News and Research articles on Platformisation

Volume 15, Issue 4

Platformisation without disruption? Smart farming and platform power in German agriculture

Jon Meyer, Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg
PUBLISHED ON: 3 Nov 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.4.2130

This paper offers insight into digital agriculture for platform studies scholars and shows how sectors that are not based around information goods resist disruption by enabling incumbents to entrench power through digital platforms.

KEYWORDS: Platformisation, Platform economy, Digital agriculture, Economic disruption, Smart farming
Volume 9, Issue 4

Platformisation in game development

Aleena Chia, Simon Fraser University
Brendan Keogh, Queensland University of Technology
Dale Leorke, Tampere University
Benjamin Nicoll, Queensland University of Technology
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Oct 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.4.1515

This article draws on case studies of two software development platforms, Unity and Twine, to unpack how the game development process both adheres to and challenges understandings of ‘platformisation’.

KEYWORDS: Cultural production, Democratisation, Game engines, Game development, Platformisation, Platforms
Volume 8, Issue 4

Platformisation

Thomas Poell, University of Amsterdam
David Nieborg, University of Toronto
José van Dijck, Utrecht University
PUBLISHED ON: 29 Nov 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.4.1425

What is platformisation? This article contextualises, defines, and operationalises the concept. Drawing insights from different scholarly perspectives on platforms it develops a comprehensive approach to this process.

KEYWORDS: Platforms, Platformisation, Datafication, Multi-sided markets, Political economy, Governance