Morshed Mannan

Hello, my name is Morshed Mannan. I am a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. My research interests are in platform cooperative governance, particularly issues regarding democratic participation and legal issues concerning the governance of platform cooperatives. In this respect, I am part of several projects investigating related questions. One concerns the challenges and potential of the growth of platform cooperatives in the Global South. Another focuses on challenges regarding participation within platform cooperatives, where I am interviewing several platform cooperatives around the world on these issues. Additionally, I am involved in several initiatives regarding the reform of cooperative law, particularly to encourage platform cooperative growth in different parts of the world. Lastly, as my postdoctoral fellowship is part of the ERC project on blockchain governance, I am particularly interested in how cooperatives are using blockchain technology to manage their governance processes. I really look forward to sharing my research with all of you, collaborating with researchers who are interested in similar questions, and most of all, with cooperators involved in this space. I really respect and admire your work and look forward to being in touch with those who share these interests in the coming days. Thank you.