Allow me to introduce myself: my name is Keith Russell. I live smack bang in the middle of a busy lifetime. Professionally I am community manager at SURF foundation, a foundation which is responsible for ICT innovations for all institutes of higher education in the Netherlands. I am responsible for collecting, exchanging and communicating findings from two projects. SURFshare is directed at the sharing and publishing of research materials and publications in various projects accross the Netherlands. Knowledge Exchange is a collaboration of four organisations in Denmark, Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands directed at sharing experiences and working together 'to make a layer of scholarly and scientific content openly available on the Internet'.

I am the proud father of two lovely kids. When I have the time I like to go outside. Every now and then I manage to fit in a spot of potholing. This is mostly in the Ardennes in Belgium. If I can find the time I hope to return to the Alps for some alpine climbing. To keep my body moving I am member of the Utrecht Morris Team. And finally I regularly meet up with a group of friends to discuss a philosophical article or book. We have discussed Scruton, Russell, Kant, Nietzsche among others and are now preocupied with social developments in our present day society.