Welcome to the Digital Commons Policy Council website. The DCPC is an international think tank established in 2021. It aims to increase the recognition of the benefits of digital commons such as free and open source software and Wikipedia, and of the volunteer labour which produces these common goods. It does so by producing evidence-based public reports and other resources.
Latest Activities
Peer-reviewed journal article
Subverting or preserving the institution: Competing IT firm and foundation discourses about open source, New Media and Society
First planning meeting
2024 DCPC Policy Lab organising committee (Daly, Meyer, O’Neil, Shulz)
Latest Publications
O’Neil M, Ackland R & Cunneen R (2023) Building resilience with information literacy and information health. DCPC/NMRC, University of Canberra, DOI:10.25916/d15n-g243.
Digital Commons Policy Council (2022) Report on the production of digital commons and on the conditions of the organisation and action of the Digital Commons Policy Council. DCPC/NMRC, University of Canberra, DOI:10.25916/7wbc-4909.
O’Neil M, Cunneen R, Carrigy B, Cheater R, Margetts W, O’Brien M & Turner K (2022) Six fact-checking lessons for kids. DCPC/NMRC, University of Canberra, DOI:10.25916/3tmw-j769.
O’Neil M, Zacchiroli S & de Blanc M (2021) 2016 Debian Project survey: Work and volunteers. DCPC/NMRC, University of Canberra, DOI:10.25916/zgcc-am08.
O’Neil M, Cai X, Muselli L, Pailler F & Zacchiroli S (2021) The coproduction of open source software by volunteers and big tech firms. DCPC/NMRC, University of Canberra, DOI:10.25916/r8vg-hd09.