Social Science Research Council

Program Director

karaganis@ssrc.org
Office Phone: Ext. 469

Joe Karaganis directs a range of SSRC projects on media, technology, and culture, including the 'Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere' Program and the 'Culture, Creativity, and Information Technology' Program. His research focuses on the relationship between digital convergence and cultural production, and has recently included work on "The Politics of Open Source Adoption," the culture industries, and the impact of intellectual property expansion on the philanthropic field. He is an associate editor of the Oxford Dictionary of the Social Sciences (2002), and editor of the forthcoming volume, Structures of Participation in Digital Culture (2006). He has also worked as a consultant for the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations.