On 16 May 2020, the text, Work: Democratize, Decommodify, Remediate, was published in 43 publications, in 36 countries around the world, in 27 languages.
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Interviews/Talks | Media Mentions | Publications | Press Photos
22 September 2023
France: Harvard Business Review - “Enjeux sociétaux : Et si la démocratie dans l’entreprise était la solution ?” (by Isabelle Ferreras)
22 September 2023
United Kingdom: Common Wealth - “Firm, Democratizing Work and Feminism” (with Isabelle Ferreras)
23 March 2023
Italy: La Repubblica Torino - “Le imprese devono diventare dei veri soggetti politici” (with Isabelle Ferreras)
22 March 2023
Italy: Avvenire - “Democratizzare le imprese con i lavoratori” (with Isabelle Ferreras)
16 December 2022
Italy: Jacobin - Decolonizzare il diritto del lavoro (with Flavia Maximo)
8 December 2022
Germany: Jacobin - Das Parlament der Firma (with Isabelle Ferreras)
20 September 2022
Belgium: Green European Journal - Pour une démocratisation du monde du travail au 21ème siècle (with Isabelle Ferreras)
14 September 2022
Belgium: Green European Journal - Democratising Work in the 21st Century (with Isabelle Ferreras)
24 August 2022
Brazil: Carta Capital - “É preciso decolonizar o Direito do Trabalho” (with Flavia Maximo)
29 July 2022
Italy: Avvenire - “È ora di democratizzare il lavoro” (with Dominique Méda)
13 July 2022
US: Harvard Working Knowledge (Harvard Business School) - “Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?” (with Julie Battilana)
6 July 2022
Italy: Il Fatto Quotidiano - “Per un pianeta ecologico servono lavoratori nuovi'“ (with Dominique Méda)
Italy: Il Manifesto - “Idee per una società più democratica, più equa e più verde” (with Julie Battilana)
5 July 2022
Italy: La Stampa - “Sì al salario minimo, ma non basta tassiamo gli extra-profitti aziendali” (with Dominique Méda)
27 June 2022
US: Welcome to the Jungle - “Capitalist companies are undemocratic” (with Isabelle Ferreras)
10 June 2022
Belgium: Déclic (La Première) - « Le Grand Entretien » (with Isabelle Ferreras)
25 May 2022
France: Welcome to the Jungle - « L’entreprise capitaliste n’est pas démocratique » (with Isabelle Ferreras)
18 April 2022
US: Niemand Storyboard (Harvard) - “How to Democratize News for the Public Good” (with Julia Cagé)
22 March 2022
India: Economic Times - “Power is the ability to influence behaviour — to create sustainable change, you need to map power” (with Julie Battilana)
15 September 2021
USA: Project Syndicate - “A Just Transition Needs a Job Guarantee” (with Pavlina Tcherneva)
2 June 2021
UK: The London School of Economics and Political Science - Workshop: The Epistemic Urgency of Conceptual Diversity (with Flavia Maximo)
27 May 2021
Brazil: Rede Lado (with Flavia Maximo)
23 May 2021
France: C Politique - Et maintenant la crise sociale ? (with Dominique Méda)
1 May 2021
France: La révolution du travail (with Dominique Méda)
9 April 2021
Canada: The Working Manifesto: Democratize. Decommodify. Remediate (with Julie Battilana and Dominique Méda)
29 March 2021
France: Entreprise & Carrieres – Le Grand Entretien (with Dominique Méda)
17 March 2021
Belgium: Académie royale de Belgique (with Isabelle Ferreras)
28 February 2021
Belgium: Brussels Podcast Festival (with Isabelle Ferreras)
3 February 2021
Belgium: ETUI-ETUC Conference, “Towards a new socio-ecological contract” (with Dominique Méda)
2 February 2021
France: The Shift Project–Carbon Transition Think Tank (with Dominique Méda)
24 January 2021
Third World Approaches to International Law Review (with Adelle Blackett)
22 January 2021
France: Le Grand Continent (with Pavlina Tcherneva)
18 January 2021
Switzerland: Radio Télévision Suisse (with Isabelle Ferreras)
Brazil: Folha de São Paulo (with Hélène Landemore)
5 January 2021
France: La Provence (with Julie Battilana), also available here
17 December 2020
France: Libération – « Travailler est une expérience politique » (with Isabelle Ferreras)
15 December 2020
France: La revue TAF/Travailler au futur n°4 Décembre 2020-Janvier 2021. Le Manifeste Travail. Démocratiser, Démarchandiser, Dépolluer (with Julie Battilana and Isabelle Ferreras), not available online
14 December 2020
Germany: Haus am Dom Frankfurt–Die Erfindung des Marktes (webinar with Lisa Herzog)
10 December 2020
France: France Culture–Entendez-vous l'éco ? « Retrouver la confiance avec... Isabelle Ferreras et Johann Chapoutot, penseurs du management » (with Isabelle Ferreras)
Belgium: UCLouvain–Rencontre Intérieur Jour au Musée L (with Isabelle Ferreras)
2 December 2020
Canada: Radio Canada–Le manifeste travail : la volonté d'humaniser les entreprises (with Adelle Blackett)
30 November 2020
Belgium: Harvard Club of Belgium–”The Working Manifesto: Democratize firms, decommodify work, and remediate the environment” (webinar with Julie Battilana and Isabelle Ferreras), not available online
20 November 2020
Germany: XING–"Der Vor-Corona-Zustand war nicht die beste aller möglichen Welten" (with Lisa Herzog)
19 November 2020
Belgium: ETUI–”Four models of workers’ collective voice in corporate government” (with Isabelle Ferreras)
18 November 2020
Canada: CRIMT–Democratizing work: A conversation on the lessons of the current pandemic on the world of work (with Isabelle Ferreras & Julie Battilana)
17 November 2020
Canada: CRIMT–Démocratiser le travail : Une conversation sur les leçons de la pandémie (with Adelle Blackett, Isabelle Ferreras & Dominique Méda)
13 November 2020
USA: Yale Law School–Human Rights Workshop (with Adelle Blackett)
4 November 2020
Germany: Critical Theory in Berlin (with Neera Chandhoke, Isabelle Ferreras & Lisa Herzog), video available here
2 November 2020
Germany: Democratize Work Podcast–“Warum mehr Demokratisierung in der Arbeitswelt wagen?” (with Lisa Herzog)
31 October 2020
France: La Croix–« Cette crise exige de nouvelles manières de travailler » (with Dominique Méda)
30 October 2020
France: ENS Paris-Saclay–Portraits Alumin (with Julie Battilana)
29 October 2020
United Kingdom: Common Wealth (with Isabelle Ferreras)
26 October 2020
Korea: Seoul National University–Business School (with Julie Battilana)
23 October 2020
Germany: Bayern 2 Radio–« Wie geht es weiter nach Corona?” (with Lisa Herzog)
22 October 2020
Belgium: Radio BX1 Podcast–Faut-il démocratiser le travail ? (with Isabelle Ferreras)
20 October 2020
France: La tribune–Grands Entretiens : « Travail, économie, entreprise : rien n’est perdu » (with Dominique Méda)
16 October 2020
Belgium: Le Soir–Débat: On a les moyens de nouvelles politiques (with Isabelle Ferreras)
Belgium: Le Soir & Carta Academica–Et maintenant, on fait quoi ? (with Isabelle Ferreras), video available here
12 October 2020
Netherlands: Moral Markets–Future of Capitalism: The Effects of Contemporary Capitalism on Everyday Life (with Isabelle Ferreras)
