 Welcome to my new site! email me: adam.arvidsson@unimi.it find me on facebook rate me at EErate Here's something about me I teach sociology at the University of Milano, Italy, and sometimes also at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. I think that sociologists should engage with the world around them, particularly in turbulent times such as these. I try to do that as much as I can, working with business, social movements and other actors to try to understand what's coming out of today's chaos. Below you can find links to some of the things that I do, along with some of my most recent papers and articles. Course that I teach (the links bring you to course pages with lecture slides and links to reading material) Sociologia della globalizzazione (Sociology of Globalization), taught at the University of MIlano Jan-March, 2009 Nuovi media e communicazione (Comunication and New Media), University of Milano, April-June, 2009 course website | Ongoing Projects The Ethical Economy, a book co-authored with Nicolai Peitersen at The Ethical Economy Ltd. in London. We attempt to build a model of the new economic system that is arising from the ruions of neoliberalism. Ricerca Urbana, research on labour conditions in the creative industries in Milano. This is still in process and we hope to be able to expand it to other cities (only in italian, so far) Responsible Business in he Blogsphere. A big research project located at the Copenhagen Business School, where we try to model and value the impact of online corporate reputation (website coming soon) Upcoming talks (places where you can catch me this fall) Visiting Professor, School of Management, Massey University, New Zealand, Sept 20- Oct 17. La Potenza Nomade, Fundazione Pio Manchù, Rimini, Italy, Oct. 23-25. National Conference at of the Italian Anthropological Association, Rome, Oct 22 The Internet as Playground and Factory, New School of Social Research, New York City, Nov 12-14. Department of Communication, Universitè de Lyon, France, Nov. 24. Old Blogposts In memoriam, Milton Friedman, 2006 finance and social production, November, 08 Free Software in Kerala, December, 08 Recent Publications & Papers The logic of the brand, 2008 (available here) Brand management. Il governo del consumo produttivo, Sociologia del lavoro, 2008 In italian, attached below) The ethical economy of customer co-production, Journal of Macromarketing, December, 2008 (attached below) The ethical economy: towards a post-capitalist theory of value, Capital & Class, 1, 2009 (available here) After capitalism: ethics? Five ideas about the transition (paper under review, attached below) Video & Audio a video of me talking about the ethical economy in London, January 2008. me pontificating about Humanism at Reboot, Coepnhagen, 2008. |