This session offers a glimpse into the diverse work of the 2025 Research Fellows at the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy (ICDE) at The New School. Moderated by Trebor Scholz, the session features short presentations by Adolfo Jose Acosta Aguayo and Jeongone (Joh) Seo, followed by brief introductions from the remaining fellows, who will highlight their focus areas and current research. Together, these presentations reveal the range of inquiry shaping the cooperative digital economy—from platform governance and AI ethics to ecological sustainability and solidarity-based innovation.
Speakers
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Trebor Scholz New School professor, Author, and Founding Director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium
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Stefano Tortorici Ph.D. student, Scuola Normale Superiore
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Mark Esposito Ph.D., École des Ponts in Paris, expert in AI governance, public policy, and business economics
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Kenzo Soares Seto ICDE research fellow at The New School, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Law School
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Jeongone (Joh) Seo Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, and Ph.D. student, Rutgers University
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Akkanut Wantanasombut Ph.D. student, Chulalongkorn University
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Stefan Ivanovski Ph.D. student, Cornell University
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Tara Merk Ph.D. candidate, CNRS/Panthéon-Assas University Paris II
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Dorleta Urrutia-Onate Ph.D. student, University of Deusto
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Lila Gaudêncio Ph.D. candidate, University of Cambridge
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Anne-Pauline De Cler Ph.D. Candidate, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
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Vangelis Papadimitropoulos Postdoctoral researcher; Panteion University of Athens
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Ganesh Gopal Ph.D. student, Gandhigram Rural Institute
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Morshed Mannan Lecturer in Global Law and Digital Technologies at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh