Franco Tomassoni is a research fellow at the Collaborative Laboratory for Labour, Employment, and Social Protection (CoLABOR) in the research line of labor, employment, technology, and industrial relations. He holds a Ph.D. in Globalization Studies from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH) at Nova University of Lisbon (UNL). Grounded in the intersection of geopolitics, history, social theory, and macroeconomics, his research explores the relationship between technology, hegemonic transitions, and global markets, with a particular focus on labor dynamics and digitalization. He has developed several research projects on the geopolitics of energy and energy security, on the impact of platformization on labor, and on the political responsibility and accountability of platform and digital companies. He is also a member of the editorial committee of the publisher Outro Modo – Le Monde Diplomatique – Portuguese Edition.