Christopher M. Kelty

Christopher M. Kelty is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, with appointments in the Institute for Society and Genetics, the Department of Anthropology, and the Department of Information Studies. His research spans social theory, technology, and urban ecology, focusing on digital cultures, open source movements, and human-animal interactions in Los Angeles.

• Book: The Participant (2019), exploring participation through four historical cases
• Book: Two Bits (2008), analyzing free software culture

Recent publications address topics like internet evolution, urban wildlife governance, and digital liberalism. He leads the Labyrinth Project on urban animal management and an NSF-funded study of mediated participation across domains. As an open access advocate, he co-founded the Limn magazine and the Libraria collective.

• NSF grant for research on Participation
• Contributions to understanding nanotechnology ethics and digital infrastructures