Platform Co-op

We are pleased to announce the 2026–2027 ICDE Fellows, a cohort advancing research on cooperative digital infrastructure across governance, finance, labor, food systems, and AI, representing 10 countries across 4 continents. platform.coop/blog/icdefello…

Tired of the AI hype, backlash, and “AI for Good” events? Join us in Istanbul for Cooperative AI—4 days linking tech to real movements. 30+ countries, scholars, data labelers, union organizers, co-op leaders. platform.coop/events/coopera…

Platform co-op launched to encourage collective saving #coops @platformcoop 👇 thenews.coop/new-platform-c…

Syllabus of "AI Without Bosses" is now live: ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/publi… The 15 week online course is free with a $45 registration fee. Enroll now; closes soon: cpe.newschool.edu/search/publicC… Image credit: Clarote & AI4Media / Better Images of AI

Join us Sept 11 for "Beyond Democracy Theater" w/ Dan McQuillan, Emily Tseng, Joan Kinyua, Anna Iovine, Dorleta Urrutia-Oñate, Linda Huber, & Trebor Scholz—on worker power + AI alternatives. REGISTER: NewSchool.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #ai #coop #platformcoop

Last call to register for AI Without Bosses—a 15-week online course starting Aug 28, Thursdays at 10am ET. $45 reg fee, tuition-free. Explore AI + cooperatives with a Global South focus. Limited spots! Sign up now: cpe.newschool.edu/search/publicC… #platformcoop #coop #AI

The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at @thenewschool accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Fellowship Program platform.coop/blog/open-call…

1 day to go until #DigitalAfricaRising. Download the program shorturl.at/tsfU7 Read the introduction shorturl.at/tsfU7https://p… #Mombasa @CoopVarsityKE @icacoop @ICAAPAC @TheNewSchool

Help Us Build Ghana’s First Worker-Owned Delivery Platform platform.coop/blog/couriers-…

🌐Calling all Platform Cooperatives around the globe! 🤝 I'm conducting an international survey on the evolution, identities, and challenges of platform coops. Your insights matter! 🌍💬 Please share and RT, 🔗Survey link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1V-gXn… @platformcoop #PlatformCoops 🌐✨

The article discusses the intersection of platform cooperatives with trade unionism, advocating for collective bargaining of algorithmic management. equaltimes.org/lessons-from-l…

[#Ess - #PlatformCoop] @AlterEco_ @tduverger : Résister à l'#ubérisation avec les #plateformes coopératives ➡️ alternatives-economiques.fr/timothee-duver… cc @CoopFR @les_scop @Mobicoop @cooplodp @platformcoop @SocEntEU @ESS_France ⤵️

Publication alert 🚨 My paper on Platform Cooperativism, workplace democracy, and freedom as non-domination is out in @EJPTheory is out 🥳 It defends worker-owned cooperative platforms as an alternative to exploitative practices in the gig economy. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

In Kenya's growing platform economy, platform workers face a range of challenges, including low pay, unfair working conditions, and a lack of access to basic protections. #FairworkKenya conducts independent research on the platform economy. fair.work/en/fw/publicat… @qhala

Just 9 days left until the application deadline! Please consider applying, or if it's not the right fit for you, kindly pass this information along to others who might be interested. platform.coop/blog/open-call… @comunebologna @FondazioneIU @Fairbnb_coop @comunebologna @matteolepore

We are inviting submissions for #COOPDialogue 6 on Positioning #Cooperatives in the #Gig and #Platform Economy. Anyone from the AP🌏 region interested in the theme can submit articles, research papers, opinions, case studies, & video stories. More info➡️ icaap.coop/sites/ica-ap.c…

14 days until the application deadline

Deadline 21 Jan: Call for applicants for research fellowships at Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy, based at @TheNewSchool NYC - looking at #coops principles in the #digitaleconomy @platformcoop 👇 thenews.coop/174971/topic/e…

Artisans Cooperative: How makers made their own sales platform in the wake of the #Etsy Strike #coops @platformcoop thenews.coop/174822/topic/b…