Message posted on 11/11/2021
Reminder: Call for Applications (Deadline: Monday, 15 November) / DigiGov Virtual Winter School "Taming the iMonster: Regulating digital platforms"
Dear colleagues, =20 There are four days left to apply for the interdisciplinary and international winter school, organized by the Research Platform = Governance of Digital Practices (University of Vienna): =20 Taming the iMonster: Regulating digital platforms =20 Digital platforms, understood as the technical and social infrastructure = for the collection, storage, curation, analysis, distribution or commercialisation of digital data, are frequently compared to a = Leviathan : A =93monster=94 that people submit their natural freedoms to in order to = receive something back that they consider essential. In the case of the platform-Leviathan, it is not physical security and the protection of = their property that people receive in return, but the possibility to = communicate across time and space, to connect different groups to buy and sell goods = in a faster and more convenient manner, or to look for rides, jobs, houses, partners. Especially during and after Covid-19, submitting to the = iMonster has been a necessary condition for many people to be able to do the = things they need to do to hold a job or two and run their families. How do we = best regulate digital platforms? This is the question that this = interdisciplinary Winter School will focus on. =20 When:=20 14=9625 February 2022 | Mon-Fr, 3=966pm Central European Time =20 Where: online (Zoom) =20 Confirmed speakers include: Dr Jonathan Gray = (King=92s College London & Public Data Lab) Dr Alex Hanna (Google) Prof Matthias C. Kettemann (University of Innsbruck) Dr Susanne Lackner = (KommAustria) Dr = J=FCrgen Pfeffer (Technical University Munich) =20 Dr Jean-Christophe Plantin (LSE) Prof Sandra Wachter (University of Oxford) Dr Theresa Z=FCger (Alexander = von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society),=20 and a representative (t.b.c.) from AlgorithmWatch =20 =20 Participants: mainly early-stage researchers (PhD students and post-docs), but open to colleagues from all disciplines with an interest in the topic =20 Participation is free, but places are limited. The Winter School will be held remotely. =20 If you would like to participate, please send a short outline of your motivation to participate, and a brief summary of the project(s) you are working on (1 page max.), to natalia.kancelova@univie.ac.at by 15 November 2021 at the = latest. =20 The members and affiliates of the Research Platform Governance of Digital Practices look forward to = hearing from you! =20 For more info visit: https://digigov.univie.ac.at/teaching/digigov-virtual-winter-school-tamin= g-t he-imonster-regulating-digital-platforms/=20 =20 =20view formatted text
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