The seminar runs via Zoom on Tuesdays 12pm-1pm UK time during Oxford term time. Participation is open to researchers and students from any university or research institution. Please send your name and affiliation to philipp.riederle@oii.ox.ac.uk if you would like to join.
- Week 1: Tue 15 Oct 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Emma Tosch, Northeastern University, Boston, U.S.
“Privacy Policies in the Fediverse: What’s the point?” - Week 2: Tue 22 Oct 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Matti Ylönen, University of Helsinki, Finland
“Reconceptualizing the Brussels Effect: Bringing power back in” - Week 3: Tue 29 Oct 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Divya Siddarth, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
“Democratizing AI for Whom? Participatory Practices in AI Foundation Model Companies” - Week 4: Tue 05 Nov 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.
“Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life” (tbc) - Week 5: Tue 12 Nov 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Alina Utrata, University of Cambridge / University of Oxford
“Custodians of the Cloud: Amazon Web Services and Digital Property” - Week 6: Tue 19 Nov 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Jai Vipra, Cornell University, U.S.
“Computation, Sovereignty and the Public Interest” - Week 7: Tue 26 Nov 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford / Department of Computer Science, Aalto University
“Introducing the Digital Economic Security Lab (DIESL)” - Week 9: Tue 10 Dec 2024, 12pm-1pm UK time
Emily Jones, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
“Digital Disruption: AI and International Trade Policy”
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.