70th Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar

Program

The 70th Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar took place on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (CET).

In his talk "Public Sector Open Source Program Offices - Archetypes for how to Grow (Common) Institutional Capabilities", Johan Linåker presented a study, commissioned by the European Commission, which delves into the structural configurations and strategic utilisation of Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs) within the public sector domain, with a specific focus on OSPOs within European Union (EU) member states, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland. The investigation is based on interviews conducted with 18 OSPO representatives across 16 cases. The study classifies OSPOs into six distinct archetypes, providing insights into their organisational structures, responsibilities, and contributions to the adoption of Open Source Software (OSS). It also highlights the challenges encountered by OSPOs and provides recommendations for both policymakers and practitioners.

Our Speaker

Johan Linåker is a researcher at RISE and Lund University, Sweden. His interests include empirical software engineering in the context of open technologies, which refer to technology-related artifacts that is shared, reused and collaboratively developed between its users and stakeholders. Johan is specifically interested in how actors in public and private sector can use, develop, and collaborate on open source software, open and shared data, and Open Standards to enable and promote interoperability, technological independence, and open innovation.

Documentation

Accompanying blogpost

Linåker, J. (May 2, 2024). Report: Public Sector Open Source Program Offices - Archetypes for how to Grow (Common) Institutional Capabilities: https://www.linaker.se/blog/public-sector-open-source-program-offices/

Slides

Linåker, J. (2025): Public Sector Open Source Program Offices - Archetypes for how to Grow (Common) Institutional Capabilities. - Talk presented at the 70. Helmholtz Open Science online seminar (Online 2025): https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5030118