A compilation of academic and other research projects on the peer to peer aspects of the internet and society.

Danah Boyd recommends: Students, License your dissertation under Creative Commons!!

We support:

• The Virtual Communication, Collaboration and Conflict Research Group
• YOUCOOP and Goteo, the research initiatives of Platoniq

Key Resources

1. the Free Open Source Research Communitycollects research papers on FLOSS, Free Software, Open Source Software
2. Network Research Centers] for Social Network Analysis
3. UIA encyclopedia of world problems and human potential
4. Centre for Research on Networked Learning and Knowledge Building
5. Digital Resistance research is monitored via the iRevolution blog
6. The Center For Internet Research TCFIR is a transdisciplinary research cohort. All P2P members are invited.

Some favourite potential informal research hubs and networks, compiled by Dante Monson:

1. United Diversity
2. The Transitioner
3. The Hub
4. Attainable Utopias

Key Tools

1. The Digital Research Tools (DiRT) collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively: software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, etc...

Endorsements

1. The P2P Foundation is part of 3D Living Innovation consortium, a Living Lab research project created on the initiative of La Fabrique du Futur