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Robin Mansell (PhD, 1984, Simon Fraser University Canada) is Professor Emerita, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science. She was Professor of Information and Communication Technology Policy at SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) University of Sussex 1988-2000. Her research focuses on technology innovation, digital platform and governance and its socio-political and economic consequences. She is author of Imagining the Internet: Communication, Innovation and Governance, Oxford University Press, 2012 co-author of Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020 and more than 120 papers and other books. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and UK Academy of Social Sciences, member of Academia Europaea, holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and was awarded the ICA C. Edwin Baker Award.

The video of this Plenary Session is available below.