# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-bauwens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:05:26.175Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-bauwens"
name: "Michel Bauwens"
slug: "michel-bauwens"
description: "Michel Bauwens is a Belgian political theorist, writer, and conference speaker on the subjects of technology, culture and business innovation. A leading thinker in the emerging field of peer-to-peer (P2P) theory, Bauwens founded the P2P Foundation, a global organization of researchers working in open collaboration in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. He has authored a number of essays, including his thesis The Political Economy of Peer Production."
tagline: "Belgian activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michel_Bauwens%2C_2013_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1958-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  historical:           9.218504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/mbauwens"
    handle:    "mbauwens"
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    title: "Michel Bauwens"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump