Z UID:1986-1682035200-1683590400@inca-project.eu SUMMARY:CALL FOR PAPERS for a collaborative workshop: Global Infrastructures: The Production of the Modern World DESCRIPTION:In the last twenty years\, in correspondence with the growing importance assumed by Global History\, numerous studies have analysed past border-crossings and long-established transnational networks. A collaborative workshop organized by the Institute of Contemporary History at Nova University\, Lisbon\, and the University of Bologna\, Italy\, intends to contribute to the discipline by promoting a collective investigation of the origins and development of global infrastructures\, emphasizing how their construction interacted with colonial projects\, capitalist ventures\, and cultural superstructures. \nThe workshop will focus on questions such as: \n\nWhat global infrastructures have contributed to the construction of the modern world and the establishment of a single world market?\nWhich public and private actors have participated to the construction and securing of global infrastructures?\nWhat ecologies of labour have been mobilized during the erection of global infrastructures?\nWhat forms of resistance and sabotage have opposed and slowed down the development of planetary infrastructures?\nWhat has been the impact of climate change and the ecological crisis on global infrastructures?\nHow can the concept of infrastructure contribute to expand Marxist theories beyond the traditional distinction of economic structure and cultural superstructure?\nHow can historical approaches help us rethink the relation between global infrastructures and imperialism?\n\nWe welcome papers dealing with all these aspects from an interdisciplinary perspective. Interested scholars are invited to send a long abstract between 400 and 700 words and a short bio to policante@fcsh.unl.pt and/or to mattia.frapporti2@unibo.it by the 9th of May. \nSuccessful applicants will be communicated by the 12th of May and invited to the final workshop that will take place on the 9th of June 2023 at the University of Bologna in the Department of Arts. \nLearn more about the topic URL:https://inca-project.eu/event/call-for-papers-for-a-collaborative-workshop-global-infrastructures-the-production-of-the-modern-world/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://inca-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Call-for-papers-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR