Klaas-Jan Stol

Klaas-Jan Stol is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University College Cork. His research focuses on software development methods, open source practices, and improving research methodologies in software engineering. He leads projects funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and industry, with grants totaling over €1.5 million. Notable roles include SFI Principal Investigator on open source and agile projects.

Education: PhD (Computer Science, University of Limerick), MSc (University of Groningen), B.ICT (Hanzehogeschool Groningen). Former Research Fellow at Lero - Irish Software Research Centre.

Research interests span open source adoption, inner source frameworks, crowdsourcing, and theory development. Key publications include Adopting InnerSource: Principles and Case Studies (2018) and Scaling a Software Business (2017). Awards include the Lero Director’s Research Excellence Award (2019).

• Grant leadership includes SODAW (€464k), HUSRAI (€353k), and Security-Centered Developers (€91k).
• Guides PhD/postdoc researchers in areas like secure coding and open source ecosystems.
• Editorial roles: Empirical Software Engineering, Journal of Systems and Software.

Labs/Teams: Active in Lero as a Funded Investigator, contributing to industry-academia collaborations.