Entrevista com o sociólogo francês Christian Laval, docente da Universidade Paris-Nanterre. Laval colabora frequentemente com jornais na França e no exterior, escrevendo sobre política e movimentos sociais. Autor de obras de referência em sociologia da educação, filosofia política, história da educação e teoria sociológica, nesta entrevista o autor discute alguns conceitos e abordagens centrais de suas pesquisas a partir de uma interpretação da conjuntura política e das transformações do capitalismo nas últimas três décadas. A entrevista foi concebida e organizada em inglês e em francês, entre abril e junho de 2019, pelo pesquisador brasileiro Felipe Ziotti Narita e pela pesquisadora grega Natalia-Rozalia Avlona. Tradução: Felipe Ziotti Narita.An interview with French sociologist Christian Laval. Laval is professor of sociology at the Paris Nanterre University (France) and often contributes to newspapers in France and elsewhere analyzing political issues and social movements. Among his works in the sociology of education, the books "L’École n’est pas une entreprise" (2004) and "La nouvelle école capitaliste" (2011) are important references. With Pierre Dardot, he is the author of "La nouvelle raison du monde" (2009), "Commun" (2014), and "Ce cauchemar qui n’en finit pas" (2016). The interview was organized and conducted in English and French by Felipe Ziotti Narita (São Paulo State University - Unesp) and Natalia-Rozalia Avlona (National Technical University of Athens / Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy). Translation: Felipe Ziotti Narita.

MARIYA IVANCHEVA é professora de estudos em ensino superior na Universidade de Liverpool (Inglaterra). Seus trabalhos analisam o papel da universidade em processos de mudança social, combinando métodos qualitativos e teoria social para discutir o impacto das tecnologias digitais no trabalho acadêmico, precariedade, gênero e mercantilização das instituições acadêmicas. Como socióloga e antropóloga, Ivancheva estudou a Universidade Bolivariana da Venezuela e tem um livro em fase final de preparação (The Alternative University in Question: Lessons from Bolivarian Venezuela). Convidamos Ivancheva para discutir, sobretudo, o cenário do ensino superior e as experiências radicais populares na América Latina, sem perder de vista o quadro mais amplo das políticas de ensino superior e do lugar da universidade no capitalismo globalizado. A entrevista, realizada em setembro de 2020, foi organizada pela pesquisadora grega Natalia-Rozalia Avlona e pelo pesquisador brasileiro Felipe Ziotti Narita. A conversa foi traduzida ao português por Felipe Ziotti Narita.

Whilst sharing economy has been enjoying increasing popularity worldwide over the last decade; its legal definition has been debatable. This is aligning with the fact that the European Union has not provided the legal framework for the sharing economy yet, apart from a European Commission Communication from 2016. This Communication seeks a balance between the support of a Digital Single Market in the EU and the protection of the consumers’ rights and leaves a broad space for national legislations to respond to the phenomenon of sharing economy. The aim of this chapter is to address these issues within the framework of two sharing economy case studies: Airbnb and Uber as the only source at the EU level of applicable law besides the EC Communication.

Glasgow, UK). Her work has been devoted to the re/production of intersectional inequalities at universities and labour markets, and the role of academic and student communities in broader processes of social change especially in transitions to/from socialism. A Bulgarian-born sociologist and anthropologist, Ivancheva's doctoral dissertation from the Central European University transgressed the 'anthropology of home' paradigm still rather typical in the region through an in-depth study of the Bolivarian University of Venezuela: its historical origins in the Venezuelan and further socialist histories, and its day-to-day practice within a global field of higher education. Her forthcoming manuscript, The Alternative University in Question: Lessons from Bolivarian Venezuela uses comparative insights from Eastern European and further socialist history, theory and praxis to speak of the crucial but not unproblematic role of academics and higher education in Latin America's 'Pink Tide' democratic socialism. Ivancheva's activism in the Bulgarian and regional Left over the last decade has been informed by this study, as a means of serious reflection of the opportunities and limitations before a democratic socialism after 'the end of history'. It has entailed her participation as a founding member and, until recently the managing editor of sorts, of LeftEast: a website for research-led comments and analysis on the former socialist space, broadly defined, that has curated a non-dogmatic on-and offline space for conversation between different Left tendencies.