is a business and social entrepreneur with a strong background in publishing and education. She was the founder and executive director of Knowledge Unlatched, a not-for-profit that created a global library consortium enabling sustainable open access academic book publishing. She was also CEO of Manchester University Press from 2013 to 2016.
Given the rise in populist scepticism of scientific experts and conventional wisdom, approved research needs reliable means to reach as broad an audience as possible. Can Open Access, providing material for free to the reader, overcome its funding crisis and licensing issues to help speed up the green transition?