 Earlier projects dealt with the role of Internet Service Providers in botnet mitigation, the changing role of the state in telecommunications, and the governance of next-generation communications networks and services.Funded, among others, by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the OECD, and the ITU, his work is published in journals such as Telecommunications Policy, Information Economics and Policy, Applied Economics, Government Information Quarterly, Communications & Strategies, Telematics & Informatics, and Info.Bauer has worked in advisory capacity with public and private sector organizations in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.