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Cailean Osborne
Researcher @ Linux Foundation | PhD in Social Data Science at University of Oxford
Cailean Osborne is a researcher at The Linux Foundation and a PhD candidate in Social Data Science at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.134 His research interests include open source software (OSS), the digital commons, and public interest computing.1 In addition to his role at The Linux Foundation, Cailean has contributed to projects like Scikit-learn and has previous experience as the International Policy Lead at the UK Government’s Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation.5
At The Linux Foundation, Cailean leads research projects focusing on various open source trends and policy topics.6 He has also authored reports on the potential of open source innovation as a tool for economic recovery.2 His academic work explores the political economy of open source, and he has been cited in academic publications related to open source software, artificial intelligence, and computational social science.7 Cailean is fluent in English, German, and French and has a mixed Scottish and German heritage.1
