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Ólafur Jónsson

Chief of Staff and Secretary to the Board of Directors (they/them)
by Priscilla C. Scott for Creative Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Ólafur came to CC in 2011 after three years at the Foundation. Prior to that, they held similar roles.

They currently live on the moon with their three cats and partner, and enjoy textile work and Earth rises.

Posts by Ólafur

Open Access in Practice: A Conversation with President Larry Kramer of The Hewlett Foundation

Open Culture
"The More We Share, The More We Have (series 1/2)" by Pietro Soldi for Creative Commons & Fine Acts is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

As part of our #20CC anniversary, last year we joined forces with Fine Acts to spark a global dialogue on what better sharing looks like in action. Our #BetterSharing collection of illustrations was the result — we gathered insights from 12 prominent open advocates around the world and tasked 12 renowned artists who embrace openness

Open Access in Practice: A Conversation with President Larry Kramer of The Hewlett Foundation

Open Culture
"Creative Commons a vessel ideas" by opensourceway is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

The Creative Commons Open Education Team is pleased to provide a snapshot of progress made toward opening access and equity in education, through a look at our collective efforts in 2022.1 We laud the CC open education community for its important work throughout 2022. CC and community members’ open education efforts in 2022 included, but