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=Bio=
=Bio=


Dr. Christian Siefkes [http://www.siefkes.net/] is a freelance software
"Christian Siefkes is a software engineer who lives in Berlin, Germany. His
engineer and author; lives in Berlin, Germany. Main research interest is
main research interest is the emancipatory potential of free software, open
exploring the practices and the potential of commons-based peer production,
hardware, and other forms of commons-based peer production. He blogs at
the participatory and commons-oriented way of production that brings us
www.keimform.de; publications include "[[From Exchange to Contributions]]"
free software, open content projects such as the Wikipedia, and an
(Berlin 2007), "The [[Emergence of Benefit-driven Production]]" (Proc. OKCon
increasing number of open hardware projects. Co-founder of the bilingual
2011), "The [[Boom of Commons-Based Peer Production]]" (in "The Wealth of the
Keimform-Blog [http://www.keimform.de/].
Commons", 2012).


He's the author of the book: '''[[From Exchange to Contributions]]: Generalizing Peer Production into the Physical World.''' 2007. Website: [http://www.peerconomy.org/wiki/Main_Page peerconomy.org]


Longer:


"Dr. Christian Siefkes is a freelance software engineer and author; he lives
in Berlin, Germany. His main research interest is exploring the practices
and the potential of commons-based peer production, the participatory and
commons-oriented way of production that brings us free software, open
content projects such as the Wikipedia, and an increasing number of open
hardware projects such as RepRap. Co-founder of the bilingual Keimform-Blog
(http://www.keimform.de)."


=Recommended publications:=


- Short text on building blocks of a commons-based society: Christian Siefkes: The Commons of the Future (2009), http://www.commoner.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/siefkes_future-commons.pdf
=Publications=


- Book on a commons-based society: Christian Siefkes: From Exchange to Contributions (2007), http://peerconomy.org/wiki/Main_Page
Publications include:  


- List of English-language Keimform articles (many of which discuss or mention the commons): http://www.keimform.de/category/english/
* The Boom of Commons-Based Peer Production (2012, in
The [[Wealth of the Commons]], [http://www.wealthofthecommons.org/essay/boom-commons-based-peer-production]),


- List of commons-related Keimform articles (in German or English): http://www.keimform.de/tag/commons/
* The Commons— [[Prosperity by Sharing]] (2010, with Silke Helfrich, Rainer
Kuhlen, Wolfgang Sachs, [http://commonsblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/gemeingueter.pdf]),


- German-language report on the commons: Silke Helfrich, Rainer Kuhlen, Wolfgang Sachs, Christian Siefkes: Gemeingüter – Wohlstand durch Teilen (2010), http://www.boell.de/downloads/Gemeingueter_Report_Commons.pdf
* The [[Commons of the Future]] (2009, [http://www.commoner.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/siefkes_future-commons.pdf]),
 
* From Exchange to Contributions (2007, http://peerconomy.org/).
 
 
=More Information=
 
Email: christian@siefkes.net, homepage: http://www.siefkes.net.


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Revision as of 19:14, 29 March 2013


Bio

"Christian Siefkes is a software engineer who lives in Berlin, Germany. His main research interest is the emancipatory potential of free software, open hardware, and other forms of commons-based peer production. He blogs at www.keimform.de; publications include "From Exchange to Contributions" (Berlin 2007), "The Emergence of Benefit-driven Production" (Proc. OKCon 2011), "The Boom of Commons-Based Peer Production" (in "The Wealth of the Commons", 2012).


Longer:

"Dr. Christian Siefkes is a freelance software engineer and author; he lives in Berlin, Germany. His main research interest is exploring the practices and the potential of commons-based peer production, the participatory and commons-oriented way of production that brings us free software, open content projects such as the Wikipedia, and an increasing number of open hardware projects such as RepRap. Co-founder of the bilingual Keimform-Blog (http://www.keimform.de)."


Publications

Publications include:

  • The Boom of Commons-Based Peer Production (2012, in

The Wealth of the Commons, [1]),

Kuhlen, Wolfgang Sachs, [2]),


More Information

Email: christian@siefkes.net, homepage: http://www.siefkes.net.