dimmons.net

What dimmons.net does

DIMMONS is an action-research group hosted by Pangea ethic and solidarity Internet and operating within the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona, Spain. Officially recognized by the Catalan Generalitat Government (via AGAUR) as a consolidated research group (SGR) under registration 2021 SGR 01383, DIMMONS focuses on socioeconomic and gender innovation tied to the digital revolution, with explicit attention to the collaborative economy, digital commons, platform cooperativism, and feminist economics. Its work is organized around three perspectives—economics, public policies, and methodological innovation and future studies—and is explicitly aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals 5 (gender equality) and 8 (decent work and economic growth).

The group's core outputs are research outputs rather than commercial products: open-access publications (books, articles, reports), open datasets and research toolkits, and analytical frameworks such as the Commons Balance Analytical Framework for characterizing digital platforms. DIMMONS has also productized two digital tools—digitESST and digiDieta—developed through the MatchImpulsa program with Barcelona City Council and Barcelona Activa to support the digitalization of socially-committed organizations, alongside programs such as ImpacTech (in partnership with Tandem Social, co-financed by the Generalitat de Catalunya and the European Social Fund Plus) and the 8th Congress of Feminist Economics. Its technology stack is therefore principally methodological and conceptual, deployed through action-research, co-creation, and open-science practices rather than a commercial software platform.

DIMMONS does not sell commercially and earns no product revenue; all outputs are published in open access. Funding flows from research grants, the AGAUR SGR designation, and collaborative projects with public institutions (Barcelona City Council, Barcelona Activa, Generalitat de Catalunya) and European networks such as COST Action P-WILL. Its go-to-market is community-led: dissemination occurs through academic publishing, conferences, workshops, policy engagement (including European Parliament forums), and an active partnership network spanning civil society organizations, international research centers (notably Harvard's Berkman Klein Center and the Network of Internet & Society Research Centers), and public administrations.

Name

dimmons.net

Legal name

DIMMONS - Action Research Group

Website

https://dimmons.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

DIMMONS is a Barcelona action-research group within IN3 at UOC that conducts open-access research on digital collaborative economy, platform cooperativism, digital commons, and feminist economics for academic, policy, and civil society audiences.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

akta.pro primary industry

EdTech & Digital Learning Policy Research (EDADADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Education Access & EdTech for Equity (Low-cost Learning, Skills Platforms) (BPAGALAH), Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK)

Keywords

• Action research group
• Digital commons research
• Platform cooperativism studies
• Feminist economics research
• Collaborative economy analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Grants and Institutional Funding: DIMMONS operates as a consolidated research group (SGR) officially recognized by AGAUR (Catalan Generalitat Government) with registration number 2021 SGR 01383. The group receives funding through research grants, institutional recognition, and collaborative projects with public institutions such as Barcelona City Council and Barcelona Activa.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DIMMONS is an academic action research group that conducts interdisciplinary research on socioeconomic and gender innovation related to the digital revolution, with emphasis on the collaborative economy, platform cooperativism, digital commons, and feminist economics. The group publishes open-access academic outputs (books, reports, articles, datasets, toolkits), develops digital transformation tools such as digitESST and digiDieta, organizes major academic congresses (notably the Congress of Feminist Economics), and produces proprietary analytical frameworks such as the Commons Balance for assessing digital platforms.

Product overview

DIMMONS is an action-research group focused on socioeconomic and gender innovation in the digital revolution sphere. Their offerings consist primarily of research outputs, publications, and methodological tools rather than commercial products. The main tools are digitESST and digiDieta, which are digital support tools developed within the MatchImpulsa program to assist organizations with social commitment in their digitalization processes. The group also organizes programs like ImpacTech (a technology and innovation program for social transformation) and the Feminist Economics Congress.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• digitESST

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 participants from 40+ countries at organized congress
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Xarxa d'Economia Solidària (XES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Catalonia's Social Solidarity Economy network, supporting research on alternative economic models and collaborative economy ecosystems.
• Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational research partnership with Harvard's leading Internet and society research center. Mayo Fuster participates in NoC events at Harvard. Collaborative engagement in international research networks.
• Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive participation in the global Network of Centers, with Mayo Fuster presenting at the 10th Anniversary at Harvard University in September 2023.
• Barcelona Activa (Barcelona City Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with Barcelona City's economic development agency on programs like MatchImpulsa, Càtedra_Oberta, and the 8th Congress of Feminist Economics.
• COST Action P-WILLcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMayo Fuster serves as Action Chair of P-WILL (Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab), a European COST Action network focused on platform work and inclusion.
• PangeacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIMMONS website is hosted by Pangea, an ethic and solidarity Internet provider, demonstrating alignment with commons-oriented values.
• Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques (IGOP-UAB)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with UAB's Institute of Governance and Public Policies on public policy research and political innovation studies.
• P2PModels (UCM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with P2PModels research group at Universidad Complutense de Madrid on peer-to-peer production and platform cooperativism.
• CIRIECminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with CIRIEC (International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy) as a recognized partner organization.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (Harvard University): Harvard's flagship internet-policy and society research center, focusing on cyberspace, law, and society. It is a direct strategic partner of DIMMONS and a benchmark for comparable university-based internet-society research, though much larger and broader in scope.
• CIRIEC (International Centre of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy): An international research network on the social and cooperative economy with a recognized partnership with DIMMONS. It is a broader incumbent covering the cooperative-economy research agenda in which DIMMONS specializes.

Direct peers

• Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) - UOC: The parent institute hosting DIMMONS at the Open University of Catalonia, with parallel research lines on internet society, digital economy, and related interdisciplinary topics. IN3 houses multiple SGR research groups comparable in structure and funding model to DIMMONS.
• OpenSystems - Universitat de Barcelona: A UB research group on citizen-science co-design and methodological innovation in open systems. Listed as a DIMMONS collaborator, it operates a similar academic research-group model around commons-oriented and participatory research methodologies.
• Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques (IGOP-UAB): A UAB-affiliated research institute focused on governance, public policy, and political innovation. Listed as a DIMMONS collaborator and operates a comparable public-policy research model, with strong overlap on platform-economy and commons-related policy analysis.
• P2PModels (Universidad Complutense de Madrid): A UCM research group studying peer-to-peer production and platform cooperativism. It is one of DIMMONS' closest thematic peers in the Spanish research ecosystem and a collaborating partner on platform-cooperativism research.
• COST Action P-WILL (Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab): A European COST Action network on platform work and inclusion, chaired by Mayo Fuster Morell of DIMMONS. It is both a partner and a closely overlapping research platform addressing inclusion in the platform economy.

Others

• Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC): A global network of research centers focused on internet and society, of which DIMMONS is an active member through Mayo Fuster Morell's direct participation. Functionally serves as an ecosystem peer and convening network rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN): A UK-based academic research center listed as a DIMMONS network partner, focusing on complexity evaluation across socio-environmental systems. While geographically focused on the UK, it overlaps with DIMMONS' mission-oriented, transdisciplinary research approach.
• Xarxa d'Economia Solidària (XES): Catalonia's social-solidarity-economy network and a core strategic partner of DIMMONS. It is a regional ecosystem organization that bridges cooperative-economy practice with DIMMONS' research agenda, serving as a civil-society counterpart rather than a direct research competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dimmonsnet
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dimmons

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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