Whose site is this?
This is the personal website of Rufus Pollock.
Contact
I get a lot of email but I do try to read it all. If you’d like to contact me drop a line to comments [at] rufuspollock [dot] org.
Bio (last updated: 2007-10-05)
Warning: like everyone else I only get around to updating this kind of information irregularly. Thus if the date above is more than six months ago you should assume that the below is no longer entirely accurate!
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I’m an economist at Cambridge University, and was elected to the 3 year Mead Research Fellowship in Economics at Emmanuel College in October 2007. The present focus of my research is on innovation and IP, with particular attention to open models of innovation. Other areas of interest include two-sided/platform industries (e.g. Operating Systems, Search Engines), and research on happiness and well-being. More information about my economics research can be found in the economics section.
In addition to my purely academic endeavours I’m also involved in a variety of other projects and organizations, mainly in the area of digital rights and open knowledge. In particular there’s:
- The Open Knowledge Foundation and associated projects such as:
- What is To be Done
