Prof. Linda O’Brien1,3, Dr Daniel Hook1,2
1ORCID, , , 2Digital Science, , , 3QCIF, ,
Trust in Science, and in Research more broadly, has been a key tenet of the development of the modern world. Trust in the process and outputs of research is required if we are to build upon the shoulders of giants. The public, who are the most significant funders of research, must also trust that the research ecosystem is spending public money efficiently on research that is of value.
The Research trust landscape is complex. Digital transformation of the research and scholarly communication process has been both beneficial and damaging in establishing trust.
In recent years we have seen the erosion of trust in public institutions. How do we ensure that the processes and outputs of research are protected from this fate? How do we build trust into the research ecosystem, into the infrastructure and processes of research and scholarly communication? This topic will be explored based upon the perspectives included in a recent international special issue which the proposers edited.
Biography:
Linda O’Brien is Chair of the ORCID Board, an independent Director of QCIF and holds other Board positions which reflect her passion for deriving public value from data and digital technologies. Over her career Linda has held a number of senior university roles and contributed to the advancement of eresearch practice in Australia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-8652
Daniel Hook has served as CEO of Digital Science since 2015. He also co-founded and served as CEO of Symplectic, a research information management provider, from 2003-2013. Daniel has been a co-chair at the Research on Research Institute, a policy fellow at the University of Cambridge, and a board member at ORCID. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and maintains visiting positions at Imperial College London and Washington University in St Louis. In his spare time, Daniel continues to do research. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9746-1193