7 October 2020
Belgium: Les News 24–Les visiteurs du soir (with Isabelle Ferreras)
6 October 2020
France: France Culture–La Grande table idées (with Julie Battilana & Isabelle Ferreras), video available here
5 October 2020
Korea: Seoul National University Entrepreneurship Center (with Julie Battilana)
4 October 2020
France: Metis Europe (with Isabelle Ferreras)
30 September
Austria: Falter Magazine–”Raus aus dem darwinistischen Dschungel” (with Lisa Herzog)
8 August 2020
Belgium: Le Soir (with Isabelle Ferreras)
21 July 2020
Germany: Grüne Bayern (with Lisa Herzog)
15 July 2020
Brazil: Nexo Jornal (with Julie Battilana)
14 July 2020
Spain: Público (with Sara Lafuente Hernández)
10 July 2020
Germany: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (with Lisa Herzog)
28 June 2020
Spain: Catalunya Cristiana (with Sara Lafuente Hernández), available to listen here
27 June 2020
France: France Culture–La Fabrique médiatique (with Julia Cagé)
25 June 2020
Europe: Liaisons Sociales Europe (with Isabelle Ferreras)
24 June 2020
Germany: Hr2 Kultur Radio (with Lisa Herzog)
24 June 2020
Germany: Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt (with Lisa Herzog), also available as podcast
23 June 2020
USA: BYU Radio (with Hélène Landemore)
17 June 2020
14 June 2020
Germany: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (with Lisa Herzog)
14 June 2020
Belgium: L’Echo (with Isabelle Ferreras)
13 June 2020
Germany: Deutschlandfunk Kultur (with Lisa Herzog)
Belgium: L'Echo (with Isabelle Ferreras)
3 June 2020
USA: Yale News (with Hélène Landemore)
27 May 2020
USA: Harvard Ash Center (with Isabelle Ferreras & Julie Battilana)
26 May 2020
Belgium: Smart Cooperative (with Isabelle Ferreras)
Canada: Radio-Canada (with Julie Battilana)
20 May 2020
Germany: Bayern 2–kulturWelt (with Lisa Herzog)
19 May 2020
USA: The Harvard Gazette (with Julie Battilana)
USA: Harvard Kennedy School (with Julie Battilana)
17 May 2020
Belgium: RTBF La Première–Le Grand Oral (with Isabelle Ferreras), also available here
16 May 2020
France: France Culture–La revue des idées (with Dominique Méda)
Switzerland: Radio Télévision Suisse (with Isabelle Ferreras)
Germany: DLF Kultur (with Lisa Herzog)
Germany: NDR Info (with Lisa Herzog)
Germany: SWR2 (with Lisa Herzog)
Germany: MDR Kultur (with Lisa Herzog)
Listed in order of most recent:
Jacobin Nederland - Geef werkers, niet alleen ondernemers, zeggenschap in ondernemingen (March 2023)
RSE News - La News RSE N°35 – 2023 : nouvelles obligations pour plus de changements sociétaux (February 2023)
Le Monde - Pourquoi les SCOP sont des boucliers anticrise pour leurs salariés. Enquête (January 2023)
Alley Oop. L’altra metà del Sole - Ripartiamo dal lavoro: un manifesto planetario per una società più giusta (January 2023)
Choice Connect (Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association) - Democratize Work - Book review by S. K. Allen, Virigian Military Institute (December 2022)
Change Makers Magazine - Democratizzare, demercificare, disinquinare. Arriva in Italia il network #DemocratizingWork (7 October 2022)
Promarket Chicago Booth (George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State) - Democratize Work - Book excerpt (29 September 2022)
Affaritaliani.it - Esce "Il manifesto del lavoro" (5 July 2022)
