My research area is software processes in an industrial context, with a particular focus set on the verification and validation processes and open source software and open data ecosystems. The research is based on empirical methods; experiments, case studies and surveys. I am also interested in cross disciplinary aspects of the digital society.

I have published more than 200 papers and chapters in international journals, conferences and books, and is the coauthor of books on experimentation and case studies in software engineering. I'm the 5th most cited scholar in Empirical Software Engineering, globally. 

I am member of the editorial boards of EMSE and STVR, and program committees for several international conferences. I am active in industry-academia and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

The academic year 2011-2012, I spent my sabbatical at North Carolina State University, USA.