With an academic background in information science and a research career spanning the USA, Netherlands and the UK, Professor Jenny Fry’s work explores how scholarly communication, disciplinary cultures, digital knowledge infrastructures and publishing practices have transformed – and been transformed by – open research.

During the past two decades, she has led and contributed to numerous national and European projects on open access publishing, research data management and the policy frameworks underpinning open science.

Her publications and project findings have informed public debate about routes to achieving open access and contributed to policy development in the field. She collaborates with academics, publishers and library professionals from a range of organisations, both nationally and internationally.

Most recently, she has been part of the Loughborough team working on the collaborative COPIM and Open Book Futures projects, advancing research into the sustainable, long-term preservation of open access books. These initiatives aim to ensure that open scholarship remains discoverable, stable and preserved for future generations.