Baylos Blog - EL FORUM GLOBAL “DEMOCRATIZING WORK 2021” Y LOS TRABAJADORES DE PLATAFORMAS (9 October 2021)
Inequality.org - Want a Working Democracy? Try Democratizing Work. (6 October 2021)
Kultur Bühne - BRAUCHEN WIR EIN RECHT AUF GUTE ARBEIT? (6 October 2021)
Universidade de Brasilia - Programa (5 October 2021)
Remir Trabalho - Fórum Global sobre a Democratização do Trabalho (5 October 2021)
ABET - FÓRUM GLOBAL Democratizing Work (4 October 2021)
Le Soir - La chronique Carta Academica: un Forum mondial sur la démocratisation du travail pour équiper cette décennie décisive (2 October 2021)
Dmtemdebate - Democracia e Mundo do Trabalho em Debate (DMT) participa do Global Forum on Democratizing Work (2 October 2021)
Theorieblog.de - #democratizingwork: Panels zu Demokratisierung, Dekommodifizierung und Dekarbonisierung der Arbeit (1 October 2021)
Anamatra - Fórum Global sobre Democratização do Trabalho
BirGün - Daha Demokratik Bir İş İçin Küresel Forum, 5-7 Ekim'de (1 October 2021)
Diken - ‘Daha Demokratik Bir İş İçin Küresel Forum’ başlıyor: Türkiye oturumları da var (1 October 2021)
Il Manifesto - Global Forum: nessuna transizione ecologica senza democratizzare il lavoro (1 October 2021)
Unifor - Universidade de Fortaleza participará do I Fórum Global sobre Democratização do Trabalho (30 September 2021)
Gazeteduvar - Daha Demokratik Bir İş İçin Küresel Forum, 5-6-7 Ekim'de (30 September 2021)
UFPE - Faculdade de Direito do Recife será representada no I Fórum Global sobre Democratização do Trabalho (28 September 2021)
Le Monde - « Il existe bien un socle commun susceptible de rassembler l’ensemble de la gauche écologique et sociale » (4 May 2021)
Diário do Minho - Manifesto do Trabalho (28 March 2021)
Sete Margens – “Manifesto do Trabalho: Democratizar, Desmercantilizar e Remediar” apresentado virtualmente no dia 26 de Março (25 March 2021)
Democracia e Mundo do Trabalho – O manifesto do trabalho: democratizar, desmercantilizar, remediar (25 March 2021)
Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Ceará – Manifesto sobre o ambiente de trabalho na pandemia é tema do Questão de Ordem (23 March 2021)
Swissinfo – Mitsprache in Unternehmen ist Voraussetzung für Demokratie im Staat (1 March 2021)
Swissinfo – La crise du coronavirus fait rêver à plus de démocratie au travail (1 March 2021)
Le Monde – Dominique Méda : « De très nombreux emplois pourraient être créés grâce à la décarbonation de nos économies » (27 Feb 2021)
Swissinfo – Covid-19 sparks hope for greater workplace democracy (26 Feb 2021)
Hans Böckler Foundation – Beyond protection: towards democratizing work in the meat industry (4 Feb 2021)
Le Monde – Un manifeste pour un changement de modèle économique (15 Dec 2020)
La Fonda – Lecture : Le Manifeste Travail d'Isabelle Ferreras, Julia Battilana et Dominique Méda (15 Dec 2020)
L'Humanité – La féconde charpente de Gramsci (10 Dec 2020), also available online
Libération – PIB : problèmes d’un indicateur bancal (7 Dec 2020), also available online
Thrive Global – Could this be how a future world is created by the people for the people? (26 Nov 2020)
ELLE – Les femmes en première ligne (13 Nov 2020), also available online
La Marseillaise – L'Hebdomadaire d'Occitanie: « On dirait que t’étais mort » : 100% vivant (13 Nov 2020), available online
HR Square – « Vers un autre monde…enfin » (11 Nov 2020), also available online
Moral Markets / Future Markets Consultation – Work: Democratize, Decommodify, Remediate (29 Oct), also available in Dutch
