Michel Bauwens/Full Bio

Summary

"Michel Bauwes has been analyst/reference librarian for the United States Information Agency, knowledge manager/cybrarian for British Petroleum, eBusiness Strategy Manager for Belgacom, as well as serial internet entrepreneur in his home country of Belgium. He now lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he created the Foundation for Peer to Peer Alternatives in order to promote social change. He is Primavera Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam and external expert at the Pontifical Adacemy of Social Sciences (2008). With Frank Theys, he co-produced the 3-hour TV documentary Technocalyps, and with Salvino Salvaggio, co-edited the two volume book on anthropology of digital society."

Detailed Biographical Material

Some Academic Qualifications

1. Research Fellow, University of Amsterdam, Primavera program (Prof. Rik Maes)
2. Outside expert for the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Rome 2008
3. Maintainer of the Association for Peer to Peer Researchers
4. Co-editor of the Anthropology of Digital Society (Ichec St. Louis, Belgium)
5. Past teaching positions at Ichec St. Louis, Payap University, Chiang Mai University
6. Record of P2P lectures since 2007: http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Bauwens-Lectures
7. Video recordings of presentations, interviews: http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Bauwens-Videos

Education and Training

1. Master Degree (Licentiate) in Political Relations/International Relations, Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 1981
2. Associate, Thai Cultural Studies, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2003

Research and Professional Experience

1. [1983-1990] Research Assistant and Information Analyst, United States Information Agency
2. [1990-1993] Business Information Manager, BP Nutrition- agribusiness division of British Petroleum
3. [1994] Editor-in-chief of Wave, the first European commercial newsstand magazine about digital convergence.
4. [1995 – 1996] Founder and Managing Partner, Ecom, now under the name of the eCorporation, bought by Alcatel, a leading company in the production of intranets and extranets
5. [1997-1998] Founder and Managing Partner, Kyber Co, one of the leading Internet marketing and website promotion companies in Belgium, now part of Virtuology
6. [1997-1998]: TV documentary producer, the impact of ‘TransHuman Technologies’: TechnoCalyps, the metaphysics of technology and the end of man. The documentary was shown on Dutch (IKON) and Belgian-Flemish television. An updated version is currently doing the festival circuit.
7. [1999-2000] Marketing Manager, USWeb/CKS Belgium, part of the largest Internet professional services company in the world. Practice Leader Branding and Advertising for client projects for leading industrial and consumer companies such as AltaVista, Shell Geostar, and Eurostar Diamond Trade (2nd largest diamond company after DeBeers), Bacob, and many others.
8. [1998-2000] Postgraduate Teaching, European Master in Multimedia Program at ICHEC/Fac. St. Louis, a course created through the Leonardo program of the EU; ‘The Anthropology of Digital Society’
9. [1998-2000] Professor, Multimedia Program at ICHEC/Fac. St. Louis, ‘Social and political economic implications of Information and Communication Technologies’ for 3rd year Communication students
10. [2000-2002] eBusiness Strategy Manger, Digital Futures Initiative
11. [2004-2005] Payap University and Chiang Mai University, Thailand, Globalization and Introduction to the Vocabulary of the Social Sciences
12. [2002-present] Founder, Peer to Peer Alternatives Foundation

Awards and Honors:

• USIA Meritorious Honor Award, July 1990 • BP Information Star Prize for Innovative Applications of Information Technology: "For the concept and creation of a total electronic information environment for the provision of business intelligence to senior management", January 1993 • European Special Librarian of the Year award, "For outstanding role in redefining the profession in harmony with the advances in technology", December 1993

Collaborations and Affiliations

• Research Fellow for Primavera, (University of Amsterdam, with Prof. Rik Maes, 2007+) • Invited expert at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, 2008 - • Board Member of the Union of International Associations, 2007 –

Publications

1. Bauwens, M. The Political Economy of Peer Production. CTheory, October 2, 2006. Retrieved from http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=499 ; Re-published Post-Autistic Economics Review, issue 37. Retrieved from http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue37/Bauwens37.htm
2. Bauwens, M. Passionate Production and the Happiness Surplus. International Conference On “Happiness and Public Policy”. United Nations Conference Center (UNCC) Bangkok, Thailand. 18-19 July 2007. Retrieved from http://ppdoconference.org/session_papers/session14/session14_michel.pdf ; (draft version at http://gnh-movement.org/papers/bauwens.pdf )
3. Bauwens, M. P2P and Human Evolution. Institute for Network Cultures. March 2005. Retrieved from http://www.networkcultures.org/weblog/archives/2005/03/ ; alternative version at Integral Vision. Retrieved from http://integralvisioning.org/article.php?story=p2ptheory1

Also:

1. Bauwens, M. Social Innovation and the Partner State as Emerging Models for the Developing World. Information Technology in Developing Countries Volume 17, No. 3. International Federation for Information Processing, November 2007. Retrieved from http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/nov2007/michel-bauwens.htm
2. Bauwens, M. P2P Foundation, Thailand . Developing a global Online presence through Wiki and blog. I4D Magazine, August 2008. Retrieved from http://i4donline.net/August08/998929018.pdf
3. Bauwens, M. Social Innovation, Peer Production, Open Design: Implications for Policy. Center for the Experience Economy, November 11, 2007. Retrieved from http://www.experience-economy.com/2007/11/21/social-innovation-peer-production-open-design-implications-for-policy-by-michel-bauwens/
4. Bauwens, M. From Social Innovation to Peer Production and Open Design. European Multimedia Forum, 2008. Retrieved from http://www.e-multimedia.org/articles/Michel%20Bauwens.html?eid=24355365
5. Bauwens, M. The Peer to Peer Manifesto: The Emergence of P2P Civilization and Political Economy. Master New Media. Retrieved from http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/11/03/the_peer_to_peer_manifesto.htm
6. Bauwens, M. Peer to Peer | The New Relational Dynamic. Kosmos Journal. Spring | Summer 2008. ToC retrieved from http://www.kosmosjournal.org/kjo/backissue/s2008/index.shtml
7. Bauwens, M. The social web and its social contracts. Re-public, . Retrieved from http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=261
8. Bauwens, M. Business Models for Peer Production. Open Source Business Resource, January 2008Retrieved from http://www.osbr.ca/ojs/index.php/osbr/article/view/494/458
9. Bauwens, M. Enterprise 2.0: Will Corporations Embrace the Social Media Revolution? Cutter IT Journal. Special Issue on Enterprise 2.0. 2008
10. Bauwens, M. Peer production, peer governance, peer property. Re-public, 2006. Retrieved from http://www.re-public.gr/en/?p=87
11. Bauwens, M. P2P Economics: A Design Vision For A Commons-Based Distributed Marketplace. Master New Media, March 6, 2006. Retrieved from http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2006/03/06/p2p_economics_a_design_vision.htm

Supporting Material

1. Record of P2P lectures since 2007: http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Bauwens-Lectures
2. Video recordings of presentations, interviews: http://delicious.com/mbauwens/Bauwens-Lectures