ecsa is an economic technology and imagination network for distributed economic agency.

Since 2016 ECSA has served as a space for post-structuralist economists, artists, computer scientists, software developers, game designers, and decentralised systems engineers to imagine, research and develop new protocols for economic agency and informational autonomy.

Primary operators

  • Akseli VirtanenCo-Founder, Vision & Postcapitalist Strategy
    DSc(Econ.), Political economist

  • Jorge LópezInventor, Network Coreographer

  • Dick BryanPolitical Economist
    PhD, Prof. Political economy (University of Sydney)

  • Pekko KoskinenOrganizational Architectures
    & Play Structures

  • Jonathan BellerEconomic Media Theorist PhD, Prof. Media (Pratt, NYC)

  • Pablo Somonte RuanoProgrammatic design
    & collaborative tactics

  • Daniel ShinbaumEconomic Mediologist

  • Catherine Leigh SchmidtGraphic Designer

  • Mikael BryggerMedia sensitive expression
    Prof. of Writing (University of Arts Helsinki)

  • Mikkel KjærEconomic Space Coordination

  • Martin BornComms & Community

Advisors & Collaborators

  • Michael ZarghamPhD, Founder, BlockScience
  • Denis "Jaromil" RoioPhD, Co-founder, Dyne.org
  • Antti VeilahtiPhD, Mathematician
  • Orion ReedLiberatory computing activist

Distributed
Computa­tion

  • Robert MeisterProf. Politics, UCSC
    Author, Justice is an Option
  • Robert WosnitzerProfessor, NYU Stern School of Business
  • Mike RaffertyProf. Political Economy, RMIT
    Co-author, Capitalism with derivatives

Post­capitalist
Finance

  • Kim Stanley RobinsonPhD, Sci-Fi writer
    Environmental activist
  • Geert LovinkProf. Network Cultures, Amsterdam
  • Douglas RushkoffProf. Digital Economics, CUNY
  • Alku SirénSenior Advisor, Miltton
    & Nordic West Office

Network
Cultures

  • Brian MassumiPhilosopher
    Author, 99 Thesis on Value
  • Erin ManningProf. Philosophy, Concordia
  • Tero NauhaProf. Performance art, Helsinki

Economic
Sense­Making

  • Matthew SlaterCredit Commons
  • Tomaž FleischmanCycles Protocol SA
  • Dil Green & Tom WoodroofLocal Loop Merseyside
  • Stephen DeMeulenaereCollaborative Finance

Colla­borative
Finance

  • Leanne J. Ussher  Ph.D. Bard College
    Associte editor Frontiers in Blockchain
  • Brett ScottFinancial activist
    Author, Cloudmoney
  • Roberto SoundyLong-volatility strategies
    Autonomia cooperative
  • Jeff EmmettCo-founder, Commons Stack
    Token Engineering researcher, BlockScience

Post­capitalist
Accounting

  • Thomas LinderPartner, MME, Zug

Legal
Enginee­ring

  • RYBN.orgArtist Collective
  • Goldin+SennebyArtist collective

Algo­rithmic
Meaning

  • Rafe Furst5x Founder, 2x Unicorn investor
    The Crypto Company
  • Vinay GuptaCEO, Mattereum
  • Jori ArmbrusterCo-founder, EthicHub

Economic
Infra­structure
Strategies

  • Clara GromachesKomma.systems
    dOrg.tech
  • Adam DeLindeUX Director, Orange
  • Jakub LancEcoloc, Brno University
  • Daniel KnobelsdorffdOrg.tech
  • Marcus Saul & Chris CookIslandPower

Network
Mode­ling

Past contributors
  • Mark Aink
  • Alex Alekseyenko
  • Banyak Films
  • Jeremy Barham
  • Eugenio Battaglia
  • Scott Beibin
  • Franco Berardi
  • Eve Blossom
  • Erik Bordeleau
  • Skye Boughsty-Marshall
  • Brian Burt
  • Fabian Bruder
  • Clemens Buchegger
  • Jay Cabrera
  • Michael Casey
  • Toni Lane Casserly
  • Ataberk Casur
  • Chris Connery
  • Christian Crawford
  • Colin Drumm
  • George Danezis
  • Michelle Dick
  • Marta Domanska
  • Anthony D'Onofrio
  • Andrew Dunscomb
  • Bracha Ettinger
  • James Foley
  • Emil Fritsch
  • Felix Fritsch
  • Ana Fradique
  • Andrea Fumagalli
  • James Gilbert
  • Ben Goerzel
  • Ron Goldshmidt
  • Greenstone
  • Dazza Greenwood
  • Marina Gorbis
  • Luca Guzzetti
  • Nicholas Haan
  • Mark Haferkamp
  • David Hanson
  • Daniel Hassan
  • Mark Harlan
  • Daniel Horowitz
  • Cy Hossein
  • Ruzgar Imski
  • Michele Ionio
  • Cynthia Jaggi
  • Duke Jones
  • Juha Jaskara
  • Tommi Joentakanen
  • Ela Kagel
  • Jonas Karlson
  • Esko Kilpi
  • Kone Foundation
  • Lennart Laberentz
  • Zachary Larson
  • Erin LeDell
  • Jialin Li
  • Vienna Looi
  • Laura Lotti
  • Joel Mason
  • Bill Mauer
  • Mark S. Miller
  • MME Zug
  • Ed Moncada
  • Lucas Mullikin
  • Lowell Ness
  • Paige Panter
  • Korinna Patelis
  • Pablo Perez
  • Anya Petrova
  • David Poppers
  • Pascal Ott
  • Mette Reitzel
  • Shariq Said
  • George Samman
  • Alpen Seth
  • Houman Shadab
  • Scott Sherman
  • Tim Simpson
  • Patrick Soderlund
  • Sari Stenfors
  • Aleksa Stojanović
  • Adam Szymanski
  • Three Ecologies Institute
  • Bill Tulloh
  • Törmä
  • Jim Uhlman
  • Carlo Vercellone
  • Seppo Virtanen
  • Herman Virtanen
  • Alvar Virtanen
  • Volter Virtanen
  • Lene Volhardt
  • David Wachsman
  • Bettina Warburg
  • Greg Wendt
  • Theo Wilson
  • Nathan Windsor
  • Harlan Wood
  • Zerium Lab
  • Sergio Zorino