diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx
index 74c532e4d07a35..029318414d3e40 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/projects/NewProject.tsx
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ export default function NewProject() {
 
         const showSearchInput = !!repoSearchFilter || filteredRepos.length > 0;
 
+        const userLink = (r: ProviderRepository) => {
+            return `https://${new URL(r.cloneUrl).host}/${r.inUse?.userName}`
+        }
+
         const projectText = () => {
             return <p className="text-gray-500 text-center text-base">Projects allow you to manage prebuilds and workspaces for your repository. <a href="https://www.gitpod.io/docs/teams-and-projects" rel="noopener" className="gp-link">Learn more</a></p>
         }
@@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ export default function NewProject() {
                                                 <button className="primary" onClick={() => setSelectedRepo(r)}>Select</button>
                                             ) : (
                                                 <p className="text-gray-500 font-medium">
-                                                    @{r.inUse.userName} already<br/>added this repo
+                                                    <a rel="noopener" className="gp-link" href={userLink(r)}>@{r.inUse.userName}</a> already<br/>added this repo
                                                 </p>
                                             )}
                                         </div>
diff --git a/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts b/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
index 5f164b98ca3c29..5dbf12b1fd07e6 100644
--- a/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
+++ b/components/server/ee/src/workspace/gitpod-server-impl.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { SnapshotService, WaitForSnapshotOptions } from "./snapshot-service";
 import { SafePromise } from "@gitpod/gitpod-protocol/lib/util/safe-promise";
 import { ClientMetadata } from "../../../src/websocket/websocket-connection-manager";
 import { BitbucketAppSupport } from "../bitbucket/bitbucket-app-support";
+import { URL } from 'url';
 
 @injectable()
 export class GitpodServerEEImpl extends GitpodServerImpl {
@@ -1444,12 +1445,17 @@ export class GitpodServerEEImpl extends GitpodServerImpl {
 
         for (const repo of repositories) {
             const p = cloneUrlToProject.get(repo.cloneUrl);
+            const repoProvider = new URL(repo.cloneUrl).host.split(".")[0];
+
             if (p) {
                 if (p.userId) {
                     const owner = await this.userDB.findUserById(p.userId);
                     if (owner) {
-                        repo.inUse = {
-                            userName: owner?.name || owner?.fullName || 'somebody'
+                        const ownerProviderMatchingRepoProvider = owner.identities.find((identity, index) => identity.authProviderId.toLowerCase().includes(repoProvider));
+                        if (ownerProviderMatchingRepoProvider) {
+                            repo.inUse = {
+                                userName: ownerProviderMatchingRepoProvider?.authName
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 } else if (p.teamOwners && p.teamOwners[0]) {