Ontario Research Chair in Science Policy
Obsessed with assets & assetization + into science & technology studies, political economy, economic sociology: https://keanbirch.net/
Kean Birch
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Is #artificialintelligence profitable yet? Go check it out! isaiprofitable.com
#Assetization of football players, sounds super interesting
This is a pretty awesome graph - uselessness of #GenAI
This sounds great for people doing work on #assetization
A new opening in our department. If this is something you would consider and have questions, please get in touch!
www.cbs.dk/om-cbs/job-o...
The Unbearable Disappointment of #MarkCarney
📣New article!
📄Our latest Forum on Tech Oligarchy article examines the mechanisms through which tech oligarchy takes shape in the field of urban mobility in China.
"Tech oligarchy and urban mobility in China: the case of DiDi," by @taoyue.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
🚨 New piece “Governing by dismantling: tech oligarchy and the stifling of public data infrastructure“
Together with Bokar N’Diaye, @ktmac.bsky.social, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, and @dmuravyov.bsky.social, we trace how tech oligarchs access, merge, and dismantle public data infrastructures.
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Incredibly happy and relieved that our special issue Asset Struggles co-edited with @theobourgeron.bsky.social is now accepted for publication at NPE!
More on the issue soon. For now: a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been involved in this over the past few years – you are the best!
www.thebeaverton.com/2026/06/carn...
Science as Culture
📢 Forum on Tech Oligarchy welcomes a new piece!
📜 "Tech-oligarchic visions of automated science: lessons from Franz Neumann’s Behemoth," by Frank Söderberg.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0950...
Taking DiDi Chuxing as its case, this Forum Article examines the mechanisms through which tech oligarchy takes shape in the field of urban mobility in China. Through a digital analysis of DiDi’s pl...
Assetization transforms workers into income-generating assets, reshaping employment, shifting financial risks onto labour, and blurring the boundary between people and the value extracted from them.
https://ow.ly/wYkO50YVY9k
