Edgeryders is a social enterprise, and an open and distributed think tank of people working through an online social network and a series of conferences.

Edgeryders started out as a project of the Council of Europe and the European Commission in 2011[1] and evolved into a volunteer-driven online/offline community by 2013.[2]

Today, there is also the not-for-profit company Edgeryders, living in symbiosis with the online community. As a company, Edgeryders works with communities on funded research, development and social innovation projects in a model they call "open consulting".[3]

Among the most visible of Edgeryders' projects is the unMonastery which began with a pilot in Matera, Italy[4] as well as the Science Fiction Economics Lab[5] and OpenCare.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Edgeryders: how sharing and collaboration can build a vision for the European young generation, TechPresident
  2. ↑ ”About Edgeryders Archived 2013-07-04 at the Wayback Machine”.
  3. ↑ "Our Company". Edgeryders. 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  4. ↑ Can Monasteries Be a Model for Reclaiming Tech Culture for Good?, The Nation
  5. ↑ "Crowdfunding a symposium on a green, postcapitalist economics in Brussels, Nov 11". Boing Boing. 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  6. ↑ "opencare.cc". opencare.cc. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
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