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ArticlesTechnology Studies Analyzing the future of humanity and technology
Antonio Calleja, researcher and coordinator of the Technopolitics research unit of the IN3’s Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) group, has recently published a fascinating article on transhumanism, technological humanism and posthumanism. The piece,[…]
COVID19GenderPlatform EconomyWorkshop The platform economy reinforces gender inequality
With the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen an acceleration of the digitization and “platformization” of the economy. From the beginning, the platform economy has been celebrated as a more open, inclusive and democratic model than[…]
ArticlesICTInternetSocial Networks Manuel Castells: “I’ll redo a lot of things, I haven’t finished yet”
Translated into over 20 languages, The Information Age is an international standard for understanding how society has changed as a result of the digital revolution and the globalization of the economy. This trilogy of books[…]
ICTInternetResearch 20th Anniversary of the IN3: 20 years shaping the future internet
By David Megías, director of the IN3 and researcher of IN3’s KISON research group. The “network society”, the “knowledge society”, the “information age” and the “digitization of society” are among the terms that have[…]
EducationEnvironmentSustainability Training educators with a rounder sense of purpose
We are currently faced with a broad spectrum of social and environmental problems, ranging from climate change and the loss of biodiversity to the enormous inequalities that exist between countries and within our societies. Education[…]