Red Hat Research Quarterly

Stephanie Lieggi
About the author
Stephanie Lieggi is the Assistant Director at CROSS, supporting the work of open source projects and enabling a sustainable contributor base through the establishment of hands-on mentorship programs. She promotes the use of open source in academic settings as well as increasing diversity and inclusion in open source ecosystems. Stephanie was a Senior Research Associate and Adjunct Professor at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Articles by this author
In industry, companies establish open source program offices (OSPOs) to mitigate potential legal risks, improve engineering practices, and enable financial benefits. OSPOs are also proving to be important in research university settings, although—not surprisingly—for different reasons. The primary aim of an academic OSPO is to advance the institution’s goals, which typically include education, research, and serving […]