Registration for the book launch seminar: Platforms and the Planet
Time: May 21, 2026, 15.00-16.00 EEST (Helsinki time)
Venue: Zoom webinar
"Platforms and the Planet: Big Tech, Digital Platforms and Environmental Responsibility" is an edited volume published by Emerald, edited by Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Mervi Pantti and Olga Dovbysh. The book is part of the series
Digital Materialities and Sustainable Futures.
The book develops a critical understanding of the environmental responsibility and accountability of digital platforms (the so-called Big Tech), and their role in the sustainability transition as a discursive, material, and ethical question. With its 11 chapters, the book brings together a multidisciplinary group of authors across the globe.
WEBINAR PROGRAM:
Opening and welcome
Series Editors Adi Kuntsman, Erinma Ochu and Liu Xin.
Introduction: Where platforms and the planet collide
book editors Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Mervi Pantti & Olga Dovbysh, University of Helsinki
Chapter teaser: Platform opacity in the global e-waste dilemma
Lauren E. Bridges & Vusumuzi Maphosa, University of Virginia / National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
Chapter teaser: Understanding moral lapses in design: Cultural biases, beliefs, and narratives as factors of accidental evil
Thomas Olsson, Tampere University
Commentary: Sara Marcucci, the Founder and Director of the AI + Planetary Justice Alliance
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