The European Commission's Tech Sovereignty proposal tries—& fails—to kill 3 birds with the same stone: competitiveness, sustainability & sovereignty. While it may partially succeed in the former, it will do so at the cost of the 2 latter. Latest op-ed at @techpolicypress.bsky.social Link below

🌍 RDV demain à 17h30 pour la 4e table ronde de notre colloque sur la nouvelle géopolitique 👉 La France, l'Europe et la diplomatie des causes communes avec : Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Guillaume Long, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social et @arnaudlegall.bsky.social ▶️ En direct : youtube.com/watch?v=m9VM...

UCL is asking us (scholars, students and admin) to save them money in storage because #Microsoft is increasing its cloud prices. Won't say "I told you so UCL", but... I told you so!! I should probably give a copy of my forthcoming book "The Rulers" to UCL's Provost.

40% off on selected @versobooks.bsky.social on tech and #AI until June 30!! Including pre-orders of my forthcoming "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" (Paperback and ebook) Link below 👇

🌤️ Talking About the Weather IIPP Associate Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social expands on how #BigTech is setting the terms for how we understand and respond to the climate crisis through its ownership of cloud services in her new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/LqCINxw

🇪🇺 Can Europe build digital sovereignty? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social spoke with @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'The Briefing Room' about the feasibility of building #DigitalSovereignty in Europe and the UK. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ouGdmnj

🌤️ Talking About the Weather IIPP Associate Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social expands on how #BigTech is setting the terms for how we understand and respond to the climate crisis through its ownership of cloud services in her new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/LqCINxw

GenAI replaces your creativity, your (critical) thinking. #GenAI augments the gap between tasks' conception & execution. US (& Chinese) #BigTech not only concentrates capital, they also steer tech change. They decided this is the tech that we get. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Pre-sale: 👇👇

🇪🇺 Can Europe build digital sovereignty? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social spoke with @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'The Briefing Room' about the feasibility of building #DigitalSovereignty in Europe and the UK. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ouGdmnj

Pre-sale of "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Take home a physical copy of my forthcoming book! Where? Book stall at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Annual Forum Beveridge Hall, Senate House, WC1E 7HU, London When? June 16 from 2.30pm & June 17

💭 What is the Achilles' heel of Big Tech? Communities are increasingly pushing back against Big Tech's data centres. IIPP Prof. @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @silviaweko.bsky.social examine social movements' opposition from Spain to Chile in their new @elpais.com article 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/chw9dJ2

In a recent article published in El País, Cecilia Rikap reflects on the human impact of AI expansion, the disputes surrounding data centres and the role of communities confronting the power of Big Tech. // @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

Deadline extended until May 24! Do not miss this amazing opportunity to present your work and hear our exceptional keynote speakers, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @izaskunzuazu.bsky.social, address the impacts of technologies on resource depletion, inequality and financial bubbles.

"The promises of a green future are being co-opted by the same forces driving planetary destabilization." NEW: @ceciliarikap.bsky.social on how Big Tech's cloud services give them unprecedented power to shape how we understand climate change, and how we respond www.break-down.org/talking-abou...

In the fourth episode of After Order, the Alameda Institute’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Cecilia Rikap and Paolo Gerbaudo about digital sovereignty following the rise of Big Tech. // @paologerbaudo.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

Las grandes tecnológicas extraen conocimiento y recursos a la manera de las viejas potencias coloniales. Ni generan empleo con sus centros de datos ni mejores condiciones de vida para las mayorías. Lo explica @ceciliarikap.bsky.social en su ‘Teoría de la dependencia digital’.

Governments must extricate themselves from the web of Big Tech enclosures. @meadwaj.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @paologerbaudo.bsky.social on breaking Silicon Valley’s grip - and building a digital stack for people, not profit. Watch now 📺️ Link in bio 🔗 @alameda.institute

So happy to share that my new book, "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" is ready for preorder!!! As we see an increase in the use of AI in every sector, from warfare to software programming, this book aims to explain why and how the Cloud matters above all.

🎤 "Democracy is not about everyone using the same app." IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social was recently interviewed by Jorge Fontevecchia for Perfil, highlighting the changing relationship between states and large technology companies. ✍️ Read more here [ESP]: buff.ly/CyWlBKe

Este lunes 20/4 a las 19hs y gratis, presento "Teoría de la Dependencia Digital. Soberanía y Desarrollo en el Capitalismo del Siglo XXI" en La Central del @museoreinasofia.es en Madrid Más info: www.lacentral.com/agenda/madri...

"Las grandes tecnológicas han aprendido a controlar el pensamiento y, gracias a su acceso a datos, dominan la construcción de narrativas". @ceciliarikap.bsky.social es economista e investigadora. Una entrevista de Carlos Bajo para CTXT. ctxt.es/es/20260401/...

#GPM2026 Digital democracy & AI: Platforms, Power and Desinformation discussion @francescabria.bsky.social, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, @fesonline.bsky.social, @felixbolanosg.bsky.social AVANZA Ideas Lab, CIPED, @iagomoreno.bsky.social, Camila Vallejo, Nina Santos

🎤 "Democracy is not about everyone using the same app." IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social was recently interviewed by Jorge Fontevecchia for Perfil, highlighting the changing relationship between states and large technology companies. ✍️ Read more here [ESP]: buff.ly/CyWlBKe

So happy to share that my new book, "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" is ready for preorder!!! As we see an increase in the use of AI in every sector, from warfare to software programming, this book aims to explain why and how the Cloud matters above all.

