Cailean is a DPhil Candidate in Social Data Science. His research interests concern the political economy of open source software (OSS) and the digital commons at large. His DPhil thesis is on ‘The Political Economy of Open Source Software: Case Studies from Artificial Intelligence Developer Communities.’ Alongside his DPhil, Cailean is a Researcher at the Linux Foundation, where he contributes to diverse research projects on OSS trends. Prior to his DPhil, Cailean worked as the International Policy Lead at the UK Government’s Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation and studied at the University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, and UC Santa Barbara. Cailean’s DPhil research is funded by the UK’s Economic & Social Research Council.
Open source software; digital commons; political economy; computational social science; social network analysis; machine learning; technology policy
Associate Professor of Engineering Science, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Xiaowen Dong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Science, where he is an academic member of both the Machine Learning Research Group and the Oxford-Man Institute.
Professor of Internet Geography
Mark Graham is an economic geographer. His research focuses on digital labour, the gig economy, and digital inequalities. He is the author, most recently, of The Gig Economy: A Critical Introduction.
