Paul Keller (1974) grew up just east of the border. When he came to the Netherlands to study Politics at the University of Amsterdam in 1998, he brought no less than two bikes with him. Among others, his extracurricular activities consisted of working as a bicycle courier, and he still rides a track bicycle without breaks. In 1999 he founded the annual Annick van Hardeveld Memorial Alleycat Race.

In addition to cycling (and studying) he started experimenting with Internet in its early stages and worked as a web designer on the most outrageous projects during the .com boom. Having witnessed the decease of most of them, he directed his efforts towards creating and managing migration and anti-racism action-group websites and campaigns.

In 2003 Paul started work at the Waag Society, as head of the program line Public Research. During his time there, he came in touch with Knowledgeland on a regular basis; first for the Disc project, later in connection with Creative Commons Netherlands. Coordinating the Waag Sarai Exchange Program, a collaborative project between the Waag Society and the new media centre Sarai in Delhi, India, meant many travels to South-America, Asia, and more recently the Middle East. He keeps incomplete memoirs on his weblog.

From 2004 to 2006 Paul lived in Berlin and worked in Amsterdam. During this period, the bistro aboard the IC147 (ICE train) became his favourite hangout.

In june 2007 Paul left the Waag Society to join Knowledgeland as senior project-leader for – among others – Digital Pioniers, Creative Commons Netherlands and P2P Fusion. For Creative Commons, he mainly occupies himself with the relationship between individual and collective rights management. Since June 2005 Paul has taken a position in the iCommons board, an international organization that strives for free culture, open access to knowledge, and open education.

Old Hobbies: rowing, vegetarian cooking, bicycle courier-races, cycling trips, and books.

Current Hobbies: non-vegetarian cooking, photography, books, learning Arabic, traveling, and paranormal advice.

Future Hobbies: learning Arabic (and doing my homework), cycling along the coast of Japan, traveling, reading (in Dutch).