When: 23 October 2026, 17 - 19 Where: Cloister of Sant’Abbondio - Via Sant’Abbondio 12, Como Target: Students, Graduates, Staff, Institutions, Prospective Students Immagine evento Immagine Every day, millions of people use digital platforms to communicate, work, access information, purchase products and share experiences. These activities have become an integral part of everyday life and, in addition to fostering relationships and the exchange of information, contribute to the creation of enormous economic value. But who really benefits from the wealth generated through online interactions? And what impact does its distribution have on economic and social inequalities?The relationship between the digital economy, value creation and the concentration of wealth will be at the heart of the second event in “Fare pace con il mondo. Nella radicale complessità del reale” (Making Peace with the World: In the Radical Complexity of Reality), a series of lectures promoted by the City of Como and the University of Insubria, in collaboration with the Il Paguro Cultural Association.On Friday, 23 October, at 5.30 pm, Andrea Fumagalli, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pavia, will deliver a lecture entitled “Digital Platforms, or How Everyday Life Creates Value (for the Few)” in Room S.0.1 at the University's Sant'Abbondio campus in Como.The lecture will examine how digital platforms have transformed the mechanisms through which wealth is created and distributed, focusing on the role of users' everyday activities in emerging economic models.From an economic and social perspective, the event will encourage reflection on the ways in which data and digital interactions are turned into economic value, as well as the questions these processes raise concerning fairness, the distribution of resources and power relations.The topic forms part of the broader programme, which explores a concept of peace that extends beyond the absence of armed conflict to include the economic and social conditions that shape coexistence.The event will take place at the University of Insubria, Via Sant'Abbondio 12, Como. Participant registration will open at 5 pm, and the lecture will begin at 5.30 pm.Programme30 October 2026Words That Hurt, Words That Heal: The Language of Criminal Law and the Challenge of PeaceGrazia Mannozzi Criminal Law and Restorative Justice, University of Insubria6 November 2026Arranging, Composing: Perspectives on CoexistenceFlorinda Cambria Theoretical Philosophy, University of Insubria13 November 2026In Search of Balance: Rethinking the Relationship Between People, Things and NaturePaolo Vimercati Territorial Strategies, Oxford Brookes University20 November 2026The Controversy Between Peace and WarGiorgio De Michelis Organisational Informatics and Interaction Design, University of Milano-Bicocca