A Community-Centric Approach to Smart City Data
Who should govern citizen data collected by smart cities?
Housing
Does Your Phone Know Where You Live?
FPR hosted a workshop on September 27th to discuss how data can be used to document land and property rights.
A Commons Approach to Data Governance
Rethinking how we talk about data as property
Sixteen Tons of Moon Rock
Chris Mellon and Dennis Wille wrote for Slate comparing future space settlements to company towns of the 1800s.
Can Satellite Internet Close the Property Rights Gap?
Yuliya Panfil and Chris Mellon wrote for Devex arguing that satellite internet can help to close the property rights gap.
Property Rights in Space Sounds Great, Until We’re Actually There
Can the U.S. Annex the Moon?
Yuliya Panfil and Chris Mellon wrote for Slate about what countries and companies can do in space under the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
Someday We’ll Have to Deal With Squatters in Space
Tim Robustelli and Dennis Wille wrote an article for Future Tense at Slate about a future land rush on the moon.
Technology Can Transform Property Rights. But It’s Not.
It’s time to think of property rights as a three-legged stool—supported by technology, processes, and people.
