Vasilis Kostakis

My name is Vasilis Kostakis (Βασίλης Κωστάκης), 23, I come from Greece and Ι have studied business administration and information management at the University of Amsterdam (MSc) and the University of Macedonia (BSc) in Greece. Presently I investigate the peer production and governance, the collective intelligence as well as the commons vision. Moreover, I am pursuing a MA in Technology Governance at the Technological University of Tallinn, investigating the dark side of wikipedia governance.

I write mainly on two P2P blogs (En and Gr) as well as occasionally on Dutch P2P blog and French P2P blog.In parallel, I am involved in several on-line and off-line non-profit projects, all of which are filling me with energy, inspiration and hope for the future. Last but not least, I co-run an accountancy and consultancy company as well as a company that organises business and academic touristic projects, both based in my home town in Greece.

• Contact: kostakis.bΑΤgmail.com

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Publications

• Published or to be published:

Kostakis, V. 2008. "The Amateur Class or the Reserve Army of the Web". Rethinking Marxism, Routledge. (forthcoming)

Kostakis, V. 2008. "The Field of the Commons and the Universal Income". Republic Journal. URL http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=418

Kostakis, V. 2007. "The Short Manifesto of an Amateur". Republic Journal. URL http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=263

• On the process of writing or evaluation:

"Bridges to the Post Industrial Planet: Towards a Peer Era"

"The P2P Movement: Lessons for Social Democracy"

"Inclusive Democracy, Market Economy and Peer to Peer: A short view"

"Rebetiko and Class struggle"

"European Union, Politic Production and Collective Intelligence"

"Η ανάδυση της ομότιμης προοπτικής"

Links

The Greek P2P wiki

The Greek P2P blog

The Greek P2P channel