Working Projects


"At the turning point of the current techno-economic paradigm: The role of civil society in the new economy".

"The conjunction of Commons-based peer production, desktop manufacturing and nanotechnology: The case of Helix wind turbine project" (with Michalis Fountouklis & Wolfgang Drechsler).

"Production and governance in hackerspaces: An "expansion" of Commons-based peer production in the physical realm?" (with Vasilis Niaros).

"Open source approach to artistic expression: Two cases from Greece" (with Wolfgang Drechsler).

"3-D printing and medical science: Applications and their impact on health care value chain" (with Aristotelis Kalyvas).

Open to collaborative research proposals!

 

Blind Peer-Reviewed Publications


2012. "The Political Economy of Information Production in the Social Web: Chances for Reflection on our Institutional Design". Contemporary Social Science (forthcoming).

2011. The Political Economy of Information Production in the Social Web: Towards a "Partner State Approach". Tallinn, Estonia: TUT press.

2011. "Commons-Based Peer Production and the Neo-Weberian State: Synergies and Interdependencies." Halduskultuur – Administrative Culture, 12(2), 146-161."

2011. "The Advent of Open Source Democracy and Wikipolitics: Challenges, Threats and Opportunities for Democratic Discourse." Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Humans in ICT Environments, 7 (1), 9-29.

with George Papanikolaou. 2011. "An Essay on P2P Energy Policy." In R. Smite, A. Medosch, K. Mey and R. Smits (eds). Acoustic Space No. 8: ENERGY. Riga: RIXC; Liepaja: LiepU MPLab, 26-30.

2010. "Identifying and Understanding the Problems of Wikipedia's Peer Governance." First Monday, 15 (3).

2009. "The Amateur Class, or, The Reserve Army of the Web." Rethinking Marxism, 21 (3), 457-461.

 

Pop Science Books, Essays & Issues


2012. Peer Manifesto: Creating the World We Want within the Confines of the World We Want to Transcend (Ομότιμο Μανιφέστο). Ioannina: Voreiodytikes Publications (forthcoming).

(ed.) 2012. "The Political Economy of 3-D Printing". Re-public Journal (forthcoming).

(ed.) 2009. "P2P Energy Production and Distribution." Re-public Journal. Available in Greek. Available in English (trans. by K. Lampsa & V. Synodinou).

2008. "The Fields of the Commons and the Universal Income." Re-public Journal. Available in Greek. Available in English (trans. by K. Lampsa & V. Synodinou).

2008. "European Union, Politic Production and Collective Intelligence." Re-public Journal. Available in Greek. Available in English (trans. by K. Lampsa & V. Synodinou).

2007. "The Short Manifesto of an Amateur." Re-public Journal. Available in Greek. Available in English (trans. by K. Lampsa & V. Synodinou).

 

P2P Foundation blogs (En, Gr) & wiki (En, Gr)


Invited speaker in conferences, symposiums and courses. Have been invited by London School of Economics, Institute of Network Cultures, Cyprus University of Technology, Re-Public Journal, RIXC Centre for New Media Culture, FOSS foundation in Greece (ELLAK), Kavala Institute of Technology etc.


Education


BSc (Business Administration) - University of Macedonia, Greece, 2002-2006.
MSc (Business Science) - University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006-2008.
MA (Technology Governance) - Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, 2008-2009.
PhD (Technology Governance) - Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, 2009-2011.

 

Research Grants


Research Fellow, "Challenges to State Modernization in 21st Century Europe", SF 014006, 2012-2013.
Research Fellow, "Web 2.0 and Governance", ETF Grant, 2010-2014.
Research Fellow, "Public Administration and Innovation Policy", ETF Grant, 2009-2010.
MA Scholarship, TUT, Technology Governance Programme, 2008-2009.