Call for Participation: Workshop on Radical Approaches to Platform Governance (Dublin, Nov. 1 ) *See full CfP for background context + more detail [* https://digitalpolicy.ie/ucd-centre-for-digital-policy-is-co-organising-a-wo... ] This workshop seeks to bring together researchers interested in critically interrogating various aspects of the contemporary political economy of platforms, with a special emphasis on theoretical and conceptual approaches that provide a potentially radical challenge to understanding, or re-imagining, the current academic discourse and policy status quo. In particular, we are looking to highlight (a) critically oriented perspectives to understanding the platform economy as it is (‘how we got here’); as well as (b) forward looking, radical, utopian visions of alternative platform governance futures might look like. We’re especially interested in bringing together scholars with an interest, or background, in applying some of the following perspectives on digital platforms: - Critical political economy, including but not limited to Marxist approaches - Critical race theory, critical theories of race; Black Studies; the black radical tradition - Indigenous political philosophy and political economy - Post-colonial and de-colonial theories; dependency theory; world-systems thinking - Critical gender and sexuality studies; trans studies; radical and intersectional feminism - Disability studies - Abolitionism, transformative justice, restorative justice - Other radical intellectual traditions *Where & When*: The workshop will be held as an all-day satellite workshop on November 1, before the kick-off of the Association of Internet Researchers conference in Dublin, Ireland. We are very grateful to University College Dublin, which has given us access to a fantastic venue: the Museum of Literature Ireland. We are currently planning + hoping to hold this as an in-person event; we may explore hybrid or online components if there is enough interest. *Workshop Submissions & Participation: *We welcome 500-word abstracts from interested participants in the workshop. Two types of submission are possible: presentations (which will be clustered together in panels with 15-20 minute talks), or papers (which will be given their own session and assigned a discussant for closer feedback and workshopping). Work at all stages of development is welcome for either format, although we ask that paper presenters commit to having a draft paper that they can circulate before the workshop. We are additionally exploring options for potential special-issue outputs for accepted papers. Individuals interested in attending and contributing to the discussions, but not necessarily in presenting their work, may submit a short statement of interest in lieu of an abstract. Please use this opportunity to briefly describe your experience & interest in the workshop topic, and what you would hope to bring to the discussion. Abstract submissions and statements of interest in participation can be submitted here. *The deadline for abstract submissions is July 20* Organizers (alphabetically): Robert Gorwa, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Tomiwa Ilori, University of Pretoria Eugenia Siapera, University College Dublin Paloma Viejo-Otero, Dublin City University The workshop is sponsored by the School of Information and Communication Studies and the Centre for Digital Policy, University College Dublin. It is co-organized by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria.