Mayo Fuster Morell
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| Born | Mayo Fuster Morell 8 December 1975 Oliva, Spain |
| Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Fields | Commons-based peer production, online communities, social movements |
| Institutions | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Berkman Center for Internet & Society |
| Alma mater | University of Valencia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, European University Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Donatella della Porta, Joan Subirats |
| Known for | Governance of Commons-based peer production |
| Influences | Yochai Benkler, Elinor Ostrom, Howard Rheingold |
Mayo Fuster Morell (born 1975, Oliva (Valencia)) is an activist and social researcher. Her research has focused on social movements, online communities and digital Commons, frequently using participatory action research and method triangulation. She has been part of the most important research centres studying Internet and its social effects, including the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, the MIT Center for Civic Media or the Berkeley School of Information. As an activist, she is the co-founder of multiple initiatives around digital Commons and Free Culture.
Her inter-disciplinary background is grounded in a wide range of academic studies. She has degrees on Economics (University of Valencia) and Anthropology (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), several post-graduate studies (University of London, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), a MPhil in NGO management (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), and MPhil and PhD in Social and Political Science (European University Institute, Florence).
Her PhD thesis, supervised by Donatella della Porta, performed the first large quantitative study on Commons-based peer production communities, providing insights on their governance and infrastructure provision. She combined a large N statistical analysis and case study comparisons (World Social Forum, Flickr, and ).
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