Book Presentation: Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control
Event date
3 March 2023
Event time
14:00 - 15:00
Oxford week
HT 7
Audience
Members of the University
Venue
Law Faculty - Seminar Room F
Speaker(s)
Vili Lehdonvirta, Oxford Internet Institute
Notes & Changes
This week we will be joined by Vili Lehdonvirta, Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute.
Professor Lehdonvirta will be presenting his book 'Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control', where he explores the rise of the platform economy into statelike dominance over our lives and proposes a new way forward.
The seminar will be held on Tuesday, 28 February. Please note that, exceptionally, it is scheduled from 17:00-18:00 (UK time). As usual, this event will be hybrid. For those of you who want to join online, please sign up to receive an invitation to the webinar.