Trebor Scholz

Community-Engaged Scholar @TheNewschool Faculty Affiliate @BKCHarvard @MUnibertsitatea @BerggruenInst @Platformcoop @PCC_Global

[David Pac-Salas @pac_salas]

Nuevo artículo sobre #cooperativismo
@Revista_Papers @GI_S_I_C
@FES_Sociologia @MMSSFES @project_gig @TreborS @angel_munarriz @lfaci @periodicoaragon @heraldo @Iedis_unizar @UccUnizar @JaimeMingui @MensakasApp @coopnews @coopcycle

https://t.co/phK5pkou4E

[Michel Bauwens @mbauwens]

Data Commons update:

Case Study: GAD EG, Germany

* Report: COOPERATIVE DATA CENTERS: LESSONS FROM GAD EG. By Tara Merk. Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy / Platform Cooperativism Consortium, 2026.

https://t.co/vicRNxAwEO

BlockchainGov:

"Dr. Tara Merk’s new report, published by the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy / Platform Cooperativism Consortium, examines the German cooperative GAD eG as a case study in democratic digital infrastructure. Its central insight is that power in AI is not located in data or code alone, but also in the material and institutional conditions that sustain them: buildings, servers, energy contracts, and ownership structures. The case shows that cooperative data centres can succeed when members share risk, gain efficiencies, and benefit from legal and financial advantages rooted in a trust-based culture. Yet the model remains vulnerable to rising costs, market consolidation, and demutualization pressures."

[BlockchainGov @BlockchainGov]

Tara Merk just released a new (very timely) report on cooperative AI infrastructure📄 ⌛️

The report shows that power in AI does not sit only in data or code. It also sits in the buildings, servers, energy contracts, and ownership structures that determine who gets to build AI in the first place.

Big congratulations Tara on this highly relevant report.

📍 Read it here: https://t.co/JXhemRaTHl

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

New ICDE Report:

Brazil’s Platform Cooperativism Paradox: State Recognition Without State Policy

https://t.co/1UCz9KjLKM

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

Today, in the Bangkok Post https://t.co/Wj4OwG5dUK

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

I've taught this course to entrepreneurs, engineers, religious leaders, robotics professors, and students down the hall at @TheNewSchool. AI Without Bosses. No Silicon Valley consensus. Less of a Western frame. @sama and @elonmusk would hate it.
https://t.co/UiIYRhMxyO

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

Billionaires sell you the future. Cooperatives let you own it. ECO RADICALS isn't an academic seminar; its a plan for action. Socialist roots, ecological vision, real business. The reading list they'd ban if they could. Pre-register now. https://t.co/A1WF8Bv1NB

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

@elonmusk owns this platform. He doesn't own you. While he's building his next fiefdom, we're handing workers the deed.
https://t.co/edpzSkEyz5
Sign up for this course before it gets buried.

#elonmusk #cooperativeAI #solidarity #ai @_erikforman @TheDriversCoop

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

Phakin introduces himself in this essay by situating his doctoral research at Cambridge alongside his engagement with Crypto Leftist communities. https://t.co/MD5X5KKXlC

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

@parsonsdesign

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

This year’s PCC conference focuses on Solidarity AI—from platform co-ops to the broader ecosystem across the digital stack. In Bangkok, we aim to amplify voices from the majority world. Apply and help spread the word. https://t.co/KtWPzp6Oho

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

This year’s PCC conference focuses on Solidarity AI—from platform co-ops to the broader ecosystem across the digital stack. In Bangkok, we aim to amplify voices from the majority world. Apply and help spread the word. https://t.co/KtWPzp6Oho

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

@GiuseppeGuerin1 @Uni_Salesiana @Confcooperativ1 @gabrielesepio @CSOGroupEESC @CoopsEurope @TERZJUS_IT You will be great.

[BlockchainGov @BlockchainGov]

What would it take to align DAO labour with the solidarity economy?

This weeks article was released only last week, And is called“A workers’ inquiry in Decentralised Autonomous Organisations,”

It is the first in-depth empirical account of work environments in DAOs. They show how token governance can replicate shareholder capitalism - incentivizing self-exploitation under the banner of decentralization.

They propose “interfaces”, institutional bridges to social protections and public infrastructure as a near-term governance intervention.

It is a great great read.

By @MannanMorshed, @mpg_dd, @nckhde, Laura Lotti, @otherinternet__

🔗https://t.co/CiG0tgPf8u

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

We are pleased to announce the 2026–2027 ICDE Fellows, a cohort advancing research on cooperative digital infrastructure across governance, finance, labor, food systems, and AI, representing 10 countries across 4 continents. https://t.co/FsiHuFYNqe

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

Socialist Co-ops? https://t.co/hk0N9GXy5V

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

Building a Solidarity Ecosystem for AI https://t.co/ZOZAl0VUzy

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

Spain offers real evidence that platform logistics can be cooperative: Givit, a worker-owned platform co-op for delivery, now has 900+ members and €12m+ in revenue.
https://t.co/ZOFUKV5QXx

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

Follow up to the event
https://t.co/WJZxUAov4j

https://t.co/foHXJQt2i5

Gallery https://t.co/uzOqYD8w0J

[Casilli @AntonioCasilli]

It’s been an incredible week in Istanbul. I presented our documentary “In the Belly of AI” at the @PCC_Global conference, discussed recent DiPLab research at the @tufram_marmara seminar, enjoyed time with old & new friends, indulged in my unabashed passion for anything Byzantine.

[Trebor Scholz @TreborS]

More follow-up:

Reflection
https://t.co/WJZxUAov4j

Interviews narrated
https://t.co/foHXJQt2i5
Gallery https://t.co/uzOqYD8w0J

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

Last week in Istanbul🇹🇷 at the coop AI conference, President Giuseppe Guerini spoke about how #coops can shape ethical AI and held a conversation with Trebor Scholz on digital mutuality.

He stressed that AI is not neutral & that staying outside this shift risks marginalisation.

[Cooperatives Europe @CoopsEurope]

Last week in Istanbul🇹🇷 at the coop AI conference, President Giuseppe Guerini spoke about how #coops can shape ethical AI and held a conversation with Trebor Scholz on digital mutuality.

He stressed that AI is not neutral & that staying outside this shift risks marginalisation.