Blog What does it mean to be an academic leader? 9 Jun 20226 Nov 2022 By Mark Carrigan I’ve been thinking about this question a lot over the last few days. I returned to Cambridge at the weekend to attend farewell events for Susan Robertson…
Blog Human agency beyond platform structuralism and platform voluntarism 7 Jun 20187 Jun 2018 By Mark Carrigan In the last year, I find myself obsessing ever more fequently about agency and platforms. Given I spent six years writing a PhD about human agency, it…
Blog… Social media habits and routines 28 May 201830 May 2018 By Tyler Shores Over the past few weeks Mark Carrigan and I have been running a series of sessions on social media for academics at the Faculty of Education. One of…
Blog The epistemic privilege of platforms 4 May 20184 May 2018 By Mark Carrigan What is the relationship between platforms and their users? I’ve been thinking about this all morning while reading The Know‑It‑Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse…
Blog #CIES2018: “Welcome everybody to the Wild Wild West” – On education in the age of platform capitalism 27 Mar 201812 Apr 2018 By Julia Erdelmann Very early on the second full day of the CIES conference 2018, Susan L. Robertson (University of Cambridge), Janja Komljenovic (Lancaster University), and Eva Hartman (University of Cambridge)…
Event Our one month Platform Capitalism intensive reading group 17 Mar 201811 Apr 2018 In recent discussions of capitalist transformation, the notion of the ‘platform’ has come to play a prominent role in conceptualising our present circumstances and imagining our potential futures. There are…
Blog… An Introduction to Blockchain in Education 13 Feb 201813 Feb 2018 A fascinating introduction to blockchain technology and its implications for education. It was delivered by Anthony F. Camilleri & Alex Grech for an internal seminar at the European Commission in February…
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