Simon Grant

I'm an transdisciplinary commoner working in the few fields where my sense is that I have most to uniquely contribute.

Having lived in a shared student house, a co-housing community for 7 years, and now since 2020 in a micro-community of four older adults, I have something to say about intentional communities and cohousing. I've also been a keen user of and advocate for Open Source software.

For many years I've been a contributor to wikis; and I have my own (DokuWiki) wiki. I've written a lot about knowledge commons. This here wiki is a great example of what I see as a knowledge commons, and I'm proud to be one of the core designers of and contributors to it.

I'm one of the pioneering commoners setting up this wiki. Katja and I have used our experience with wikis and particularly DokuWiki to lead the design and structure of this wiki. I have a degree in Physics and Philosophy, so I've signed up as one of the curators for the Philosophy page. In early 2026 I was working on the documentation, and I'm continuing to help look for commoner curators for various topics, particularly for topics in the groups:

• Digital & media
• Learning & personal development

I have aged past paid work so I have no formal affiliations. You can see my present and many past connections on my home page.

I also have user pages at

• P2P Foundation wiki
• Wikipedia
• etc.!

Again, see on the home page of my own website.

• Cohousing
• Intentional communities