Dr. Feller's research is focused on various forms of technology enabled open phenomena such as open innovation, open source software, open source hardware/design, open content, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, etc. At present (2012-), he is Principal Investigator of the Technology-Enabled Organizational Transparency and Openness (TOTO) research project hosted funded by a grant from The Lewis Charitable Foundation (California, USA). The objective of the TOTO project is to conduct original research and to provide scholarly resources and thought-leadership to the global multi-disciplinary research community investigating technology-enabled organizational transparency and openness. His prior research projects include:Open Code, Content and Commerce (O3C) Business Models (2007-2010), a research project investigating open production, innovation and value creation strategies funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.CALIBRE (2004-2006), an EU FP6 Co-ordination Action project designed to establish a European industry open source software research policy forum; foster the effective transfer open source best practice to European industry; and integrate and coordinate European open source software research and practice. The project was funded by the European Commission Information Society Technologies (IST) priority.pKADS (2003-2004), a software development project designed to provide the UNFPA with a shareable desktop knowledge management tool. pKADS was officially launched by BIS, UNFPA and the DCMNR on December 10, 2003 at the World Summit of the Information Society in Geneva, Switzerland. The UCC team and the DCMNR went on to develop eGOV-KP, an open source Java enterprise application.PRISM (2001-2003), an EU FP5 funded programme of economic research, bringing together leading experts from the business, academic and policy communities to focus on the measurement, management and re

Modules Taught in 2014/15: IS4445 Principles of Interaction Design (BSc BIS 4) IS4446 Advanced Interaction Design (BSC BIS 4) IS6031 Open Innovation and the Enabling Role of IT (MBS IEB) IS7010 Foundations of IS Research (PHD BIS) IS7014 IS Research Practicum 2 (PHD BIS) IS7015 IS Research Design Colloquium (PHD BIS)IS7016 IS Research Practicum 3 (PHD BIS)Mobile, Social, and Collaborative Web (UCC/IMI Diploma in Digital Business)