Cecilia Rikap
ceciliarikap.bsky.social
Cecilia Rikap
@ceciliarikap.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof in Econ & Head of Research at @ucl-iipp.bksy.social
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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...
January 31, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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πŸ’» #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
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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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 πŸ‘‰
www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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🎀 Do Global Value Chains really β€œboost 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.

πŸ”— Learn more and register here: buff.ly/TS9HNgN
January 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Yesterday, we held the first session of the β€œAI 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...
Two Post-Marxist Takes on The Political Economy of AI Β· FΓ©lix TrΓ©guer
www.felixtreguer.fr
January 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation

Theme: "TechnoPower β€’ Technoscientific Futures".

Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!

Deadline: 2nd February 2026

www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
About the Conference
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January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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πŸ’» #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
January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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🎀 Becoming less dependent on Big Tech.

IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social spoke with @gerardoosterwijk.bsky.social about addressing EU digital infrastructure and the 'Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty' report on the @feps-europe.eu podcast.

🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/CS5PpHo
January 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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πŸ’» #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/MKgIOkY
December 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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✍️ Why Digital Sovereignty Matters

In the wake of recent cloud blackouts, IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @paologerbaudo.bsky.social highlight the importance of #DigitalSovereignty and dangers of technological subordination.

πŸ”— Read their @tribunemagazine article here: buff.ly/upmJQue
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today Dec 15 at 3.30pm Brazil (6.30 pm UK/7.30pm CET) I will be speaking about #digital #sovereignty at Brazil's Ministry of Management and Innovation organized by ENAP

Join online: youtube.com/live/ABLeek8...

This talk is part of @iipp-ucl.bsky.social 's applied learning program
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For thps that didn't have the chance to participate in this workshop, I couldn't recommend you more to watch the recordings!!

Brilliant and complementary contributions to understand economic planning today, who plans, how and why and how we could instead build #democratic #ecological #planning
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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πŸ’» #BigTech consumes massive amounts of energy & water.

The latest paper by IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @silviaweko.bsky.social explores how Google & Amazon are positioning themselves to control ecological transition paths for their purposes.

✍️ Read their paper here: buff.ly/MKgIOkY
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🧭 A Progressive Roadmap for Expanding European Digital Sovereignty

IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social's recent policy brief with @feps-europe.eu outlines an ecosystemic and progressive roadmap for strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty.

✍️ Read it here: buff.ly/scJ9buh
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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⚑️ How the US tech industry is shaping the transition to green energy.

IIPP Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social 's research into #BigTech’s role in the energy transition was featured in @markpeplow.bsky.social 's article for @nature.com.

✍️ Read the article here: buff.ly/BzH9SHU
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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πŸ†• Power, Knowledge & Technology in a Finite World

IIPP Prof. @ceciliarikap.bsky.social recently contributed to an article exploring how intellectual monopolisation is detrimental not only to the future but also to the present of our societies.

πŸ”— Read it here: buff.ly/5Wvy8OB
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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look forward to being back in Paris on 2nd dec to speak about public data cultures 🌱
jonathangray.org/2025/11/24/p...
at @sciencespo.bsky.social with SΓ©verine Dusollier, Yochai Benkler, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, LΓ©o Pascault, Balazs Bodo and @arisimarta.bsky.social
public data cultures in Paris, 2nd December 2025
Looking forward to visiting Sciences Po, Paris on 2nd December to speak about Public Data Cultures. This is part of a panel on β€œopenness to achieve digital justice: experiments, promises, and flaws” w...
jonathangray.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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#BuyEuropean reicht zur StΓ€rkung des Digitalstandorts Europa nicht aus, argumentiert @ceciliarikap.bsky.social. Sie hat untersucht, wie sehr Google, Microsoft, Amazon und Meta inzwischen mit der #KI-Forschungslandschaft verwoben sind. Direkt, aber vor allem indirekt (Test/Abo) πŸ‘‰ t1p.de/ssacc
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Our third plenary, 'Resurgent Reaction and the Rise of New Authoritarianisms' with Wendy Brown, Cecilia Rikap, Jeffery Webber and Rafeef Ziadah, is now being live streamed! Join, comrades!
Resurgent Reaction and the Rise of New Authoritarianisms
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Saturday night plenary with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social and Wendy Brown on new authoritarianisms - full house. @histmat.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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At my new working group on International Relations and Political Economy @UniversitΓ€t Bielefeld, I have a full postdoc position for 3 years (plus x) to offer. Do apply and ask if you have any questions: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/459... in German here: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/459...
Research Position in the working group β€œInternat...
<div style="text-align: justify;">We are looking for an engaged and socially aware social scientist with a PhD or very close to comple...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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The last 2 weeks saw major cloud outages from #AmazonWebServices and #MicrosoftAzure affecting thousands of websites. As @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and I argue in @tribunemagazine.bsky.social this event is a wakeup call about the security risks of tech dependency. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/why-...
Why Digital Sovereignty Matters
Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud blackouts paralysed public services across the globe this autumn β€” a warning of what happens when essential infrastructure is left in the hands of privateΒ USΒ monopolies.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
What can we learn from @awscloud.bsky.social and @microsoft.com recent cloud blackouts?

The extent of dependency is so deep & widespread that we must develop #digital #sovereignty

This is what @paologerbaudo.bsky.social & I explain for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/why-...
Why Digital Sovereignty Matters
Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud blackouts paralysed public services across the globe this autumn β€” a warning of what happens when essential infrastructure is left in the hands of privateΒ USΒ monopolies.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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🎀 Historical Materialism 2025 Conference

IIPP Head of Research Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social will be contributing to the 22nd annual Historical Materialism, running from 6-9 November 2025 at @soasuni.bsky.social , London.

πŸ”— Learn more here: buff.ly/W8Kl1RJ

@histmat.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Sequel of "The Billion Dollar Code"? 🍿
USC sues Google in Texas federal court, alleging that Google Earth, Maps, and Google Street View violate its patents for overlaying 2D images onto 3D models (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

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October 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM