Michael Madison

New in knowledge commons research: "Is Decentralized Artificial Intelligence Governable? Towards Machine Sovereignty and Human Symbiosis" from Botao "Amber" Hu, Helena Rong, and Janna Tay. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Disappointed What do we talk about when we talk about the challenges facing higher education

Me, new on Substack: "Disappointed: What do we talk about when we talk about the challenges facing higher education." I use the recent Penn panel on the future of American universities as a jumping off point. More to come. profmadison.substack.com/p/disappointed

Today in knowledge commons research: "Unpacking Open Source Bio," a collection of mini-case studies of knowledge commons from the inimitable @jcontreras.bsky.social. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A Pixar Interlude What planet is higher education reform ... on?

Social media day, round 2: On Substack, I have another in my weekly series of essays about the future of universities. "A Pixar Interlude: What planet is higher education reform ... on?" profmadison.substack.com/p/a-pixar-in...

Does leadership begin with voice? Your Leadership Podcast · Episode

It's social media day. The newest episode of "Your Leadership Podcast" with me and Kathy Edersheim is available at open.spotify.com/episode/1huU...

"Things" and their attributes are the MacGuffins of property law. I'll post links to the occasional new paper. Today's excellent entry: "Personal Property Servitudes Revisited" by Daniel Klerman and Stefan Bechtold. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Your Leadership Podcast Podcast · Michael Madison and Kathy Edersheim · “Your Leadership Podcast” is about you and your leadership journey. Co-hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison take a conversational approach, making lea...

While I'm at it: I'm co-hosting a new podcast, called "Your Leadership Podcast." Tasty conversational morsels delivered once every two weeks. Find it here: open.spotify.com/show/633QIpk...

Choosing to Choose How a university decides

Catching up on my Substack essays on the future of higher education, here's the most recent: "Choosing to Choose:
How a university decides." profmadison.substack.com/p/choosing-t...

New in knowledge commons scholarship: "Access to Justice as Access to Data" by Tanina Rostain @georgetownlaw.bsky.social scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol119/...

Also new in knowledge commons scholarship: Christopher Mirasola, "Common Heritage as Public Trust: A Property Law Approach to Managing Resources Beyond National Jurisdiction" in the Southern California Law Review. southerncalifornialawreview.com/2024/10/31/c...

New in knowledge commons scholarship: Margaret (Maggie) Chon, "Relational Innovation and the Public Benefits of Copying," in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal. btlj.org/wp-content/u...

A neat new knowledge commons project: @institutionaldatainitiative.org

The gift of Pittsburgh. I am passing it along. www.pittsburghmagazine.com/pittsburgh-i...

Out of the Silos On universities and institutional change

My Substack series on the future of universities continues, with some preliminary attention to how we might get from where we are now to wherever we might want to be, at "Out of the Silos: On universities and institutional change." Find the whole thing at profmadison.substack.com/p/out-of-the...

Fungi! What knowledge commons can teach. "The Failure of Commons? The Obscure Beijing Mushrooms & the Mycelial Networks of Transformation in Everyday Life" by Gladys Pak Lei Chong. journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/po...

Knowledge commons today: "Governing Digital Public Infrastructure as a Commons," from Renata Avila, Ramya Chandrasekhar, Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, and Andrew Rens. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Field of the University On flowers and friction

Every Monday, there is something new at "Everything in Between." I continue with my series about the future of universities. "The Field of the University: On flowers and friction." profmadison.substack.com/p/the-field-...

What San Francisco carpooling tells us about anarchism | Aeon Essays How San Francisco’s free rides system can help us understand anarchist theory and the work of the late, great James C Scott

Knowledge commons, casual carpooling edition. Reyko Huang, "The order of anarchy: How San Francisco’s free rides system can help us understand anarchist theory ..." The same arg about community self-governance and carpools appears in Benkler, "Sharing Nicely," from 2004. aeon.co/essays/what-...

The Forbidden Garden From the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives, the riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world’s first seed b...

The knowledge commons hits keep coming. "The Forbidden Garden: The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice," by Simon Parkin www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Fo...

The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages The importance of collective behavior in early medieval Europe

Knowledge commons in history. Shane
Bobrycki, "The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages" press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/...

The Tragedy of Prestige Is there a comedy in the university?

This week's Substack entry at "Everything in Between": "The Tragedy of Prestige: Is there a comedy in the university?," in which I carry on my series about the past, present, and future of "the university." profmadison.substack.com/p/the-traged...

Today in knowledge commons governance research.

Knowledge commons, today: "Proprietary Data, Open Data, Data Commons: Who Owns the Data? How to Best Reconcile Conflicting Interests in Exploiting the Value of Data and Protecting Against its Risks" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." Happy Thanksgiving from WKRP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXI...

Today at "Everything in Between" on Substack: "Can You Get Anything You Want? At the university restaurant" It's a metaphor, continuing my exploring the future of higher education. profmadison.substack.com/p/can-you-ge...

Today's knowledge commons update.

Beckenbauer

Cruyff

Akers

Child

I will miss @rorysmith.bsky.social giving me a hard time in his NYTimes On Soccer newsletter but look forward to renewing our one-sided correspondence as he steps into his new role at @theathletic.bsky.social.

There is much, much more to come in this series ... you're right, and stay tuned.

Universities Were New, Once Could they be new again?

This week at "Everything in Between" on Substack: "Universities Were New, Once: Could they be new again?" profmadison.substack.com/p/universiti...