Invitation to a book launch webinar on May 21 at 3pm EEST (2pm CEST): *Platforms and the Planet: Big Tech, Digital Platforms and Environmental Responsibility* "Platforms and the Planet: Big Tech, Digital Platforms and Environmental Responsibility <https://bookstore.emerald.com/platforms-and-the-planet-hb-9781836621737.html>" is an edited volume recently published by Emerald, edited by Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Mervi Pantti and Olga Dovbysh. The book is part of the new Emerald series Digital Materialities and Sustainable Futures <https://bookstore.emerald.com/digital-materialities-and-sustainable-futures>. More timely than ever, the book develops a critical understanding of the environmental responsibility and accountability of digital platforms (the so-called Big Tech), and their role in the sustainability transition as a discursive, material, and ethical question. With its 11 chapters, the book brings together a multidisciplinary group of authors across the globe. Please register on May 20 the latest using this form. The Zoom link will be shared with registered participants on May 21st. ==> https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/140335/lomake.html *WEBINAR PROGRAM: * *Opening and welcome */Series Editors Adi Kuntsman, Erinma Ochu and Liu Xin./ Introduction:*Where platforms and the planet collide* /Book Editors Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Mervi Pantti & Olga Dovbysh, University of Helsinki/ Chapter teaser: *Platform opacity in the global e-waste dilemma /Lauren E. Bridges & Vusumuzi Maphosa, University of Virginia / National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabw/e* Chapter teaser: *Understanding moral lapses in design: Cultural biases, beliefs, and narratives as factors of accidental evil* /Thomas Olsson, Tampere University/ Commentary:Sara Marcucci <https://aiplanetaryjustice.com/sara-marcucci>, the Founder and Director of the AI + Planetary Justice Alliance The book is already available as an eBook and as a print version on May 11th. See: https://bookstore.emerald.com/platforms-and-the-planet-hb-9781836621737.html -- Salla-Maaria Laaksonen // @sallamaaria@eurosky.social Docent, PhD, Senior Researcher Centre for Consumer Society Research (Kuluttajatutkimuskeskus) Faculty of Social Sciences P.O. Box 16, 00014 University of Helsinki tel. +358 50 415 6576 salla.laaksonen@helsinki.fi http://blogs.helsinki.fi/smlaakso