About
In a rapidly changing world, with organizational structures ever more in flux, and a growing number of very serious social, economic, and environmental issues threatening humanity and nature, the field of Community Informatics has significant potential to increase the problem solving capacity of society. However, as acknowledged by leading bodies like the Community Informatics Research Network there is an unfortunate gap between the activities of (academic) researchers and practitioners. Both kinds of activities need to intertwine: generating innovative ideas about the potential of online technologies is essential for developing more effective socio-technical systems. On the other hand, without the test of practice, many theories remain only vague conceptual clouds and cannot be refined and usefully applied in the real world.The mission of CommunitySense therefore is to contribute to community informatics research getting done and used in practice, so that thinkers and do-ers in this emerging field together can better address the real world-problems and opportunities of collaborative communities.
Other parts of this site describe in detail my research work, the consultancy services I provide, and the applications and resources I am developing. In this section, you find additional background information:
- A CV summarizing my professional history.
- Some musings about the notions of life and growth, and how they came to shape my main R&D question.