Author: admin
All topics
-
Policy & Internet Conference 2022: Datafication. Platformisation. Metaverse. The state of global internet policy
– in ConferencesExamining how the current developments within digital media spaces has a regulatory impact.
-
Social media is nothing like drugs, despite all the horror stories
– in WellbeingIn reality, social media can have both positive and negative outcomes.
-
Can universal basic income counter the ill-effects of the gig economy?
– in EconomicsBasic income is an interesting solution for the gig economy, because it addresses its problems…
-
“If you’re on Twitter then you’re asking for it”—responses to sexual harassment online and offline
– in WellbeingExploring what sorts of reactions people might have to examples of assault and how they…
-
Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global good
Are there ways in which the data economy could directly finance global causes such as…
-
The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy
Applying elementary institutional economics to examine what blockchain technologies really do in terms of economic…
-
Facts and figures or prayers and hugs: how people with different health conditions support each other online
Online support groups are one of the major ways in which the Internet has fundamentally…
-
The limits of uberisation: How far can platforms go?
Homejoy was slated to become the Uber of domestic cleaning services. It was a platform…
-
Should we love Uber and Airbnb or protest against them?
– in EconomicsSome theorists suggest that such platforms are making our world more efficient by natural selection.…
-
Uber and Airbnb make the rules now — but to whose benefit?
Outlining a more nuanced theory of institutional change that suggests that platforms’ effects on society…
-
Why are citizens migrating to Uber and Airbnb, and what should governments do about it?
What if we dug into existing social science theory to see what it has to…
-
How can big data be used to advance dementia research?
As dementia is believed to be influenced by a wide range of social, environmental and…