GRASIA: Research Group on Agent-based, Social and Interdisciplinary Applications
Scientic Supervisor / Contact Person
Name and Surname
Samer Hassan
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Researcher ID (link)
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Localization & Research Area
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
Department
Dpt of Software Engineering & Artificial Intelligence
Research Area
Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC), Economic Sciences (ECO), Information Science and Engineering (ENG)
MSCA & ERC experience
Research group / research team hosted any MSCA fellow?
Yes
Research group / research team have any ERC beneficiaries?
Yes
Research Team & Research Topic
Research Team / Research Group Name (if any)
GRASIA: Research Group on Agent-based, Social and Interdisciplinary Applications
Website of the Research team / Research Group / Department
Brief description of the Research Team / Research Group / Department
The P2P Models Lab, or P2PM (https://p2pmodels.eu), belongs to the wide research group GRASIA (https://grasia.fdi.ucm.es). Our group is highly multidisciplinary, regularly mixing computer science with social sciences or design. Besides, it is focused on achieving a positive social impact, through practical applications, collaborating with end-users to study or codesign solutions. Our work is fully open source and open access. Our research focus tackles social computing, online communities, collaborative economy, online governance, social movements, decentralized autonomous organizations, blockchain and other decentralized technologies.
P2PM was born from a ERC grant of 1.5 million euro, on how to build Collaborative Economy communities that are more democratic, and exploring what decentralized technologies could offer (e.g. blockchain). The lead is Samer Hassan, Harvard University faculty associate, and associate professor at UCM (see their Wikipedia article).
GRASIA has researchers from computer sciences, social sciences, design, journalism, pharmacy, or gender studies. These tools are being applied in domains such as online communities, social movements, sustainable development, sociology, economics and organisational science. We are at the Complutense University of Madrid, the largest university in Spain and one of the oldest universities in the world, consistently ranking as one of the top universities in Spain.
P2PM was born from a ERC grant of 1.5 million euro, on how to build Collaborative Economy communities that are more democratic, and exploring what decentralized technologies could offer (e.g. blockchain). The lead is Samer Hassan, Harvard University faculty associate, and associate professor at UCM (see their Wikipedia article).
GRASIA has researchers from computer sciences, social sciences, design, journalism, pharmacy, or gender studies. These tools are being applied in domains such as online communities, social movements, sustainable development, sociology, economics and organisational science. We are at the Complutense University of Madrid, the largest university in Spain and one of the oldest universities in the world, consistently ranking as one of the top universities in Spain.
Research lines / projects proposed
P2P Models is a multidisciplinary research lab exploring how to build a more sustainable, inclusive, cooperative and democratic Collaborative Economy. In the last years it has focused on blockchain-driven online communities (i.e. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations), although it has been studying multiple kinds of online communities and co-ops unrelated to blockchain. The initial project was EU-funded (ERC grant of 1.5M euro), based at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), with Principal Investigator and advisors from Harvard University.
The project follows a practical approach, aiming to maximize our social impact through both our sociological research and the building of free/open-source software co-designed with communities. This is an interdisciplinary research line integrating computer scientists, social scientists, digital designers, gender theory experts, and communication specialists. We hold a critical stance towards blockchain while exploring its potential for commons-oriented communities.
The principal investigator is Samer Hassan (http://samer.hassan.name), faculty associate at Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University and Associate Professor at Complutense University of Madrid. We follow a flat organisation and we have a strong commitment to diversity to strengthen our network.
The project has multiple open lines:
- Data Science on blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations to better understand the ecosystem
- Social research (mixed methods, both quali and quantitative) on large communities or co-ops
- Testing innovative governance models and economic models using decentralized technology
- Developing and experimenting with blockchain prototypes, codesigned with real case study communities
- Other research lines aligned with building a more equitable, inclusive and cooperative Collaborative Economy
We have already hired a former MSCA fellow, and are open to postdocs on Computer Science, Data Science and Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Gender Studies, Anthropology...) and related disciplines.
The project follows a practical approach, aiming to maximize our social impact through both our sociological research and the building of free/open-source software co-designed with communities. This is an interdisciplinary research line integrating computer scientists, social scientists, digital designers, gender theory experts, and communication specialists. We hold a critical stance towards blockchain while exploring its potential for commons-oriented communities.
The principal investigator is Samer Hassan (http://samer.hassan.name), faculty associate at Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University and Associate Professor at Complutense University of Madrid. We follow a flat organisation and we have a strong commitment to diversity to strengthen our network.
The project has multiple open lines:
- Data Science on blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations to better understand the ecosystem
- Social research (mixed methods, both quali and quantitative) on large communities or co-ops
- Testing innovative governance models and economic models using decentralized technology
- Developing and experimenting with blockchain prototypes, codesigned with real case study communities
- Other research lines aligned with building a more equitable, inclusive and cooperative Collaborative Economy
We have already hired a former MSCA fellow, and are open to postdocs on Computer Science, Data Science and Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Gender Studies, Anthropology...) and related disciplines.
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Application requirements
Professional Experience & Documents
We are open to applications from Computer Science, Data Science and Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Gender Studies, Anthropology...) and related disciplines. Please submit your CV and a short motivation letter, with the email subject including "MSCA".
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