Dr Laura James's writings

Festival of Commoning 2026

My first FLIPIM: the grassroots regeneration conference

Commonplace book: reading, abundance, green shoots

Electromagnetic Field 2026

Commonplace book: far too much AI but maybe also some hope

Pastures new

Commonplace book: AI fables, knowledge, whistles

Commonplace book: mental models, autonomy, a poem

Commonplace book: supply chains, hope, cool

Commonplace book: not entirely AI

Festival of Commoning take two

Commonplace book entries: climate, slop, defence

Notes: tech safety, loudspeakers, infraordinary

Notes: rewilding, recovery, transcendence

Commoning

Job seeking by numbers

Need an empathetic engineering leader to develop something new or complex? Hire me!

Notes: grey goo, permanence or otherwise, perspectives on Ross Anderson

Notes: trust and cultural angles on AI; internet stuff; climate response

A climate unconference report

Notes: projects, tech, soil, water

Older notes: translucence and webs and governance

Open transitions

Notes: a lot of bits and pieces, plus thinnovation

Random notes: crypto / web3 in the 2022 Well state of the world

Random notes: the Well's state of the world, 2021 and 2022

Weeknotes: learning, smart paperwork, cash

Monthnotes: carbon removal, COP26 IP, corporate culture

last-month Notes: voting, health and tech, ruggedising

Notes: energy, local government, open, social enterprises

Notes: shortages, skills, startups, short-termism

Summer-notes: maps and data and pandemic bits

Summer-notes: physical stuff

Summer-notes: institutions, trust

Summer-notes: food, climate