| Since 2006 Mayo Fuster Morell is conducting a Phd research at the Social and Political Science Department at the European University Institute (Florence). Her thesis is on The Governance of the digital commons. Wikimedia is one of her case studies. In her doctoral research she explores models of governance of common-base peer production and how governance relates to community grown. She takes particular attention to the role of the providers of the platforms that host the interaction and the distribution of functions between the providers and the community of participants in co-governing the process. She was visiting the School of information – UC Berkeley until December 2008 sponsored by Coye Cheshire and Howard Rheingold. Her academic formation is based on a Degree in Economics (Univ. of Valencia); Degree in Anthropology (Univ. Rovira i Virgili); Master in Politics of Cooperation and Development (Univ. Complutense of Madrid); Master in Urban Studies (Univ. Rovira i Virgili); Member of the social movements working group Institut de Govern i Poltiques Publiques (Univ. Automona de Barcelona). |