Cecilia Rikap, economista e investigadora argentina, habla sobre lo que ella denomina «extractivismo gemelo» en la industria actual de la IA generativa, junto a Alejandro Bercovich en La Ley de la Selva, por C5N @ceciliarikap.bsky.social 👏 Entrevista completa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AanL...

📉 How many national economies are at risk from an AI bubble? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social outlines the potential risk facing world governments if an #AI bubble bursts in her recent conversation with Louis Sykes on 'The Tech Report'. 📺 Watch the full conversation: buff.ly/2WcHx4R

Tres textos claves que ayer recomendé a mis estudiantes, que a mi juicio son aportes relevantes en la discusion pública. De las autoras @anacweeks.bsky.social @luciadammert.bsky.social Pamela Figueroa y @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

🤖 The reality of AI investment and job creation in the UK IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social recently spoke with Matthew Wright on @lbc.co.uk on 'hugely inflated' jobs figures for AI data centres presented by the UK government. 🎧 Listen to their conversation here: buff.ly/CaiTcRR

youtu.be/dv4cFDciBgE @ceciliarikap.bsky.social Great little catch up on what are the cloud, AI and access and ownership of out data

📉 How many national economies are at risk from an AI bubble? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social outlines the potential risk facing world governments if an #AI bubble bursts in her recent conversation with Louis Sykes on 'The Tech Report'. 📺 Watch the full conversation: buff.ly/2WcHx4R

@ceciliarikap.bsky.social  diu que els centres de dades "són bases militars en territori estranger". Devoren 💧aigua, 🙃 no generen ocupació real, ni 🙅🏽‍♀️ transferència de coneixement. El resultat❓ més dependència, més extracció, més crisi ambiental! ↘️ Llegeix la notícia https://ja.cat/xerradarikap

The president who fired hundreds of thousands of federal workers is nonetheless spending far more every day than his predecessors. www.pbump.net/o/trump-like...

🤖 The reality of AI investment and job creation in the UK IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social recently spoke with Matthew Wright on @lbc.co.uk on 'hugely inflated' jobs figures for AI data centres presented by the UK government. 🎧 Listen to their conversation here: buff.ly/CaiTcRR

Young Economists Conference 2026: call for papers is now online, keynotes confirmed! 📆 #yec2026 in Vienna on September 17 and 18, 2026 📣 Keynotes by @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @izaskunzuazu.bsky.social ✉️ Submit your work until May 10: wien.arbeiterkammer.at/yec2026

Who really controls the digital world? 🤔 Cecilia Rikap @ceciliarikap.bsky.social unveils Digital Dependency Theory — the new map of 21st-century capitalism. 📅 Mar 20 | ICTA-UAB & Online | 12:00 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

💸 UK’s multibillion AI push may rest on “phantom investments”, warns IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social in a new @theguardian.com investigation. #BigTech can inflate data centre jobs and economic impact to please governments eager to show growth. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/gfyQHBO

💸 UK’s multibillion AI push may rest on “phantom investments”, warns IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social in a new @theguardian.com investigation. #BigTech can inflate data centre jobs and economic impact to please governments eager to show growth. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/gfyQHBO

Em uma entrevista pro @intercept.com.br no ano passado, a pesquisadora @ceciliarikap.bsky.social disse que data centers são bases militares dos EUA. Agora desenhado:

Join us on March 16 at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social !! What a pleasure to host @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com talking about #Muskism

Join us on March 16 at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social !! What a pleasure to host @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com talking about #Muskism

❌ Does #AI development unlock wealth? IIPP Associate Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social recently spoke on 'BBC Radio 4 Today', pushing back on the narrative that #AI development will automatically boost growth and productivity. 🎧 Listen here (starts from minute 54): buff.ly/TpJBuk9

India's #AI #summit is a platform for #Big #Tech to expand their economic and political control. This morning I debunked the argument that we should accept their AI because of its economic benefits at the #BBCRadio4 I spoke between mins 53 and 59: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🚨 Upcoming TIP EVENT! 🚨 with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social! Join us on Wed 25 FEB 3-4pm GMT (on Zoom!) to discuss Cecilia's book "Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" in conversation 💬 with our very own @danweiss.bsky.social More info & sign-ups here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

Earlier this week we published a long conversation with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social from the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). This video offers some really interesting extracts from our conversation. Full interview is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sqy...

💻 #BigTech consumes massive amounts of energy & water. IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @silviaweko.bsky.social explore how Google & Amazon are positioning themselves to control ecological transition paths for their purposes. ✍️ Read their paper here: buff.ly/DFDXWdb

Our January newsletter is out! ❄ technologypolicy.substack.com/p/the-tip-ne... We're particularly excited to invite you to our upcoming event with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social on 25 Feb 3pm GMT, where she will present her findings on the Cloud ☁️ in the age of AI 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

🎤 Do Global Value Chains really “boost incomes, create better jobs, and reduce poverty”? Benjamin Selwyn joins IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social to launch his new book and discuss challenging mainstream views. 🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/TS9HNgN

Yesterday, we held the first session of the “AI critique” seminar, welcoming two scholars whose work has profoundly shaped critical debates on the political economy of AI: @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @nsrnicek.bsky.social. Here is a short overview of the session: www.felixtreguer.fr/en/2026/01/1...

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

💻 #BigTech consumes massive amounts of energy & water. IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @silviaweko.bsky.social explore how Google & Amazon are positioning themselves to control ecological transition paths for their purposes. ✍️ Read their paper here: buff.ly/ahurAQz