Summary
Jakub Lanc is a strategic researcher and educator with eight years of experience exploring how commons governance, collaborative finance, and distributed technologies can bolster local economic resilience and civic participation. Based in Brno, he translates systemic design and institutional innovation into practical tools for municipalities and regions, teaching a semester-long course on commons, P2P and digital identity at Masaryk University. He contributes to regenerative economics initiatives such as Doughnut Czechia and researches Local Monetary Architectures with the Ecoloc foundation, bridging academic insight with hands-on platform and educational design. His background spans product research, blockchain asset analysis, and founding work on self-sovereign identity and community mental-health projects, giving him a rare blend of technical, social, and facilitation skills. Notably, he combines formal training in psychology and informatics with practical workshop facilitation (including Rust+Wasm topics) to surface human-centered solutions in technical contexts. Jakub’s practice emphasizes turning speculative models into usable civic tools that align with smart city visions like Brno2050.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Psychology, Master's degree, Psychology at Masaryk University Brno
Bachelor's degree, Informatics, Bachelor's degree, Informatics at Brno University of Technology
Summerschool, Cognitive Science, Summerschool, Cognitive Science at Central European University