COVID19
2020 is the year of (forced) digital sociability
By Daniel Blanche and Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol It seems that recently we have learned a lot about new tools for social meetings such as Zoom, arguably the platform that has garnered the most popularity. Nowadays, they[…]
Citizens in the ‘Smart City’: Participation, Co-production and Governance
By Paolo Cardullo, researcher at TURBA Lab research group of the IN3. My first monograph, “Citizens in the ‘Smart City’ Participation, Co-production, Governance”, has been just published by Routledge, Studies in Urbanism and the City. The[…]
Coronavirus and lockdown: What does a meat processing plant have in common with a rest home?
By Andrea García-Santesmases & Joan Moyà In an interview for the morning programme on Spain’s national radio station on 20 March, Carlos Baute stated that “this virus brought the word equality: in the face[…]
Ricard Espelt: “Consumerism after COVID-19 will be more aware and responsible”
Ricard Espelt, an expert in platform cooperativism, is a researcher with the DIMMONS (Digital Commons) research group at the UOC’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute. In light of the health crisis linked to COVID-19, he believes that[…]
7 Privacy related questions about contact tracing apps
By Julián Salas & Cristina Pérez. Now that in many countries the lockdown measures and restrictions on the mobility implemented to control the COVID-19 pandemic are being relaxed gradually, contact tracing is taking place as[…]