One of the first tasks carried out in the PLUS project, (lead by Dimmons — UOC Team) has been to investigate and articulate the different types of business models related to the platforms in terms of legal structures, ownership, governance, data and technological policies, growth model and social and economic…

The preliminary results of the Data Policies & Strategies, with a Focus on Short Term Rental Platforms study, conducted by the Dimmons research group from the UOC’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) and activist Murray Cox, as part of a framework partnership agreement with Barcelona City Council, shows that in many…

“ The specificity of PLUS is to go beyond a traditional reading of the work to propose an “urban” approach to the question of platforms, which aims to analyze the different forms of value production (and its possible redistribution) at urban scale and not limited values ​​directly related to the…

The platform economy is an emerging and strategic domain of activities in terms of application of digital technologies, business investment and creation of new jobs. First, digital platforms are changing the structure of the economy and the nature of labour, especially by the erosion of formal rules governing the place…

Platform economy plays a fundamental role in the transformation of labor markets and the hyper-flexibilization and precarization of labor today. We, The Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, are convinced that by looking at how work is changing in the city, we get a glimpse of what the future of urban space may…

Platform Economy refers to the interactions among distributed groups of people supported by digital platforms that enable them to exchange (matching supply and demand), share and collaborate in the consumption and production of activities leveraging capital and goods assets, and labour. Currently, Platform Economy is growing rapidly and exponentially, creating…

PLUS project represents for SUPSI an important driver to work, through a research-action perspective, on topics of utmost relevance for the institution and for the researchers engaged. Dealing on platform economy framed in urban context allows to inquire into the urban setting itself, shedding light on how the platform economy…

We, The University of Bologna — Alma Mater Studiorum, are deeply convinced of the relevance of the PLUS project since we have taken the initiative to launch it and we have framed the proposal. …

Have you ever wondered yourself …? How is our society changing? How are our cities changing? New businesses or services available? New means of transport? How do all changes affect the economy? And to labor rights? Are the current laws prepared to face these situations? … then, you should know…