Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
Interviews
18 November 2021
Fiona Hutton
Fiona Hutton, head of STM open access publishing and executive publisher at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, looks back over her career and tells of her love of the wilderness
27 October 2021
James Gray
Kortext founder and CEO James Gray reflects on founding the company, his wider career, and some life-changing moments
23 September 2021
Ben Kaube (left) and Andrew Preston
Andrew Preston and Ben Kaube tell us about their new venture Cassyni, which is aimed at shaking up the world of academic seminars
22 September 2021
Frances Downey
Frances Downey, head of research and innovation culture at UKRI, explains the formation of the organisation’s Good Research Resource Hub
20 July 2021
Anna Clarkson
Anna Clarkson, editorial director for education and behavioural sciences at Taylor & Francis, details a reconstruction of the publishing process
29 June 2021
Simone Taylor
AIP Publishing's Simone Taylor talks digital books, inclusion, long-distance walking and gluten-free baking
07 May 2021
Jason Priem tells of his hopes for a ‘long-overdue’ change in academic publishing
30 April 2021
Sam Herbert
Sam Herbert, co-founder of 67 Bricks, casts his eye over the industry – and tells of his early love of surfing
19 February 2021
Marian Asantewah Nkansah
Research Information meets award-winning Ghanaian researcher Marian Asantewah Nkansah
11 February 2021
Eric Merkel-Sobotta
Eric Merkel-Sobotta discusses the APE conference, the Berlin Institute for Scholarly Publishing, and a great love of horticulture
02 February 2021
Andrew Barker
Andrew Barker, UKSG chair, looks back on a difficult year – and towards a brighter future (and tells of his love for 50s jazz)
28 October 2020
Emerald Publishing CEO Vicky Williams looks back on her career and makes some predictions for the future of academic publishing
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