Daniel Guagnin

Dr. Daniel Guagnin studied Sociology, Computer Science, and Financial Economics in Freiburg and has been researching the interactions between technology and society in the fields of data protection, IT security, and digitalization since 2010.
In his doctoral thesis (2014-2019), he investigated the interplay between community governance and the nature of collaborative products. Daniel has been a member of FIfF (Forum of Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility) since 2018.
Since 2022, he has been heading the „Networks and Society“ division at the nexus Institute in Berlin. There, he leads research projects on the „ethical“ development of AI, data protection, and participation projects such as the Dialogue for Cybersecurity of the German Federal Office for Information Security.

Sessions

Governance & Community

How Your Project’s Organization Shapes Its Technical DNA

Talk

10. March 2025, 11:00 - 11:30

Wintergarten

Think your project's technical direction just depends on code? Think again! How you structure your community shapes what you build - from KISS to corporate, from elite hackers to broad participation. See real-world patterns (linux distributions) of how governance creates technical culture, and learn to align your community with your goals.