BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk// X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:How could blockchain disrupt the democratic landscape? - William M agnuson\, Associate Professor\, Texas A&\;M Law School and author of Bl ockchain Democracy\, Vili Lehdonvirta\, Oxford Internet Institute\, Jenn ifer Cobbe\, University of Cambridge DTSTART:20210325T170000Z DTEND:20210325T183000Z UID:TALK158260@talks.cam.ac.uk CONTACT:Jeremy Hughes DESCRIPTION:Blockchain — or distributed-ledger — technology stands at the intersection of three great themes of modern society: democracy\, mone y and technology.]\n\nSign-up: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/29688 \n \nIn essence it’s a way of democratising money — using cryptography to improve economic processes and give users greater control over their info rmation\, data and lives. In that sense it’s an ultimate example of tech ‘solutionism’\, the belief that for every social problem there is a t echnological solution.\n\nIn his book\, and in conversation with sociologi st Vili Lehdonvirta and legal scholar Jennifer Cobbe\, Professor Magnuson discusses progress so far on the road to this dream.\n\nSpeakers\nWilliam Magnuson is an associate professor at Texas A&M Law School\, where he teac hes and writes about corporations\, technology and finance. Prior to joini ng Texas A&M\, he taught law at Harvard\, worked as an associate at Sulliv an & Cromwell and served as a journalist in the Rome bureau of the Washing ton Post.\n\nVili Lehdonvirta is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digit al Social Research at the Oxford Internet Institute. He is an economic soc iologist whose research focuses on apps\, plat-forms\, and marketplaces — how they are governed\, how they shape the organisation of economic ac tivities\, and with what implications for workers\, consumers\, businesses \, and policy. He is the principal investigator of iLabour\, a major resea rch project on online freelancing and the gig economy and has also led res earch projects on online labour markets’ effects in rural areas and crow dworkers’ skill development. His other recent research takes a critical look at Bitcoin and blockchain.\n\nDr Jennifer Cobbe is a Research Associa te and Affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Techn ology (Computer Laboratory) at the University of Cambridge\, where she is a member of the Compliant and Accountable Systems research group. She hold s a PhD in Law and an LLM in Law and Governance from Queen’s University\ , Belfast. Her general interests are in critical interdisciplinary work on law\, technology and society – the socio-political power of tech compan ies\, the role of their business models and ideological underpinnings in t ransforming society\, and the structural conditions produced through new a nd emerging technologies. LOCATION: Webinar (via Zoom online) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR