“Reimagining platforms” workshop, Edinburgh

In the past decade, the story of successful platforms has been told repeatedly by platform owners, academics, and journalists alike. Social media platforms, such as Twitter, dominate and shape our news cycles. Facebook has grown to a position where it has two billion users and is one of the world’s most important advertising platforms. Airbnb has transformed travel markets globally, and Uber, Deliveroo, Skip the Dishes and other on-demand labour platforms now pose serious challenges to labour law and labour regulations across numerous countries. Today, corporate platform owners are looking for the next sectors to conquer, At the Reimagining Platforms workshop, held in Edinburgh on 31 October 2022, Alessandro Gandini (PI of the CRAFTWORK project) joins leading figures oin the study of digital platform practices to share initial insights coming from the CRAFTWORK project, concerning neo-craft work and the future of work.