Digital Economy Scholar & Platform Cooperativism Expert; Associate Professor at The New School; Author of "Uberworked and Underpaid"

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Trebor Scholz Biography

Trebor Scholz is a scholar-activist and associate professor for culture and media at The New School in New York City. He holds a doctorate from the University of Plymouth and specializes in cooperative entrepreneurship within the digital economy. Scholz is recognized for developing the concept of platform cooperatives, worker-owned digital platforms that address economic, social, labor, and environmental justice. He advocates for worker rights in the sharing economy and supports platform cooperativism and universal basic income.

Scholz is the author of "Uberworked and Underpaid: How Workers Are Disrupting the Digital Economy," which introduces platform cooperativism as a model that merges peer-to-peer and cooperative movements with online labor markets, emphasizing communal ownership and democratic governance. His edited volumes, including "Ours to Hack and to Own: Platform Cooperativism" and "Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory" (Routledge), have contributed to the discourse on digital labor and the cooperative digital economy. "Ours to Hack and to Own" was recognized by Wired Magazine as a top technology book, and "Own This! How Platform Cooperatives Change the World" (Verso) received the Joyce Rothschild Book Award. Both "Own This!" and "Uberworked and Underpaid" have been translated into multiple languages, supporting the development of the solidarity tech field.

Scholz established the Platform Cooperativism Consortium at The New School and later the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy. The consortium has facilitated discussions on digital transformation in the cooperative movement through major global conferences in cities such as Hong Kong, New York City, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin, Thiruvananthapuram, and Mombasa, influencing policy and legislation internationally. More than 1 million workers are employed in platform cooperatives worldwide, demonstrating the impact and scale of this alternative economic model. Scholz has collaborated with partners in 60 countries, advancing innovation in cooperative digital platforms.

He has held fellowships at Open Society Foundations, the Berggruen Institute, and Mondragon University, and serves as a faculty affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Scholz is a member of the Barcelona Advisory Council on Technological Sovereignty. His work has received support from organizations such as the European Commission, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Google.org. His articles and research have appeared in The Financial Times, Le Monde, The New York Times, The Nation, and The Washington Post. Scholz has delivered keynote addresses to audiences including union leaders, policymakers, designers, developers, and media scholars, contributing to ongoing conversations about the future of work, digital labor, and the cooperative digital economy.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/09/2026.

Trebor Scholz Videos

Uber-Worked and Underpaid | Trebor Scholz | Talks at Google

Uber-Worked and Underpaid | Trebor Scholz | Talks at Google

Trebor Scholz, Associate Professor at the New School for Social Research, discusses his book, "Uber-worked and Underpaid: How Workers Are Disrupting...

Trebor Scholz: Platform Cooperativism | New Venture Institute

Trebor Scholz: Platform Cooperativism | New Venture Institute

International expert in platform cooperatives, Trebor Scholz, will step you through how platform cooperative challenges the ‘winner takes all’...

Trebor Scholz | Schocket Memorial Lecture | Hampshire College

Trebor Scholz | Schocket Memorial Lecture | Hampshire College

Professor Trebor Scholz is an author, educator, and Associate Professor for Culture & Media, and chair of The Politics of Digital Culture conference...

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