One of the resource bases at the P2P Foundation is a directory of research into the open, participatory, and Commons-based paradigms. Coincidentally, we received this week 2 separate emails on research by students.

Miguel Afonso Caetano has written a thesis on tactical media , which we have had no time to read yet. And Chris Blunt has written, and it is a well-written thesis that stays free of academic jargon, about the social and political aspects of Web 2.0.

Most often, such research is forgotten after it is written, but in a specialized context such as the resource directories of the P2P Foundation, we belief that such research can have a second and third life, a phenomena similar to the Long Tail but applied to research.

So if you’re an academic or a PhD student, please send us your references, and we’ll be happy to include it in our research base. Non-Phd dissertations are fine as well. The preferred condition is that your research has been finalized, and that it is accessible through an URL.
Michel Bauwens, Chiang Mai, June 1, 2006