Governing Data Commons in the Post-Generative AI Web: Open Knowledge, Plurality, and Platform Power

Online conference by Nathalie Casemajor, Professor at the Center for Urbanization, Culture, and Society at INRS, and fellow for a one-month writing residency in June 2026 at the Paris IAS as part of the "Paris IAS Ideas" series.

Nathalie Casemajor Loustau joins the Paris IAS in June 2026 for one month as part of the "Distinguished Fellowship program" developed in collaboration with PostGenAI@Paris, led by Sorbonne University. Based in the heart of Paris, this interdisciplinary and cross-sector consortium aims to promote ethical, inclusive and sovereign AI that is fully rooted in the major challenges of our time.

The Paris IAS welcomes international researchers to support them in their research on artificial intelligence, its consequences for our societies and the prospects it offers for the future.

The "Paris IAS Ideas" online lecture series offers short and stimulating presentations by researchers from the Paris Institute for Advanced Studies, marking the start of their month-long writing residency.

Session exclusively online and in English.
Free upon registration.
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Presentation

This project investigates how the reconfiguration of the Web in the context of generative AI technologies impacts the governance of data commons. It focuses on GLAM institutions (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) and actors from the free knowledge movement (notably Wikimedia), which act as stewards of public knowledge and open cultural data. The project explores how they negotiate their roles, build alliances, and reshape their practices to sustain the commons they maintain.