Cecilia Rikap

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

🤩🤩🤩 Gracias!!!!

Today - 19/02/2026 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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

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💻 #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

🎤 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

💻 #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

✍️ 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.

🔗 Read their @tribunemagazine article here: buff.ly/upmJQue

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

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

💻 #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

🧭 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

⚡️ 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

🆕 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.

🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/5Wvy8OB

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 “openness to achieve digital justice: experiments, promises, and flaws” w...

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 Séverine Dusollier, Yochai Benkler, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, Léo Pascault, Balazs Bodo and @arisimarta.bsky.social

Zitat von Dr. Cecilia Rikap, außerordentliche Professorin für Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Forschungsleiterin am Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose des University College London: „Die EU hat das Ausmaß der Kontrolle durch US-Firmen noch nicht erkannt“ aus dem Interview mit aus dem aktuellen BRiefing Digitalisierung & KI.

#BuyEuropean reicht zur Stärkung 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) 👉 t1p.de/ssacc

YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory Resurgent Reaction and the Rise of New Authoritarianisms

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!

Saturday night plenary with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social @jefferyrwebber.bsky.social and Wendy Brown on new authoritarianisms - full house. @histmat.bsky.social

Research Position in the working group “Internat... <div style="text-align: justify;">We are looking for an engaged and socially aware social scientist with a PhD or very close to comple...

At my new working group on International Relations and Political Economy @Universität 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...

Why Digital Sovereignty Matters Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud blackouts paralysed public services across the globe this autumn — a warning of what happens when essential infrastructure is left in the hands of private US monopolies.

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 — a warning of what happens when essential infrastructure is left in the hands of private US monopolies.

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-...

🎤 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.

🔗 Learn more here: buff.ly/W8Kl1RJ

@histmat.bsky.social

Sequel of "The Billion Dollar Code"? 🍿