Who Owns the World? The State of Platform Cooperativism

A. Aneesh Director of the Institute of World Affairs and Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin

Abdul Nasser Superintendent of SESCOOP-RJ

Ali Ercan Özgür Co-founder of Needs Map

Amelia Evans Research Fellow at the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Anand Giridharadas Author and Editor-At-Large for TIME

Antti Virolainen Co-founder and COO at Sharetribe

Astra Taylor Filmmaker, Writer, Activist, and Musician

Austin Robey Co-founder, Ampled

Bastien Sibille Secrétaire général de Coop FR Initiateur de l'opération Milliard

Ben Gansky Research and Engagement Manager, The Institute for the Future's Equitable Futures Lab

Brett Wallace Artist

Camile Just Founder, Just Virtual

Camille Kerr Founder & Principal of Upside Down Consulting

Carlos Juliano Barros Documentary Filmmaker

Cheryl Li Designer at the Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University

Chiara Chiappa President, Centro Studi Doc Foundation

Christopher Mackin Founder and President, Ownership Associates, Inc.

Damiano Avellino Co-founder, Fairbnb

Daniel Blake Saxophonist and Composer

Daniel Sauter Affiliate Faculty, The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Danny Spitzberg Lead Researcher, Turning Basin Labs

Dave Boyle Director of the Community Shares Company

David O’Connell Doctoral Candidate, University of Kassel

David Van Zandt President of The New School

Denny Mews CEO & Founder at Cargon

Derick Ongansie Co-founder and chairperson of the newly established Truckers for Unity SA Cooperative

Dieter Janecek Member of the German Parliament

Doug O’Brien President & CEO, National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International

Ela Kagel Co-founder, Platform Cooperatives Germany eG

Emanuele Dal Carlo President, Fair Bnb Network Società Cooperativa

Emma Back Founder, Equal Care Co-op

Erik Forman Ph.D. student CUNY Graduate Center, Co-founder, The Drivers Cooperative;

Esteban Kelly Executive Director, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives

Fairuz Mullagee Researcher & Coordinator, The Social Law Project

Felix Weth CEO, Platform21

Francesca Martinelli Director, Centro Studi Doc Foundation

Francis Mwongela Mikwa Senior Director of Communication, Office of the Deputy President, Republic of Kenya

Fredrik Söderqvist Senior Economist, Unionen

Fumba Chama Musician and Activist

Gabo Camnitzer Artist and Educator

Gar Alperovitz Co-founder Democracy Collaborative

Greg Brodsky Founder, Start.coop

Greg M. Epstein Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT

Greta Byrum Co-director of the Digital Equity Laboratory at The New School

Hal Plotkin Former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of Education

Hays Witt Co-founder, Driver’s Seat Cooperative

Heather Chaplin Brooklyn-based author and journalist

Howard Brodsky Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CCA Global Partners

Itir Erhart Associate Professor, lstanbul Bilgi University

J. Phillip Thompson Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives, New York City

Jack Linchuan Qiu Professor, Platform Cooperativism Consortium HK, Chinese University of Hong Kong

James de le Vingne Instigator at Unfound, Head of Development Co-operatives UK

Javier Creus Co-founder, Salus Coop

Jen Horonjeff Founder and CEO of Savvy Cooperative

Jesse Brown Co-founder, Hudsy TV

Jessica Gordon-Nembhard Author, Professor, John Jay College, City University of NY

Jill Dimond Founding Worker-Owner, Sassafras Tech Collective

John McDonnell Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (Opposition Finance Minister), Labour Party. Pre-recorded address.

Jonas Pentzien Ph.D. Researcher, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW)

Jonny Gordon-Farleigh Co-founder, Stir to Action

Jordi Picas Vilà Director of Innovation, Suara Cooperative

Joseph Blasi Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Rutgers University

Joseph Cureton Software engineer, Chef, and Founding Member at Staffing Cooperative

Juliet Schor Professor of Sociology at Boston College

Jun Kawasaki Founder, Commons Inc

Jutta Treviranus Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre

Katharina Pistor Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School and Director of the Law School’s Center on Global Legal Transformation

Kirsten Gillibrand United States Senator (pre-recorded presentation)

Koray Caliskan Affiliate Faculty, The Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Kriangsak
Teerakowitkajorn Founder and Managing Director of Just Economy and Labor Institute (JELI)

Leo Sammallahti Co-founder, WeCo

Lindsey Lusher Shute CEO, Farm Generations Agricultural Cooperative

Lisa Pointner Legal Advisor, Smart (Austria)

Lisa Strausfeld Design professional and information architect

Louis Cousin Ph.D. student, Laval University (Canada) and Paris-Saclay University (France)

Luciana Bruno Brazilian journalist

Ludovica Rogers Program Manager, Co-operatives UK

Lukas Reichel CEO, The Mobility Factory SCE

Maggie Hughes Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab

Manuela Bosch Founder & Facilitator

Marcel de Oliveira Coelho Software Analyst and Member of the Innovation Board at Coopersystem

Mariana Vilnitzky Co-founder, Holiday Exchange

Mariela Benavides Espronceda Local Director, Techo

Marina Gorbis Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF)

Mario De Conto Director, ESCOOP

Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography, Oxford Internet Institute

Mark Lipton graduate professor of Management at The New School

Martijn Arets Dutch Expert In the Field of Emergence and Development of The Platform Economy

Martin Van Den Borre C.I.T.I.E.S.

Maru Bautista At-Large Director, Center for Family Life

Mary Watson Executive Dean of the Schools of Public Engagement at The New School

Matthew Brown Leader of the Preston City Council

Matthew Cropp Community Operations Team Coordinator, Social.coop

McKenzie Jones Manager, CoLab Cooperative

McKenzie Wark Professor of Culture and Media, The New School

Melissa Hoover Executive Director of the Democracy at Work Institute

Michele Kahane Affiliate Faculty, the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Micky Metts Worker/Owner, Agaric

Mike Cook CEO of Stocksy United

Miles Hadfield Digital Editor, Co-op News

Minsun Ji Professor, University of Colorado Denver; Drivers Cooperative Colorado

Mundano Founder, Cataki

Nathan Schneider Assistant Professor of Media Studies, The University of Colorado Boulder

Photograph of a man, Ned Zimmerman, from the shoulders up standing against the backdrop of mountain with pine trees..

Ned Zimmerman Senior Inclusive Developer, Inclusive Design Research Centre

Nicole Alix Chairwoman, La Coop des Communs

Niels van Doorn Assistant Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam

Novita Puspasari Lecturer and Researcher, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Nuria Soto Founder, Mensakas

Olivera Marjanovic Professor, University of Technology Sydney

Oriol Alfambra Serrano Founder, Mensakas SCCL

Osamu Nakano Director of International Relations at Japan Workers’ Co-operative Union and Staff Member of Japan Co-operative Alliance

Patrick M. Karanja Advisor Africa Region, Digital Economy and Youth Employment

Ra Criscitiello Deputy Director of Research, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West

Rafael A. F. Zanatta Ph.D. candidate, University of São Paulo

Raz Godelnik Associate professor of strategic design and management, The New School

Rebecca Lurie Founder of the Community and Worker Ownership Project

Ricardo Samir Nuñez Director of Economic Democracy at the SLC

Riccardo Carboni President, Cotabo

Rich Jensen Co-op Executive, Resonate Coop

Rob Stone Founder and CEO, Datavest

Ron Kim NY Lawmaker & Co-Founder of Inclusive.money

Sabine Kock CEO at Smart Austria

Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur Ph.D. student, The Institute of Development Studies, and SEWA Cooperative Federation

Sandeep Vaheesan Sandeep Vaheesan, Open Markets Institute

Sandrino Graceffa CEO, Smart.coop

Seeta Peña Gangadharan Assistant Professor at LSE

Shannon Zhang Law Student at Columbia Law School

Simon Pek Associate professor of business and society, University of Victoria

Sixth Street Youth Program NYC after school program committed to developing social and environmental awareness and activism

Stacco Troncoso Co-founder, DisCO.coop

Stefania de Kenessey Composer

Stephen Gill CEO & CTO, Coop Exchange

Sujatha Jesudason Affiliate Faculty, the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Sylvia Morse Project Coordinator, CFL’s Cooperative Development Program

The New School Hip Hop Collective Hip Hop culture and community with a focus on social activism

Tim Marshall Provost and Chief Academic Officer of The New School

Tina Vu Pham Gig Worker Organizer, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Travis F. Higgins Global Survey Project Lead, Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Trebor Scholz New School professor and Founding Director of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium

Txiki Blasi Riders X Derechos

Una Lee Vermont-based Design Practitioner, Collaborative Design Facilitator, and Community Organizer, Consentful Tech

Vanni Rinaldi President, Weople

Victoria Alexander Director, Dactyl Foundation; Editor, Dactyl Review

Vitor Romero Moulin Teixeira Economist, CEO of CleanClic

William Clark Literary Agent

Wilma B. Liebman Former Chair of the NLRB and Co-chair at the Council of Advisors at the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy

Yeshimabeit Milner Founder & Executive Director, Data for Black Lives

Yvon Jadoul General Secretary, Smart Cooperative

Éder Lemke Board of Directors of the platform co-op Ciclos

Édith Darin Member of CoopCycle