# Evolution of Platform-based Open Source Ecosystems: Uncovering Socio-Technical Dynamics Using Digital Traces

> Methodological precursor to the MIS Quarterly paper; anticipates work on algorithmic actors in open development communities.

- Venue: ICIS 2019, pp. 1–9 (2019)
- Transfer: Methodological precursor to the MIS Quarterly paper; anticipates work on algorithmic actors in open development communities.
- Contribution: My role: designed and partly executed the trace data extraction pipeline; wrote substantial parts of the manuscript.
- Authors: Müller, M., Diegmann, P., Rosenkranz, C.

## Study

A research-in-progress study of open-source ecosystems using digital trace data, covering 58,548 crawled modules.

## Why it matters in practice

Digital traces show how platform ecosystems evolve socio-technically, which matters for anyone maintaining shared dependencies.