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WEBFARE aims to turn data generated by online activity into a renewable, shareable form of human capital that redistributes value based on needs and fosters a more equitable economy.
What is Webfare?
WEBFARE is an interdisciplinary research project that reimagines data generated by everyday life as a shared and renewable form of value. What is often perceived as passive online activity—clicks, interactions, digital traces—becomes a new kind of capital: one that reflects human behavior, needs, and experiences rather than financial assets.
Unlike traditional forms of wealth, this capital is collective, continuously generated, and non-depletable. WEBFARE explores how it can be transformed from an extractive resource into a common good, redistributed to support public services and those most in need, and positioned as the foundation for a more equitable digital economy beyond existing models of platform dominance or centralized control.
Why it matters?
Today we live in an era of “data warfare”: tech giants extract value from our unwitting labor without giving anything back to society. This concentration of power creates inequality and turns us into passive spectators of our own future.
THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY’S SOCIETY
Unwitting Exploitation
Let’s stop handing out wealth to a handful of billionaires; data belongs to those who produce it.
Digital Justice
Claiming one’s data is not just a matter of privacy, but a right to active digital citizenship.
Institutional Sustainability
Let’s Use Data to Save the Healthcare and Pension Systems, Which Are Under Strain Due to Automation.
How it works?
The WEBFARE approach is grounded in a unique synergy between humanistic vision and technical innovation. Coordinated by the University of Turin (Philosophy) and the Politecnico di Torino (Engineering), the project translates philosophical theory into concrete technological and policy frameworks.
OUR APPROACH
Stakeholder Engagement
Through high-level events, seminars, and collaborations with strategic partners like INPS, MEF, and Cineca, WEBFARE works to establish “Digital Public Infrastructures” (DPI) that bridge the gap between academia, industry, and public policy.
Responsible AI
The project utilizes privacy-by-design technologies and responsible AI algorithms to interpret data ethically, enabling inclusive services such as alternative credit scoring for precarious workers.
Transparent Platform
We are building a platform for data collection that grants users full control through “data pedigree,” making every piece of information traceable, verifiable, and secure.