R. Trebor Scholz
@trebors2025.bsky.social
Prof at The New School | Founder, Platform Cooperativism Consortium + Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy | Author, OWN THIS! (2023) + UBER-WORKED & UNDERPAID (2016) | Faculty Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center | Advocate for Digital Labor Rights |
Tired of the AI hype, backlash, and “AI for Good” events? Join us in Istanbul for Cooperative AI—4 days linking tech to real movements. 30+ countries, scholars, data labelers, union organizers, co-op leaders. Join the network reimagining AI beyond Big Tech. platform.coop/events/coope...
October 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Tired of the AI hype, backlash, and “AI for Good” events? Join us in Istanbul for Cooperative AI—4 days linking tech to real movements. 30+ countries, scholars, data labelers, union organizers, co-op leaders. Join the network reimagining AI beyond Big Tech. platform.coop/events/coope...
The syllabus of my online course 'AI Without Bosses'
ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/pub...
Enrollment is now open to everyone (15 weeks, free with registration, starts on Aug 28th)
cpe.newschool.edu/search/publi...
Image credit: Clarote & AI4Media / Better Images of AI
ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/pub...
Enrollment is now open to everyone (15 weeks, free with registration, starts on Aug 28th)
cpe.newschool.edu/search/publi...
Image credit: Clarote & AI4Media / Better Images of AI
August 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The syllabus of my online course 'AI Without Bosses'
ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/pub...
Enrollment is now open to everyone (15 weeks, free with registration, starts on Aug 28th)
cpe.newschool.edu/search/publi...
Image credit: Clarote & AI4Media / Better Images of AI
ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/pub...
Enrollment is now open to everyone (15 weeks, free with registration, starts on Aug 28th)
cpe.newschool.edu/search/publi...
Image credit: Clarote & AI4Media / Better Images of AI
Join us Sept 11 for "Beyond Democracy Theater" w/ Dan McQuillan, Emily Tseng, Joan Kinyua, Anna Iovine, Dorleta Urrutia-Oñate, Linda Huber & Trebor Scholz—on worker power + AI alternatives.
Register newschool.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #coops #ai #platformcoops
Details:
platform.coop/blog/beyondd...
Register newschool.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #coops #ai #platformcoops
Details:
platform.coop/blog/beyondd...
August 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Join us Sept 11 for "Beyond Democracy Theater" w/ Dan McQuillan, Emily Tseng, Joan Kinyua, Anna Iovine, Dorleta Urrutia-Oñate, Linda Huber & Trebor Scholz—on worker power + AI alternatives.
Register newschool.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #coops #ai #platformcoops
Details:
platform.coop/blog/beyondd...
Register newschool.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #coops #ai #platformcoops
Details:
platform.coop/blog/beyondd...
July 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Next Tuesday at Columbia U
July 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Next Tuesday at Columbia U
A few years of work in this report. Worth the read! platform.coop/blog/new-pcc...
June 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A few years of work in this report. Worth the read! platform.coop/blog/new-pcc...
I’m excited to share the publication of my book Own This! —now not only in Italian, but also in Mandarin, and published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House.
June 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m excited to share the publication of my book Own This! —now not only in Italian, but also in Mandarin, and published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House.
Excited to speak at Rutgers’ Childhood Studies Center this morning
February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Excited to speak at Rutgers’ Childhood Studies Center this morning
Great to see an ICDE fellow Cecilia Muñoz Cancela
present on Chasqui, a cooperative e-commerce platform and federation of 30+ cooperative online marketplaces in Argentina! Built by Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Chasqui allows for group purchasing and distribution management. proyectochasqui.com
present on Chasqui, a cooperative e-commerce platform and federation of 30+ cooperative online marketplaces in Argentina! Built by Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Chasqui allows for group purchasing and distribution management. proyectochasqui.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Great to see an ICDE fellow Cecilia Muñoz Cancela
present on Chasqui, a cooperative e-commerce platform and federation of 30+ cooperative online marketplaces in Argentina! Built by Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Chasqui allows for group purchasing and distribution management. proyectochasqui.com
present on Chasqui, a cooperative e-commerce platform and federation of 30+ cooperative online marketplaces in Argentina! Built by Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Chasqui allows for group purchasing and distribution management. proyectochasqui.com
So lovely to reconnect with @en.mondragon.coop friends four years after my residency there.
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
So lovely to reconnect with @en.mondragon.coop friends four years after my residency there.
We're guiding our designers by identifying visual aberrations in existing AI imagery—moving beyond clichés to reveal the social relations behind the machine and the real utopian possibilities for alternatives. betterimagesofai.org/images
January 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We're guiding our designers by identifying visual aberrations in existing AI imagery—moving beyond clichés to reveal the social relations behind the machine and the real utopian possibilities for alternatives. betterimagesofai.org/images
The video does not show the young women, but this photo from the event does.
January 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The video does not show the young women, but this photo from the event does.
Cecilia Munoz Cancela on “Global South” collaborations platform.coop/blog/buildin...
December 27, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Cecilia Munoz Cancela on “Global South” collaborations platform.coop/blog/buildin...
Pleased to receive the Italian edition of Own This!—the copies just arrived. Grazie mille, Feltrinelli
November 29, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Pleased to receive the Italian edition of Own This!—the copies just arrived. Grazie mille, Feltrinelli
Yesterday, I had the honor of presenting at the Global Cooperative Conference in Delhi. My heartfelt thanks to the organizers for their generous invitation. #BharatMandapam
November 28, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Yesterday, I had the honor of presenting at the Global Cooperative Conference in Delhi. My heartfelt thanks to the organizers for their generous invitation. #BharatMandapam
Meeting today with Professor Ngamau, Chancellor of the Cooperative University of Kenya on their beautiful campus. Collaborations abound.
November 18, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Meeting today with Professor Ngamau, Chancellor of the Cooperative University of Kenya on their beautiful campus. Collaborations abound.
Following conferences in New York, Berlin, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Thiruvananthapuram, and this year in Mombasa, Kenya, it’s incredibly exciting to announce that the PCC conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, next year.
November 12, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Following conferences in New York, Berlin, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Thiruvananthapuram, and this year in Mombasa, Kenya, it’s incredibly exciting to announce that the PCC conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, next year.
📚 Book Talk Alert for NYC!
Join an in-person event on Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, & Callum Cant.
🗓 Wed, Nov 20 📍 The New School, Wolff Room, 6 E 16th St, NYC
Join an in-person event on Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, & Callum Cant.
🗓 Wed, Nov 20 📍 The New School, Wolff Room, 6 E 16th St, NYC
November 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
📚 Book Talk Alert for NYC!
Join an in-person event on Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, & Callum Cant.
🗓 Wed, Nov 20 📍 The New School, Wolff Room, 6 E 16th St, NYC
Join an in-person event on Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, & Callum Cant.
🗓 Wed, Nov 20 📍 The New School, Wolff Room, 6 E 16th St, NYC