Michel Bauwens (born 21 March 1958) is a Belgian theorist in the emerging field of peer-to-peer (P2P), a writer, and a conference speaker on the subject of technology, culture and business innovation.

Bauwens founded the P2P Foundation, a global organization of researchers working in open collaboration in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property.

Over 500 commons initiatives were mapped, 80 founders and leaders of such communities were interviewed, 9 thematic workshops were held to coalesce their proposals in a integrated plan.

[7] The essay argues that new forms of non-representational politics are a crucial ingredient in finding the solutions to current global challenges; as well as a new and progressive ethos representing the highest aspirations of the new generations.

[10] Bauwens has written for Open Democracy[11] and Al Jazeera[12] and has been mentioned by the New York Times,[13] De Morgen,[14] and Living Green Magazine.