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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Jeongone (Joh) Seo Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, and Ph.D. student, Rutgers University
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Stefano Tortorici Ph.D. student, Scuola Normale Superiore
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Vangelis Papadimitropoulos Postdoctoral researcher; Panteion University of Athens
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Tara Merk Ph.D. candidate, CNRS/Panthéon-Assas University Paris II
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Lila Gaudêncio Ph.D. candidate, University of Cambridge
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Mark Esposito Professor of Technology Policy at Northeastern University
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Stefan Ivanovski Ph.D. student, Cornell University
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Ganesh Gopal Ph.D. student, Gandhigram Rural Institute
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Kenzo Soares Seto ICDE research fellow at The New School, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Law School
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Dorleta Urrutia-Onate Ph.D. student, University of Deusto
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Anne-Pauline De Cler Ph.D. Candidate, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
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Morshed Mannan Lecturer in Global Law and Digital Technologies at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh
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Akkanut Wantanasombut Head of the ISSIE Research Group at Chulalongkorn University
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Trebor Scholz New School professor, Author, and Founding Director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium