Who Owns the World? The State of Platform Cooperativism

Matthew Cropp Community Operations Team Coordinator, Social.coop

Sylvia Morse Project Coordinator, CFL’s Cooperative Development Program

Amelia Evans Research Fellow at the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Martijn Arets Dutch Expert In the Field of Emergence and Development of The Platform Economy

McKenzie Jones Manager, CoLab Cooperative

Hays Witt Co-founder, Driver’s Seat Cooperative

Francesca Martinelli Director, Centro Studi Doc Foundation

Greg Brodsky Founder, Start.coop

Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur Ph.D. student, The Institute of Development Studies, and SEWA Cooperative Federation

Anand Giridharadas Author and Editor-At-Large for TIME

Sujatha Jesudason Affiliate Faculty, the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Photograph of a man, Ned Zimmerman, from the shoulders up standing against the backdrop of mountain with pine trees..

Ned Zimmerman Senior Inclusive Developer, Inclusive Design Research Centre

Michele Kahane Affiliate Faculty, the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Nicole Alix Chairwoman, La Coop des Communs

Raz Godelnik Associate professor of strategic design and management, The New School

Yeshimabeit Milner Founder & Executive Director, Data for Black Lives

Jill Dimond Founding Worker-Owner, Sassafras Tech Collective

Hal Plotkin Former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of Education

Rebecca Lurie Founder of the Community and Worker Ownership Project

A. Aneesh Director of the Institute of World Affairs and Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin

Manuela Bosch Founder & Facilitator

Juliet Schor Professor of Sociology at Boston College

Trebor Scholz New School professor and Founding Director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium

Nathan Schneider Assistant Professor of Media Studies, The University of Colorado Boulder

Maru Bautista At-Large Director, Center for Family Life

Rich Jensen Co-op Executive, Resonate Coop

Jun Kawasaki Founder, Commons Inc

Daniel Sauter Affiliate Faculty, The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Jonas Pentzien Ph.D. Researcher, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW)

Cheryl Li Designer at the Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University

Mario De Conto Director, ESCOOP

Emma Back Founder, Equal Care Co-op

Lukas Reichel CEO, The Mobility Factory SCE

Ali Ercan Özgür Co-founder of Needs Map

Camile Just Founder, Just Virtual

Patrick M. Karanja Advisor Africa Region, Digital Economy and Youth Employment

Francis Mwongela Mikwa Senior Director of Communication, Office of the Deputy President, Republic of Kenya

Wilma B. Liebman Former Chair of the NLRB and Co-chair at the Council of Advisors at the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Sandeep Vaheesan Sandeep Vaheesan, Open Markets Institute

Jonny Gordon-Farleigh Co-founder, Stir to Action

Martin Van Den Borre C.I.T.I.E.S.

Kriangsak
Teerakowitkajorn Founder and Managing Director of Just Economy and Labor Institute (JELI)

Itir Erhart Associate Professor, lstanbul Bilgi University

Abdul Nasser Superintendent of SESCOOP-RJ

David O’Connell Doctoral Candidate, University of Kassel

Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute

Yvon Jadoul General Secretary, Smart Cooperative

Gabo Camnitzer Artist and Educator

Ben Gansky Research and Engagement Manager, The Institute for the Future's Equitable Futures Lab

Greta Byrum Co-director of the Digital Equity Laboratory at The New School

Emanuele Dal Carlo President, Fair Bnb Network Società Cooperativa

Bastien Sibille Secrétaire général de Coop FR Initiateur de l'opération Milliard

Jutta Treviranus Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre

Mundano Founder, Cataki

Niels van Doorn Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam

Louis Cousin Ph.D. student, Laval University (Canada) and Paris-Saclay University (France)

Joseph Blasi Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Rutgers University

Vanni Rinaldi President, Weople

Travis F. Higgins Global Survey Project Lead, Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

McKenzie Wark Professor of Culture and Media, The New School

Ludovica Rogers Program Manager, Co-operatives UK

Dave Boyle Director of the Community Shares Company

Seeta Peña Gangadharan Assistant Professor at LSE

Koray Caliskan Affiliate Faculty, The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Greg M. Epstein Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT

Camille Kerr Founder & Principal of Upside Down Consulting

Édith Darin Member of CoopCycle

Doug O’Brien President & CEO, National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International

Lisa Strausfeld Design professional and information architect

Howard Brodsky Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CCA Global Partners

Erik Forman Ph.D. student CUNY Graduate Center, Co-founder, The Drivers Cooperative;

The New School Hip Hop Collective Hip Hop culture and community with a focus on social activism

Victoria Alexander Director, Dactyl Foundation; Editor, Dactyl Review

Novita Puspasari Lecturer and Researcher, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Stephen Gill CEO & CTO, Coop Exchange

Rob Stone Founder and CEO, Datavest

Brett Wallace Artist

Osamu Nakano Director of International Relations at Japan Workers’ Co-operative Union and Staff Member of Japan Co-operative Alliance

Derick Ongansie Co-founder and chairperson of the newly established Truckers for Unity SA Cooperative

Ela Kagel Co-founder, Platform Cooperatives Germany eG

Mike Cook CEO of Stocksy United

Tim Marshall Provost and Chief Academic Officer of The New School

Rafael A. F. Zanatta Ph.D. candidate, University of São Paulo

Jack Linchuan Qiu Professor, Platform Cooperativism Consortium HK, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mariana Vilnitzky Co-founder, Holiday Exchange

Riccardo Carboni President, Cotabo

Felix Weth CEO, Platform21

Carlos Juliano Barros Documentary Filmmaker

Nuria Soto Founder, Mensakas

Leo Sammallahti Co-founder, WeCo

Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senator (pre-recorded presentation)

Lisa Pointner Legal Advisor, Smart (Austria)

Gar Alperovitz Co-founder Democracy Collaborative

Jesse Brown Co-founder, Hudsy TV

Danny Spitzberg Lead Researcher, Turning Basin Labs

Melissa Hoover Executive Director of the Democracy at Work Institute

Mariela Benavides Espronceda Local Director, Techo

Txiki Blasi Riders X Derechos

Miles Hadfield Digital Editor, Co-op News

Tina Vu Pham Gig Worker Organizer, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard Author, Professor, John Jay College, City University of NY

Una Lee Vermont-based Design Practitioner, Collaborative Design Facilitator, and Community Organizer, Consentful Tech

Austin Robey Co-founder, Ampled

Katharina Pistor Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School and Director of the Law School’s Center on Global Legal Transformation

Stefania de Kenessey Composer

Lindsey Lusher Shute CEO, Farm Generations Agricultural Cooperative

John McDonnell Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (Opposition Finance Minister), Labour Party. Pre-recorded address.

Fairuz Mullagee Researcher & Coordinator, The Social Law Project

Micky Metts Worker/Owner, Agaric

J. Phillip Thompson Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives, New York City

William Clark Literary Agent

Denny Mews CEO & Founder at Cargon

Éder Lemke Board of Directors of the platform co-op Ciclos

Daniel Blake Saxophonist and Composer

Oriol Alfambra Serrano Founder, Mensakas SCCL

Mary Watson Executive Dean of the Schools of Public Engagement at The New School

Sixth Street Youth Program NYC after school program committed to developing social and environmental awareness and activism

Damiano Avellino Co-founder, Fairbnb

Olivera Marjanovic Professor, University of Technology Sydney

Maggie Hughes Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab

Christopher Mackin Founder and President, Ownership Associates, Inc.

Heather Chaplin Brooklyn-based author and journalist

Ron Kim NY Lawmaker & Co-Founder of Inclusive.money

Marcel de Oliveira Coelho Software Analyst and Member of the Innovation Board at Coopersystem

Shannon Zhang Law Student at Columbia Law School

Luciana Bruno Brazilian journalist

Jen Horonjeff Founder and CEO of Savvy Cooperative

Matthew Brown Leader of the Preston City Council

Simon Pek Associate professor of business and society, University of Victoria

Astra Taylor Filmmaker, Writer, Activist, and Musician

Stacco Troncoso Co-founder, DisCO.coop

Javier Creus Co-founder, Salus Coop

Fumba Chama Musician and Activist

Chiara Chiappa President, Centro Studi Doc Foundation

Jordi Picas Vilà Director of Innovation, Suara Cooperative

Ra Criscitiello Deputy Director of Research, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West

David Van Zandt President of The New School

Dieter Janecek Member of the German Parliament

Fredrik Söderqvist Senior Economist, Unionen

Mark Lipton graduate professor of Management at The New School

Sabine Kock CEO at Smart Austria

Marina Gorbis Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF)

Antti Virolainen Co-founder and COO at Sharetribe

James de le Vingne Instigator at Unfound, Head of Development Co-operatives UK

Sandrino Graceffa CEO, Smart.coop

Joseph Cureton Software engineer, Chef, and Founding Member at Staffing Cooperative

Esteban Kelly Executive Director, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

Ricardo Samir Nuñez Director of Economic Democracy at the SLC

Minsun Ji Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Drivers Cooperative Colorado

Vitor Romero Moulin Teixeira Economist, CEO of CleanClic