Hello

[Gijs van Maanen]

Hello everyone,

I am researcher at Tilburg University on among other things collective 
data governance (incl. data commons & data cooperatives), and have a 
background in political theory, history, science and technology studies 
(STS) and did a phd on open government and open data from a more 
anthropological perspective.

I initially joined primary to stay in contact with the world 'outside' 
of academia.

I am interested in a variety of questions, incl.

-what are good and progressive ways to govern/manage data (as 
collective, or in other forms)
-how best to understand data commons/collectives/cooperatives
-what is the good that is at stake when governing data collectively: 
data, or something else?
-what happened with polypoly? what can we learn from the project?

I am not exactly sure yet what I can and want to contribute, but I am 
more than happy to figure that out with you!

Cheers,

Gijs van Maanen

Assistant professor at Tilburg University
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/persons/gijs-van-maanen
g.vanmaanen at tilburguniversity.edu

On 2023-07-10 23:56, Björn Balazs wrote:

> Moin Helge,
> 
> welcome and thanks for your introduction. Hope to see you in one of our 
> calls.
> Did I mention you should indicate your availability at our nuudel? ;)
> 
> https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/spIv9zZjTT2aj4EH
> 
> Current favorite for the first call is Friday 17:00 (Berlin time).
> 
> Cheers,
> Björn
> 
> Am Montag, 10. Juli 2023, 22:09:44 CEST schrieb Helge Ramthun:
> 
>> Hi everyone!
>> 
>> Good idea to start with a quick intro of everyone here - let me be 
>> next:
>> 
>> My name is Helge. I studied Mathematics (Analytical Number Theory, in 
>> case
>> someone cares), worked with different companies providing software to
>> Insurance companies and am currently employed at an insurance company, 
>> so
>> by now I am an actuary.
>> 
>> I have been for a long time, at least since the Snowden revelations, 
>> been
>> involved with privacy, as I see the lack thereof as a major danger to 
>> our
>> societies. I do indeed have a degoogled smartphone, no whatsapp 
>> account and
>> own my own router. Well, I suspect none of the above is very special 
>> in
>> this mailing list, although usually people's eyes just go empty when 
>> you
>> say stuff like that.
>> 
>> I see great potential in this project. To really make a difference it 
>> is
>> crucial that users are provided control over their data while at the 
>> same
>> time can maintain their lazy stance ("I don't care as long as 
>> everything is
>> running, I just don't have the time.").
>> 
>> What can I contribute? Probably not a whole lot of code, but I'm still
>> willing to put my time into the project, which - if my dreams come 
>> true -
>> will require all kinds of support. So let's say I'm willing to supply 
>> my
>> brain, do as you like with it.
>> 
>> Next one up?
>> 
>> Helge

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet,

Gijs van Maanen
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