News and Research articles on Social and solidarity economy

Volume 15, Issue 1

Gendered digitalisation in the Social and Solidarity Economy

Nuria Vega-Rodríguez, Open University of Catalonia
PUBLISHED ON: 6 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2072

This study demonstrates that digitalisation within Social and Solidarity Economy organisations reproduces the sexual division of labour, with men continuing to dominate both the more technical and specialised competences as well as the most technically oriented positions.

KEYWORDS: Digital solidarity economies, Gender justice, Sexual division of labour, Social and solidarity economy, Digital competences
Volume 15, Issue 1

Social and solidarity economy and shared knowledge: Facilitating and integrating the collaborative adoption of digital commons in Catalan coops

Mònica Garriga Miret, femProcomuns
David Gómez Fontanills, femProcomuns
Xavier Martínez Serrano, femProcomuns
Enric Senabre Hidalgo, University of Barcelona
PUBLISHED ON: 6 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2073

Beyond Big Tech: how Catalan cooperatives are adopting digital tools through collective learning and commons-based principles.

KEYWORDS: Technological sovereignty, Digital commons, Social and solidarity economy, Shared knowledge practices, FLOSS
Volume 15, Issue 1

Introduction to the special issue on Digital Solidarity Economies Digital Solidarity Economies

María Belén Albornoz, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Ricard Espelt, Open University of Catalonia
Rafael Grohmann, University of Toronto
Denise Kasparian, University of Buenos Aires
PUBLISHED ON: 6 Feb 2026 DOI: 10.14763/2026.1.2075

This introduction situates Digital Solidarity Economies (DSE) as an analytical and practical framework for reimagining the digital economy through cooperation, mutual aid, and shared ownership.

KEYWORDS: Digital solidarity economies, Social and solidarity economy, Platform cooperativism, Technological sovereignty, Decolonial approaches