Christian Siefkes

Bio

Dr. Christian Siefkes [1] is a freelance software engineer and author; lives in Berlin, Germany. 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. Co-founder of the bilingual Keimform-Blog [2].

He's the author of the book: From Exchange to Contributions: Generalizing Peer Production into the Physical World. 2007. Website: peerconomy.org

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

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

- List of English-language Keimform articles (many of which discuss or mention the commons): http://www.keimform.de/category/english/

- List of commons-related Keimform articles (in German or English): http://www.keimform.de/tag/commons/

- 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