A review and provocation: On polarization and platforms
Scholars increasingly point to polarization as a central threat to democracy—and identify
technology platforms as key contributors to polarization. In contrast, we argue that …
technology platforms as key contributors to polarization. In contrast, we argue that …
One name for two concepts: A systematic literature review about meta‐organizations
Existing literature on meta‐organization is divided into two distinct streams in organizational
and management studies, with different definitions and boundaries, potentially leading to …
and management studies, with different definitions and boundaries, potentially leading to …
Decisional organization theory: Towards an integrated framework of organization
Decisions are the cornerstone of many perspectives and theories of organization. Classical
contributions by Barnard (1938), or March and Simon (1958) and their subsequent work …
contributions by Barnard (1938), or March and Simon (1958) and their subsequent work …
From a clash of social orders to a loss of decidability in meta-organizations tackling grand challenges: The case of Japan leaving the International Whaling …
Meta-organizations are crucial devices to tackle grand challenges. Yet, by bringing together
different organizations, with potentially diverging views on these grand challenges, meta …
different organizations, with potentially diverging views on these grand challenges, meta …
The organization of digital platforms: the role of digital technology and architecture for social order
Digital platforms pervade contemporary societies, but sociology currently lacks a general
concept for investigating them. Platforms combine technology and organizational elements …
concept for investigating them. Platforms combine technology and organizational elements …
Ecologies of friction in digital platform investment
Digital platforms are underpinned by the ideal of a frictionless market, obscuring the
simultaneous practices of market monopolisation and the restriction of consumer choice and …
simultaneous practices of market monopolisation and the restriction of consumer choice and …
(Un-) sustainable transformations: everyday food practices in Italy during COVID-19
In this article, we study how the global pandemic has affected food practices. We underscore
how time, space, and modality as key facets of the everyday intersect with understandings …
how time, space, and modality as key facets of the everyday intersect with understandings …
Neo-materialist movement organisations and the matter of scale: scaling through institutions as prefigurative politics?
Consumer collective action is commonly connected to individualised politics, market
responsibility and local utopias. In this paper, we take an alternative point of departure and …
responsibility and local utopias. In this paper, we take an alternative point of departure and …
Meta-organizations: A clarification and a way forward
In this introduction, we reemphasize some key parts of meta-organization theory and their
implications for understanding meta-organizations and meta-organizing processes. We …
implications for understanding meta-organizations and meta-organizing processes. We …
Unpacking Social Order: Toward a Novel Framework That Goes Beyond Organizations, Institutions, and Networks
This article addresses one of the oldest, most fundamental questions: how social order
comes about. Many established conceptions of social order either tend to overemphasize …
comes about. Many established conceptions of social order either tend to overemphasize …