Stefan Merten

Stefan Merten works as a professional in the software field. In 1999 he founded Project Oekonux and he maintains the project. Since then starting with Free Software this project researches the phenomenon of peer production. Besides the virtual work the project organized four semi-academic international conferences in three different countries. The goal of Project Oekonux is to understand peer production on a theoretical level and to explore what peer production may mean for the future of mankind.