This research that studies how coding practices move across different software communities, platforms and languages. It focuses on code repositories such as Github, Sourceforge or BitBucket, and programmer Q&A sites such as StackOverflow.
It is based in Sociology at Lancaster University (UK), led by Adrian Mackenzie. Co-investigators are Matthew Fuller (Goldsmiths, London) and Andrew Goffey (Nottingham). Richard Mills is the postdoctoral researcher working on the project.
The blog for the project is http://metacommunitiesofcode.org/.