Michel Bauwens is the founding director of the P2P Foundation, which studies the impact of peer-to-peer technology on society. He is also research director of CommonsTransition.org and a founding member of the Commons Strategies Group. He has written a number of books and reports, including Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy (with Vasilis Kostaki). He has crafted Commons Transition Plans for Ecuador and Ghent, Belgium, and advises SMart, a nonprofit that assists freelance workers in the creative industry.