Organisers/Hosts: Vili Lehdonvirta, Philipp Riederle
Sessions: Tuesdays, 12pm–1pm (UK time), during Oxford term time, via Zoom
Participation: Open to researchers and students from any university or research institution. Please apply here if you would like to join the seminar sessions.
Fall/Michaelmas Term 2025
Session topics and presenters are published early October.
- Week 1: Tue 14 Oct 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 8–9am Eastern
- Week 2: Tue 21 Oct 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 8–9am Eastern
- Week 3: Tue 28 Oct 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 9–10am Eastern*
- Week 4: Tue 4 Nov 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 9–10am Eastern*
- Week 5: Tue 11 Nov 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 8–9am Eastern
- Week 6: Tue 18 Nov 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 8–9am Eastern
- Week 7: Tue 25 Nov 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 8–9am Eastern
- Week 8: Tue 2 Dec 2025, 1–2pm UK / 3–4pm Finland / 8–9am Eastern
*Eastern time is temporarily 9–10am on 28 Oct and 4 Nov, due to daylight saving time ending on different dates in the UK and US.
About the Oxford-Aalto Digital Economic Security Seminar
Today’s economies are critically dependent on transnational digital platforms and infrastructures. Platforms are shaped by economic forces but increasingly also by governments’ security interests, while large technology companies have themselves emerged as powerful actors in global politics. The Oxford-Aalto Digital Economic Security Seminar brings together emerging research on the political economy and governance of transnational digital platforms and infrastructures, broadly understood. The virtual seminar is hosted by Professor Vili Lehdonvirta and doctoral researcher Philipp Riederle at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and the Department of Computer Science, Aalto University. The seminar has been running continuously since 2016 and was originally titled the Oxford Platform Economy Seminar.