Cette présentation se tient dans le cadre du New Research on Europe Seminar, organisé par le Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.

Lieu : Hoffman Room, à Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge (Ma)

Le séminaire "Enseignement supérieur et recherche" a pour objectif de permettre la présentation et la discussion de recherches menées en France, mais aussi en Europe et dans d'autres régions du monde, sur l'enseignement supérieur et la recherche.

Le 17 novembre de 12h30 à 14h, Liudvika Leišytė, Professor of Higher Education, Deputy Director of the Center for Higher Education (zhb), Faculty of Management and Economics, TU Dortmund University fera une présentation intitulée :

The promise and the ‘dark side’ of platform capitalism in higher education: the use of platforms in university performance management systems

Résumé :

Digitalization of higher education sector has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, aided by the usage of a variety of online platforms. The increased usage of digital platforms, however, is a rather new phenomenon in higher education systems and deeply understudied. While some authors point to the positive effects that platform services bring to higher education, others warn that higher education’s public stature, principles and values may be eroded by the EdTech industry. It is argued that EdTech companies are ‘designed not only to reduce public investments in education but also to provide potentially lucrative domains for capital, including the EdTech industry’ (Mirrless & Alvi, 2020, p. x- xi).

In this talk, I aim to characterize the usage of platforms in performance management systems, drawing on the ongoing data collection from the Dutch higher education system, that is quite advanced in terms of the digitalization of higher education. I build on the notion on platform capitalism (Cottom, 2020, Srnicek, 2017) to understand the types of platforms that are used in performance management in higher education, characterize the adoption of their products in higher education institutions and reflect on the transformation of performance management processes using digital footprints of users.

Drawing on national digital audit reports from the public sector, website analysis as well as interviews with the users of the platforms at Dutch universities, I will discuss the platform promises as well as reflect on the dubious implications for personal data protection and the emerging ‘dark’ side of platform capitalism in higher education.

Ce séminaire s'adresse et est ouvert à tous les experts, praticiens, chercheurs, enseignants-chercheurs, doctorants, intéressés par ces questions. Cette année, le séminaire prendra la forme d'un webinaire de 12h30 à 14h.

Formulaire pour vous inscrire au séminaire et recevoir le lien de connexion

Voir le programme du séminaire pour l'année 2022/2023

Contacts : Jérôme Aust ; Christine Musselin.

L'INCLUSION BANCAIRE EST-ELLE UNE POLITIQUE SOCIALE?

Le mardi 22 novembre 2022 de 8h30 à 10h

Lieu : Campus, 1 Place Saint-Thomas d'Aquin 75007 Paris - salle K.011

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Si la protection sociale semble reculer, l’État n’a pas pour autant renoncé à protéger ses citoyens. Cet ouvrage analyse un périmètre d’action publique qui prend une importance croissante : les politiques publiques de l’argent des ménages, terme construit pour décrire d'une part une série de dispositifs destinés d'une part à protéger l’argent des citoyens et de leurs capacités de consommation, et d'autre part lutter contre la pauvreté. De la réglementation du compte en banque jusqu’à l’éducation budgétaire, en passant par l’inclusion bancaire ou la procédure de surendettement, l’ouvrage décrit les enjeux de l’intégration du monde bancaire aux politiques sociales.

Ce livre déplace le regard par rapport aux analyses classiques de la protection sociale : ces politiques publiques de protection ne sont pas collectives et s’appuient sur des dispositifs et des institutions marchandes. Elles illustrent la transformation profonde des modes de protection et de solidarité des sociétés contemporaines.

Nos invités :

Mark Béguery, Directeur des particuliers à Banque de France,

Marine Jeantet, Déléguée interministérielle à la lutte contre la pauvreté, Ministère des solidarités et de la santé,

Jean-Louis Kiehl, Président de CRÉSUS,

Jeanne Lazarus, auteure de l'ouvrage, directrice de recherche CNRS et sociologue

Paul-André Rosental, Directeur du Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po.

Modératrice : Aude Martin, journaliste à Alternatives Economiques.

You are invited to the first AxPo/CSO joint seminar of the year with Susi Geiger on Friday, November 25, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. in Salle Goguel (27 rue Saint-Guillaume), entitled
In the Name of Transparency: Organizing European Pharmaceutical Markets through Post-Political Struggles.

Susi Geiger is Professor of Marketing & Market Studies at the UCD Smurfit School of Business, Dublin, Ireland.

Discussion by: Etienne Nouguez, Centre for the Sociology of Organisations (CSO), Sciences Po

When: Friday 25 November 2022, 10:00-12:00 (Paris time)

Location: Salle Goguel, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75007 Paris
There will also be a Zoom option to enable a hybrid seminar. Registration required.
Registration required at the link below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11xfEHPsxdzP4MJi98sKwaNMTitIJlqHvlJz6VCKYUBo/edit?pli=1

Abstract:

The controversies surrounding the heavily redacted contracts between the European Commission and COVID-19 vaccine producers have highlighted ‘transparency’ as a hotly debated concept in the European pharmaceutical market.

In this presentation, we show that the intersection between the pharmaceutical market and concerns about affordable medicines has come to depend on variable meanings of the notion of transparency, as mobilized by diverse market organizers. While being a guiding principle behind the construction of the European pharmaceutical sector, market transparency was implemented through devices that enacted specific definitions of transparency and thus produced distinct market organizations over time.

We identify three visions of transparency that became translated into distinct organizational arrangements of the pharmaceutical market: transparency for states (until 1990), transparency for corporations (1990-2010), and transparency for state coalitions (since 2010). Our article sheds light on how struggles over the definition of transparency play a crucial role in the organization of markets.

We also discuss why engaging in such controversies has become increasingly important for those contesting the market status quo in a post-political context, emphasizing the ‘not-so-post-political’ potential of these debates.

For more information, please contact:
Allison E. Rovny, Ph.D. Administrative Director AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization Sciences Po, allison.rovny@sciencespo.fr