# Looking to connect with open source designers for academic research

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-to-connect-with-open-source-designers-for-academic-research/2124>\
**Category:** Usability reviews and research\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-to-connect-with-open-source-designers-for-academic-research/2124 "2020-11-11T12:20:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jazlynhellman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jazlynhellman/32/2002_2.png) [@jazlynhellman](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jazlynhellman)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-to-connect-with-open-source-designers-for-academic-research/2124/1 "2020-11-11T12:20:37Z")

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Hello! (I’m new to the forum, so I apologize if this is in the wrong topic) My name is Jazlyn and I’m a Masters student in CS at McGill University. I’m beginning work on my thesis which is about exploring virtual co-design spaces for open source projects and am looking to talk with people who have design experience in open source software (especially on GitHub). It would be an informal talk mostly to understand the ongoing issues and discuss some ideas I have already begun working on for preliminary feedback. The plan is to begin developing a lo-fidelity prototype with lots of user testing, but want to start with the research, first! Please let me know if you might be interested. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-to-connect-with-open-source-designers-for-academic-research/2124/2 "2020-11-25T17:20:29Z")

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Hey @jazlynhellman happy to chat about my experiences and the projects I’ve done around open source design. I’m also an academic student looking at open source + design but in the UK. Maybe there’s so overlap 🙂

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**Author:** ![jazlynhellman](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jazlynhellman/32/2002_2.png) [@jazlynhellman](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jazlynhellman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-to-connect-with-open-source-designers-for-academic-research/2124/3 "2020-12-09T20:50:18Z")

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Hello @Erioldoesdesign I’d love to find time to chat! Is there a good way to reach you so we can schedule?

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-to-connect-with-open-source-designers-for-academic-research/2124/4 "2020-12-10T00:59:29Z")

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DM’d you back 🙂

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**Author:** ![alexsunny123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@alexsunny123](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/alexsunny123)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/looking-to-connect-with-open-source-designers-for-academic-research/2124/5 "2022-11-03T09:14:55Z")

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> [@jazlynhellman](#):
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> Hello @Erioldoesdesign I’d love to find time to chat! Is there a good way to reach you so we can schedule?

thanks my issue has been fixed.