Platforms, Advertising and Power (Online)

Platforms, Advertising and Power (Online)

A one-day hybrid academic/knowledge exchange meeting exploring issues of platform power, material politics, and advertising.

By School of Social and Political Science

Date and time

Saturday, June 21 · 1:30 - 9am PDT

Location

Online

Agenda

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration and Coffee

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Welcome and Platform Power Keynote

Anne Helmond

Fernando van der Vlist

Donald MacKenzie


Welcome from Donald. Keynote by Anne Helmond and Fernando van der Vlist, Investigating Platform Power in the Digital Ecosystem

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Platform Power Research Talks

Lauren Hayden and Nic Carah

Elif Buse Doyuran

Joe Noteboom

Karen Gregory

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Practitioner Keynote

Donald MacKenzie

Brian O'Kelley


Fighting Power: Towards a Sustainable Digital Advertising Ecosystem

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Presentations from AdTech Research Project Team

Donald MacKenzie

Addie McGowan

Koray Caliskan

Charlotte Rommerskirchen

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Tea and Cake

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Keynote

Liz McFall


Twin Peaks at the [Beginning of the] End of Creativity in Advertising

About this event

  • Event lasts 7 hours 30 minutes

Due to industrial action, note this event has been rescheduled to Saturday, 21 June 2025.

Please join us for this one-day hybrid academic/knowledge exchange meeting exploring issues of platform power, material politics, and advertising as a 'lens' for opening up platforms for empirical research. Speakers from the University of Edinburgh, Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, The New School, and Scope3 invite a lively discussion from academics and practitioners alike.

The meeting is jointly organised by Data Civics (EFI, led by Liz McFall), The Platform Social (PhD/ECR research network) and ESRC funded research project on digital advertising (PI: Donald MacKenzie).

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FreeJun 21 · 1:30 AM PDT