Our community
Embedding open, rigorous, and inclusive scholarship in research and education.
FORRT is committed to building an inclusive, collaborative community where everyone can participate. We seek to treat one another with dignity and respect, fostering civil discourse grounded in critical thinking, reasoned argument, shared knowledge, and verifiable evidence. We recognise we will not always get this right; when mistakes occur, we expect members to listen, take responsibility, and learn from their impact.
We value diversity across age, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, language, national origin, neurodiversity, profession, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, technical ability, and other aspects of identity and experience. Discrimination, harassment, and exclusion have no place here.
We also champion epistemological and methodological pluralism. Welcoming diverse approaches to knowledge strengthens Open Scholarship. It broadens the questions we ask, helps challenge assumptions, and contributes to more open, rigorous, inclusive, and equitable higher education.
We are comprised of 1,500+ Slack members, 647 contributors across 100+ projects, 1,200+ newsletter subscribers, and 2,000+ followers on Bluesky (1,000+ on LinkedIn)—and below you find the profiles of our community members. For more information on the leadership of the community, please visit the Steering Committee .
Adam Partridge
Director (Partnerships)
Adira Daniel
FORRT Steward
Alaa Aldoh
Aleksandra Lazić
Alexander Hart
Alice Rees
Alicia Tamara Veersma Barredo
Officer (Financial Transparency)
Amani Aloufi
Amélie Bret
Amelie Gourdon Kanhukamwe
Anna Meier
Annalisa Myer
Annalise LaPlume
Aoife O'Mahony
Ashley Blake
Balazs Aczel
Ben Saunders
Berit T. Barthelmes, M.Sc.
Project Manager (Meta-science & Research)
Bethan Iley
Bradley Baker
Cass Gheoghe
FORRT Steward
Catherine Laverty
Catia Oliveira
Charlotte R. Pennington
Christopher Eaker
Ciara Egan
Connor Keating
Crystal Steltenpohl
Daniela Duca
David Moreau
Dermot Lynott
Associate Professor
Dr John Shaw
Director (Ethics and Inclusion)
Dr Kelly Lloyd
Community Cohesion-Liaison
Dr Lukas Wallrich
Co-Director of FORRT
Dr Madeleine Pownall
Director (Education & Pedagogy)
Dr Max Korbmacher
Director (Fundraising)
Dr Rachel Heyard
Director (Meta-science & Research)
Dr Sarah Ashcroft-Jones
Director (Sustainability & Strategy)
Dr. Amanda Kay Montoya
Director (Community Management)
Dr. Lukas Röseler
Community Engagement Infrastructure
Dr. Sarah A. Sauvé
Director (Social Justice & DEIA)
dr. Steven Verheyen
Director (Community & Sustainability)
Dushime Mudahera Richard
Website Lead
Eike Mark Rinke
Filip Děchtěrenko
Flavio Azevedo
Director of FORRT
FORRT
Fotis Mystakopoulos, PhD Student
Officer (Fundraising)
Gavin Leech
Gilad Feldman
Giorgia Andreolli
Community Cohesion-Liaison
Heather Urry
Helena Hartmann
Community Manager
Henrik Schönemann
Jacob Miranda
Jade Pickering
James Bartlett
Jan Philipp Röer
Jeef Lees
Joanne McCuaig
Jordan Wagge
Julia Pauquet
Julia Strand
Julia Wolska
Justin Sulik
Director (Digital Infrastructure Team)
Kai Krautter
Kai Li Chung
Kamil Izydorczak
Karen Matvienko-Sikar
Co-Director (Fundraising)
Karolina Urbanska
Kimberly Quinn
Laurel Standiford
Leticia Micheli
Community Manager
Lorna Hamilton
Deputy-Director (Education & Pedagogy)
Louise Bezuidenhout
Lydia Riedl
Magdalena Grose-Hodge
Mahmoud Elsherif
Malika Ihle
Markus Konkol
Martin Vasilev
Meera Chandra
FORRT Steward
Mehdi Shaahdadi Goughari
Meng Liu
Mike Galang
Monica Gonzales-Marquez
Myriam Baum
Nihan Albayrak-Aydemir
Olly Robertson
Patrick Forscher
Priya Silverstein
Rachel Renbarger
Sam Parsons
Stewardship Council Chair
Sam Westwood
Samantha Tyler
Samuel Alarie
Samuel Guay
Sandra Grinschgl
Sara Lil Middleton
Knowledge Manager (Sustainability & Strategy)
Sau-Chin Chen
Shilaan Alzahawi
Siu Kit Yeung
Sonia Rishi
Stephanie Zellers
FORRT Steward
Susanne Vogel
Tamara Kalandadze
Tamara Marques
Thomas Rhys Evans
Advisor (Ethics and Inclusion)
Timo B. Roettger
Tina Lonsdorf
Tom Heyman
Deputy-Director (Meta-science & Research)
Waleed Alsubhi
William Ngiam
Yanna Weisberg
Yu-Fang Yang
Zoe Flack
