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Short bio

Vasilis (Billy) Niaros is the Research Coordinator of the P2P Foundation and a Core Member of the P2P Lab. Billy holds a PhD in Technology Governance from Tallinn University of Technology (2016) as well as a five-year-BSc and a MSc in Urbanism and Regional Development from University of Thessaly. His research work is related to commons transitions at the city level with an emphasis on the use of local manufacturing technologies.

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Contact: vasilis.niaros at gmail.com
Google scholar page: here

Publications

Peer reviewed articles

Niaros, V., Kostakis, V., & Drechsler, W. (2017). Making and sharing (in) the smart city: The emergence of makerspaces. Telematics & Informatics. site text
Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2017). Re-dynamising local economies in the age of Trumpism. Journal of Future Studies. site text
Niaros, V. (2016). Introducing a taxonomy of the “smart city”: Towards a commons-oriented approach? tripleC: Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 14(1), 51-61. site text
Kostakis, V., Niaros, V., & Giotitsas, C. (2015). Production and governance in hackerspaces: A manifestation of commons-based peer production in the physical realm?. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 18(5), 555-573. site text
Kostakis, V., Niaros, V., Dafermos, G., & Bauwens, M. (2015). Design global, manufacture local: Exploring the contours of an emerging productive model. Futures, 73, 126-135. site text
Kostakis, V., Niaros, V., & Giotitsas, C. (2015). Open source 3D printing as a means of learning: An educational experiment in two high schools in Greece. Telematics & Informatics, 32 (1), 118–128. site text

Working papers

Niaros, V. Towards a commons-oriented city: An overview of developments in Europe

Reports

Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2017, forthcoming). Changing societies through urban commons transitions. Prepared for Heinrich Böll Foundation.
Niaros, V., Pantazis, A., Priavolou, C., & Martelloni, L. (2017, forthcoming). The maker movement: Values and principles. Open Design & Manufacturing project.
Niaros, V. (2017). Towards a commons-oriented city: An overview of developments in Europe. Prepared for Timelab. text
Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2017). Value in the commons economy: Developments in open and contributory value accounting. Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation. site text
Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2017). The emergence of peer production: Challenges and opportunities for labor and unions. Brussels: European Trade Union Institute. site text
De Filippi, P., Loveluck, B., Niaros, V., Pantazis, A., & Fuster, M. (2016). Best practices for commons-based peer production communities & policy recommendations. P2P Value project. text
Pazaitis, A., Niaros, V., Dittus, M., & Fuster, M. (2016). Validation experiments: Research reports on validation experiments description and analysis. P2P Value project. text

Book chapters

Kostakis, V., Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2015). Urban reconfiguration after the emergence of peer-to-peer infrastructures: Four future scenarios with an impact on smart cities. In D. Araya (Ed.), Smart cities as democratic ecologies(pp. 116-124). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. site text

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 ==Reports==
+* Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2017, forthcoming). Changing societies through urban commons transitions. Prepared for Heinrich Böll Foundation.
+* Niaros, V., Pantazis, A., Priavolou, C., & Martelloni, L. (2017, forthcoming). The maker movement: Values and principles. Open Design & Manufacturing project.
+* Niaros, V. (2017). Towards a commons-oriented city: An overview of developments in Europe. Prepared for Timelab. [https://stad.gent/sites/default/files/article/documents/%27Towards%20a%20Commons-oriented%20City%27%20-%20Comparatief%20rapport%20Vasilis%20Niaros.pdf text]
 * Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2017). ''Value in the commons economy: Developments in open and contributory value accounting''. Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation. [https://www.boell.de/en/2017/02/01/value-commons-economy-developments-open-and-contributory-value-accounting?utm_campaign=ip site] [http://www.p2plab.gr/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Value-in-the-Commons-Economy-2017.pdf text]
 * Bauwens, M., & Niaros, V. (2017). ''The emergence of peer production: Challenges and opportunities for labor and unions''. Brussels: European Trade Union Institute. [http://www.etui.org/Publications2/Policy-Briefs/European-Economic-Employment-and-Social-Policy/The-emergence-of-peer-production-challenges-and-opportunities-for-labour-and-unions site] [http://www.p2plab.gr/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Labour-and-Unions.pdf text]
-* De Filippi, P., Loveluck, B., Niaros, V., Pantazis, A., & Fuster, M. (2016). ''Best practices for commons-based peer production communities & policy recommendations''. P2P Value. [https://p2pvalue.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Deliverable_2.3.1.pdf text]
+* De Filippi, P., Loveluck, B., Niaros, V., Pantazis, A., & Fuster, M. (2016). ''Best practices for commons-based peer production communities & policy recommendations''. P2P Value project. [https://p2pvalue.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Deliverable_2.3.1.pdf text]
-* Pazaitis, A., Niaros, V., Dittus, M., & Fuster, M. (2016). ''Validation experiments: Research reports on validation experiments description and analysis''. P2P Value. [https://p2pvalue.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Deliverable_4.2.1.pdf text]
+* Pazaitis, A., Niaros, V., Dittus, M., & Fuster, M. (2016). ''Validation experiments: Research reports on validation experiments description and analysis''. P2P Value project. [https://p2pvalue.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Deliverable_4.2.1.pdf text]
 ==Book chapters==

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