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Hello,


My name is Michel Bauwens, 47, and I'm living in Chiang Mai, [[Thailand]], where I teach and devote time to research on P2P, through my [[newsletter]], and through my manuscript (book in progress), which is posted on this site, or [http://integralvisioning.org/article.php?story=p2ptheory1 in a shorter earlier version].
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I'm a Belgian national, and before my move to Thailand I was active as a 'dotcom entrepreneur' as well as ebusiness strategy director for Belgium's largest telco, Belgacom.
More detailed and longer bio / cv at: http://p2pfoundation.net/Michel_Bauwens/Full_Bio


It is my aim to develop a '[[P2P Theory]]' which adequately describes and explains current trends, to propose, in dialog with others, sustainable strategies for political and social change, i.e. to achieve a 'commons-based society' that can operate within a reformed market and state.
=Bio=


This 'virtual' foundation is my attempt to link up with others, and to develop a resource that can be of use to a commons movement, along with the many fine resources already developed by others. However, I devote most of my energy today to the newsletter and manuscript, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
As of 2007, Michel Bauwens is the founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. He also co-founded the the Commons Strategies Group ( http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference
 
). He is listed at #82, on the Post-Carbon Institute (En)Rich list, http://enrichlist.org/the-list/) for his contributions to positive social change.
 
=More formal bio=
Michel has taught on technology and related topics at St. Louis, Brussels, Payap University, Chiang Mai, and Dhurakit Pandit University, Bangkok; he has been Primavera Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam; and external expert at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2008, 2012) (http://www.pass.va/content/scienzesociali/en.html).
 
Michel Bauwens has advised the Board of the Union of International Associations (Brussels), Shareable magazine (San Francisco), the Zumbara Time Bank (Istanbul) and ShareLex (France); the "Association Les Rencontres du Mont-Blanc, Forum International des Dirigeants de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire" (2013-). He was nominated as the Chair of the Technology/ICT working group, Hangwa Forum (Beijing, Sichuan), in charge of distributed manufacturing. He has been editor in chief of the magazine Wave, has written editorials for Al Jazeera English, articles for Shareable, along with peer-reviewed articles for scientific journals. He has co-produced the 3-hour TV documentary Technocalyps, with Frank Theys. Michel has written several books in Dutch, French, and English, such as Peer to Peer, the Commons Manifesto.
"Michel Bauwens (born 21 March 1958) started his career as information analyst and reference librarian for the  United States Information Agency (1983-2000), worked as information manager for British Petroleum  (1990-1993) (where he created one of the first virtual information centers and is credited for coining the concept of cybrarian), and is former editor-in-chief of the first European digital convergence magazine, the Dutch language Wave. He created two internet start-ups, the intranet/extranet company E-Com (sold to Alcatel) and the interactive marketing company Kyberco (sold to Tagora holding). He was European Mgr. of Thought Leadership for MarchFIRST, and ebusiness strategy director for Belgacom, Belgium’s leading telco (1999-2002).
 
In the 1990s, after a first nine year stint as analyst for USIA, Michel worked as strategic knowledge manager for  British Petroleum, editor in chief for riverland Publications, eBusiness Strategy director for Belgacom, and he created two internet start-ups, eCom (intranet/extranet)  and KyberCo (interactive marketing) which were sold to Alcatel and Virtuaholdings respectively.."
With Frank Theys, Bauwens is the co-creator of a 3 hour documentary TechnoCalyps, an examination of the 'metaphysics of technology'. He taught and edited two anthologies on the Anthropology of Digital Society, together with Salvino Salvaggio.
Bauwens is the founder of the Foundation for Peer to Peer Alternatives, which researchers peer production/governance/property and the open/free, participatory, and commons-oriented modes of human cooperation. He is the author of a number of on-line essays, including a seminal thesis Peer to Peer and Human Evolution and The Political Economy of Peer Production (CTheory).  
 
For the P2P Foundation, he functioned as community manager responsible of an ecology of collaboration consisting of: A wiki which reached 7,000 pages which were viewed 6 million times; a blog with a Google PR rank of 7 and 2,000 readers per day; a Ning community forum with daily activity by 300+ members; and several mailing lists.
 
He has taught courses on the anthropology of digital society to postgraduate students at ICHEC/St. Louis in Brussels, Belgium and now lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he has taught related courses at Payap University and Chiang Mai University. He is a Research Fellow with the Primavera project at the University of Amsterdam and outside expert with the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2008). He is member of advisory boards such as the Union of International Associations, and The Hub. He recently joined Dhurakij Pundit University’s International College as Lecturer, assisting with the development of the Asian Foresight Institute."


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#[[Bibliography of Michel Bauwens]]
#[[Michel Bauwens' English Language Bibliography]]
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* [[wikipedia:Michel Bauwens | Michel Bauwens on Wikipedia]]


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More detailed and longer bio / cv at: http://p2pfoundation.net/Michel_Bauwens/Full_Bio

Bio

As of 2007, Michel Bauwens is the founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. He also co-founded the the Commons Strategies Group ( http://p2pfoundation.net/Berlin_Commons_Conference ). He is listed at #82, on the Post-Carbon Institute (En)Rich list, http://enrichlist.org/the-list/) for his contributions to positive social change.

Michel has taught on technology and related topics at St. Louis, Brussels, Payap University, Chiang Mai, and Dhurakit Pandit University, Bangkok; he has been Primavera Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam; and external expert at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2008, 2012) (http://www.pass.va/content/scienzesociali/en.html). Michel Bauwens has advised the Board of the Union of International Associations (Brussels), Shareable magazine (San Francisco), the Zumbara Time Bank (Istanbul) and ShareLex (France); the "Association Les Rencontres du Mont-Blanc, Forum International des Dirigeants de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire" (2013-). He was nominated as the Chair of the Technology/ICT working group, Hangwa Forum (Beijing, Sichuan), in charge of distributed manufacturing. He has been editor in chief of the magazine Wave, has written editorials for Al Jazeera English, articles for Shareable, along with peer-reviewed articles for scientific journals. He has co-produced the 3-hour TV documentary Technocalyps, with Frank Theys. Michel has written several books in Dutch, French, and English, such as Peer to Peer, the Commons Manifesto.

In the 1990s, after a first nine year stint as analyst for USIA, Michel worked as strategic knowledge manager for British Petroleum, editor in chief for riverland Publications, eBusiness Strategy director for Belgacom, and he created two internet start-ups, eCom (intranet/extranet) and KyberCo (interactive marketing) which were sold to Alcatel and Virtuaholdings respectively.."

More Information

  1. Michel Bauwens' English Language Bibliography
  2. Bio
  3. Testimonials