Join us for a conversation with Kean Birch about his recent work on technoscientific capitalism and processes of rentiership and assetization.  

Kean Birch is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change and Graduate Program Director of the Science & Technology Studies Program at York University, Canada, and Co-Editor of Science as Culture. His research examines the restructuring and transformation of the economy and financial knowledge, technoscience and technoscientific innovation, and the relationship between markets and natural environments. He is the co-editor (with Fabian Muniesa) of Assetization: Turning Things into Assets in Technoscientific Capitalism (MIT Press, 2020).

The PERN Salon hosts discussions, presentations, and workshops. The Platform Economies Research Network (PERN) is committed to fostering a community of learning. We organize events with our members and guests on works-in-progress and new projects. We welcome presentations in all forms of media, and we seek to foster exchange between academics and practitioners.

This conversation between Birch and PERN members will be live-streamed to the public on Thursday, 21 October, at 6 PM EST. We invite you to engage with PERN on Twitter @perntns or via email at pern@newschool.edu.

The Vimeo link will be sent to registered participants via email.