
Samer Hassan
Profesor titular de universidad
Department: Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial
Faculty: Informática
Centre/Institute: Instituto de Tecnología del Conocimiento (ITC)
Area: Computer Languages and Systems
Research group: GRASIA Grupo de investigación en aplicaciones sociales e interdisciplinares basadas en agentes
Email: shassanc@ucm.es
Personal web: https://samer.hassan.name
Doctor by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid with the thesis Modelado basado en agentes dirigido por datos simulando la España postmoderna 2010. Supervised by Dr. Juan Luis Pavón Mestras, Dr. Millán Arroyo Menéndez.
Samer Hassan (he/they) is an activist and interdisciplinary researcher, Faculty Associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and Associate Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). With a background bridging Computer Science and the Social Sciences, Samer focuses on decentralized collaboration, online communities, and social computing. They lead the P2P Models project, funded by a 1.5M€ ERC grant, which explores how blockchain-based Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) can strengthen the Collaborative Economy. Samer has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications (H-index: 25), combining social research, co-design practices, and software development to support more equitable free/open source digital infrastructures. They coordinated the efforts behind SwellRT, a decentralized collaboration platform later adopted by the Apache Foundation, and the pioneering Decentralized Science spin-off. As a trained grassroots facilitator, Samer brings hands-on experience from multiple community-driven and activist projects. Their research interests span the Collaborative Economy, DAOs, decentralized architectures, commons-oriented initiatives, tech ethics, and the intersection of technology and social justice. More at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samer_Hassan