Peter Troxler will talk about his work at fab*education!
Peter Troxler is an independent researcher at the
intersection of business administration, society and technology. His interest
and expertise are
... in the overall architecture and design of the social,
technological and commercial aspects of enterprises,
... in the application of technologies (particularly Internet
and digital, Web 2.0 technology) in organisation design,
… in the development of lateral, heterarchical and
community-based organisations.
Currently,
Peter's main focus is investigating and developing business models of
open source anything – design, hardware, inventions – and the
corresponding formats and lateral ecologies of innovation and
co-creation.
Specifically, since 2008 Peter is involved in setting-up Fab Labs and developing Fab Lab communities.
Peter holds a Dr. sc. techn. in Industrial Management (PhD),
working at the interface of industrial psychology and management science, and a
MSc in Operations Management from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He has ben working
as a consultant with a variety of customers from industry, non-profit
organisations, charities and the public sector; he has worked as senior project
manager and producer in media and arts organisations; and he has held
technology transfer positions in a Swiss government programme and at the
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
