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International Workshop & Summer School on The Political Economy of Green-Digital Transition

In an era defined by pressing environmental concerns and the pervasive influence of digital technologies, we foreground critical approaches to interrogate the complex interplay between these forces within contemporary capitalism.
We scrutinize the political economy of ‘green-digital transition’ in times of societal crisis, questioning how digital technologies can exacerbate inequalities, disrupt established power structures, and raise difficult ethical and ecological dilemmas. We want to examine the intricate dynamics of this intersection by exploring how political decisions, corporate actors, and market forces shape the trajectory of sustainability goals in a digital age. We will address the relations between the Global North and Global South and explore specific analyses of digitalisation in the context of the twin transition in the United States, Europe, China, and South America.
The International Workshop & Summer School on the Political Economy of Green-Digital Transition is an interdisciplinary event that seeks to unravel the complex relationship between environmental sustainability, digital innovations, and economic restructuring. We are gathering 16 international scholars and researchers from around the world, together with students to explore the transition toward a sustainable and digitally enabled future.

The workshop and summer school offer 1-2 credits upon completion. Visit our website to learn more about the speakers, programme, and open call.

Date & time:
Workshop: 4-6 June 2024
Summer School: 10-14 June 2024

Event dates

Tue, 04.06.2024

Location

LUT university, Lappeenranta campus

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Programme:

Workshop

Green-digital transition through commons-based decentralized planning
Pedro Nardelli, Professor, LUT University, Finland
Rodrigo Santaella, Postdoc researcher, LUT University, Finland

Financialized Digitalization, Digitalized Financialization: the inseparability between technological domination and financial hegemony in contemporary capitalism
Edemilson Paraná, Associate Professor, LUT University, Finland

Ecological planning and the problem of knowledge in the Anthropocene
Cedric Durand, Associate Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland

The dual footprint of artificial intelligence: human and environmental costs in the Global South
Paola Tubaro, Research Professor, CREST, CNRS-ENSAE, France

Big Tech, the US and Chinese states in the making of artificial intelligence
Cecilia Rikap, Associate Professor, IIPP, University College London, UK

Simulation and Green-Digital Infrastructure Capital
James Steinhoff, Assistant Professor, University College Dublin

Summer school

Platform Dependence: Towards a Marxist Political Economy Approach
Rafael Grohmann, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada

Workers’ Right to the Subject: the Social Relations of Data Production
Phoebe Moore, Professor, University of Essex, UK

A Sociology of Interdisciplinarity: Dynamics of Energy Research
Antti Silvast, Associate Professor, LUT University, Finland

Green and Just Transitions through Dirty and Unjust Digital Markets? The Paradoxes and Promises of Knowledge Infrastructures
Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn, Senior Lecturer, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Engaging Citizens in Energy Flexibility: Lessons from Energy Retailers’ Response to the 2021-2023 Energy Crises
Salvatore Ruggiero, Associate Professor, LUT University, Finland

The Political Economy of Platform Content Moderation
João C. Magalhães, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Big-tech, Micro-media and Climate Industries
Beliz Boni, Head of Communications, Alameda Institute

The Digital Transition of the State and the Risk of New Inequalities
Paolo Gerbaudo, Reader, Kings College London

Global and Regional Political Economic Systems and Climatic-ecological Crises
Markus Kröger, Professor, University of Helsinki, Finland