Carenews – 10 livres à lire en octobre pour penser l’engagement (28 Oct)
La Compagnie Pourquoi se lever le matin – Le Manifeste Travail (14 Oct)
L’agilité radicale – Revue de presse (12 Oct)
Des mots pour vous dire – Le Manifeste Travail : démocratiser, démarchandiser, dépolluer (3 October)
Fundação Perseu Abramo – Democratização do trabalho para as pessoas e o planeta (25 July 2020)
Público – Alrededor de Nissan: cooperativización. Y no lo digo yo, lo dice Piketty (19 June)
El Sur – Democratizar el trabajo para salvar al planeta (17 June)
Davar – It is time for democracy at work (6 June)
Bard News – Bard Economist Pavlina Tcherneva and International Collaborators are Rethinking How We Work (21 May)
La Repubblica – Democratizzare il lavoro: tre proposte a 50 anni dallo Statuto dei Lavoratori (20 May)
Front Slobode – Ljudi nisu resursi: Koronavirus pokazuje zašto nam je potrebna demokratizacija rada (20 May)
Tartu University Faculty Association – 4000 teadlase manifest (20 May)
Instituto Humanitas Unisinos – Democratizando o trabalho. Três propostas para o trabalho. Um apelo (19 May)
Desde La Frontera – Una visión de mujeres: Democratizing Work (19 May)
The Guardian – There is revolution in the air now, but history shows the old order will fight back (19 May)
Gegenblende – Demokratisiert die Wirtschaft! (18 May)
SEEAC Brasil – Manifesto internacional defende mudanças profundas na relação entre o trabalho e o capital (17 May)
The Alternative UK – How will we value humane “work” coming out of Covid-19? (17 May)
Folha de São Paulo – Folha publica manifesto internacional em defesa do trabalho (16 May 2020)
Democracia e Mundo do Trabalho – Folha publica manifesto internacional em defesa do trabalho (16 May 2020)
Diario do Centro do Mundo – Manifesto internacional defende mudanças profundas na relação entre o trabalho e o capital (16 May 2021)
L’Echo – Coronavirus: Plus de 3.000 chercheurs appellent à tirer des leçons de la crise (16 May)
RTL Info – Coronavirus: Plus de 3.000 chercheurs appellent à tirer des leçons de la crise (16 May)
La Dernière Heure – Coronavirus: Plus de 3.000 chercheurs appellent à tirer des leçons de la crise (16 May)
Le Vif – Travail: Démocratiser. Démarchandiser. Dépolluer (16 May)
Entorno Inteligente – El manifiesto global que firmaron más de 3.000 investigadores de 600 universidades (16 May)
Argentina: Ambito
Australia: The Guardian
Brazil: La Folha de Sao Paulo
Chile: Diario y Radio, Universidad de Chile
China: Made In China Journal
Czech Republic: A2larm
Denmark: Politiken
Ecuador: Pressenza
Estonia: Delfi
Finland: Helsingin Sanomat
France: Le Monde
Germany: Die Zeit
Greece: Epohi
Hong Kong: South China Morning Post
Iceland: Stundin
India: The Wire
Iran: Meidaan
Israel: Davar
Italy: Il Manifesto
Lebanon: As-Safir Al-Arabi
Netherlands: De Groene Amsterdammer
Norway: Klassekampen
Perú: El Comercio, Disonancia
Poland: Gazeta Wyborcza, Krytyka Polityczna
Portugal: Diário de Notícias
Spain: Publico, El Diario, La Vanguardia
Switzerland: Le Temps
Tunisia: La Presse, Assahafa, Barr al Aman
Turkey: Cumhuriyet
UK: The Guardian
Uruguay: La Diaria
USA: The Boston Globe
Online Platforms: Crooked Timber, European Federation of Journalists
Isabelle Ferreras (FNRS–University of Louvain–Harvard LWP)
Julie Battilana (Harvard University)
Dominique Méda (Paris Dauphine–PSL–IRISSO)