Lai Ma is Professor at School of Information and Communication Studies at UCD. Her research is concerned with documentation and knowledge production since the late 19th century. She is the PI of the ERC-funded project, “Bibliodiverse Ecosystems: A Transnational Study" (SCRiBe), which looks at the many influences that led to the development of open research infrastructure globally since the 1990s. 

Pádraig is currently a Graduate Entry Medical Student at University College Cork and is researching the prevalence of Parkinson's Gait Freeze a t the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience at University College Cork. He is one of two Chief editors of The UCC Student Medical Journal which provides students with an opportunity to connect with the greater research community at UCC.

Shobha is a final year graduate entry medical student at University College Cork with a strong interest in family medicine and emergency care. Her passion lies in developing long-term relationships with patients and making a difference at the community level. She is one of two Chief editors of The UCC Student Medical Journal which provides students with an opportunity to connect with the greater research community at UCC. 

Richard Harris is a lecturer and PhD student in Business Information Systems (BIS) at University College Cork. He has studied BIS at both undergraduate and master's level. He also holds a postgraduate certificate in third level teaching. His current research spans several areas, notably Health Information Systems for ADHD and Information Systems Design. Richard has published in outlets such as the Journal of Decision Systems and JMIR Formative Research. He has previously researched in virtual machine recourse monitoring. Richard has served as the Chief Editor of The Boolean, UCC’s domain agnostic postgraduate journal.

Anne-Marie McAlinden is a Professor of Law and Criminal Justice in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast. She is the author of four monographs with a range of publishers (including Hart/Bloomsbury, Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press). Her most recent monograph was published open access by Oxford University Press in 2025: Transforming Justice Responses to Non-recent Institutional Abuses and drew on primary research funded by the AHRC and ESRC.

Dr Alice Panepinto is a Reader at QUB School of Law. Alice is an international and comparative lawyer focusing on human rights and humanitarian law, and has a regional specialism in the Middle East and particularly Palestine, where she worked prior to returning to academia. Alice is the author of 'Truth and Transitional Justice: Localising the International Legal Framework in Muslim Majority Legal Systems' (Hart, 2022), which investigates synergies between international law and Islamic law in furthering truth-seeking after conflict and authoritarianism. Between 2020-2024 Alice was PI to two AHRC-funded projects on the forced displacement of Palestinian Bedouins, together with colleagues across 3 other institutions and various in-country partners. That project resulted in the project book 'Ending Impunity for International Law Violations: Palestinian Bedouins and the Risk of Forced Displacement' (Hart, 2025) (published in open access), a documentary film 'We Will Remain', and other academic and policy outputs. 

Alexander is the Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian with responsibility for the Schools of Law and Government, Communications and Applied Language and Intercultural Studies at DCU Library.

Geraldine is the Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian with responsibility for the Schools of English, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, History and Geography, and Theology, Philosophy and Music at DCU Library.

Dr James Brunton is Assistant Professor and Programme Chair of the BA in Psychology and Psychology Major programmes in the School of Psychology, which are online, open education programmes accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). James is a Chartered member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (C. Psychol., Ps.S.I.; C. Work & Org. Psychol. Ps.S.I.), and a Chartered member and Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society (CPsychol BPS, AFBPsS). James is also an EDEN (European Distance Education Network) Fellow, an Advance HE Senior Fellow (SFHEA), and Professor Extraordinarious in the University of South Africa (UNISA). James’ research interests include the psychology of identity, identity formation and identity management processes, socialisation/orientation processes for ‘off-campus’ higher education students, online learning design, open pedagogy, and digital assessment. 

Research Data Steward, Metadata Librarian, Researcher (PhD in Digital Humanities with Ethnomusicology), Digital Humanist, Ethnomusicologist, Web Developer, Musician.

Dr. Thérèse McDonnell is a Research Fellow at UCD. She is a Health Economist with expertise in collaborative interdisciplinary research and has led on a body of applied quantitative research, including policy evaluation and decision-making.  She has also conducted qualitative and mixed-methods research across a variety of healthcare settings and specialisms. Dr. McDonnell has significant experience of primary and secondary data analysis, both through data extraction from healthcare systems and conducting surveys, interviews and focus groups. Her research involves collaborating with stakeholders, including clinicians and patient and public representatives (PPI), and she has collaborated on research across a range of disciplines including emergency medicine, general practice, obstetrics, paediatrics, psychiatry, and radiology.

Dr Ursula Connolly is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Galway. Her research focuses on the application of tort law principles to contemporary legal challenges, with a particular emphasis on liability for mental injury and the intersection between civil liability and technology. Much of her work adopts a comparative perspective, drawing on developments across both common law and civil law jurisdictions.

She has published extensively on topics including stress-related injury and liability for suicide, and is a regular contributor to the Common Core of European Private Law project, participating in studies on causation, mass harms, and damages. Her PhD, awarded by the University of Bristol, examined the regulation of workplace bullying in Ireland. At the University of Galway, Dr Connolly’s primary teaching responsibilities include Tort Law and Moot Court modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has received several teaching awards, including the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Dr Emma Dorris is the Engaged Research Manager at UCD Research. She co-leads and manages the PPI Ignite Network @ UCD and is author of the book "Building the Ecosystem for Engaged Research". Emma has a PhD in Molecular Medicine and a Masters of Public Policy. She first became interested in the open engagement of societal actors in research via the open science movement. She was one of the inaugural eLife global Community Ambassadors for open science practices. Emma has a particular interest in the improvement of research and research culture via the equitable involvement of all stakeholders in research.

Dr Brian Ó Raghallaigh is an assistant professor in Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge at Dublin City University. He holds a BA (Mod.) in computational linguistics and a PhD in speech technology from Trinity College Dublin. His research focuses on digital terminology, onomastics and folkloristics, as well as phonetics and language technology. He is the Co-Principal Investigator of the AHRC-IRC Decoding Hidden Heritages project (2021–24) and the Principal Investigator of the Department of the Gaeltacht-funded Logainm Placenames Database of Ireland project (www.logainm.ie; meitheal.logainm.ie). He is the technology manager of the Gaois research group (www.gaois.ie)

Dr Úna Bhreathnach (Assistant lecturer, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge) has degrees in Italian and philosophy from NUI Galway, and in European Studies from UCD. Her PhD focused on best practice in term planning. She is Principal Investigator on the Dúchas and Canúint projects. She is vice-president of the European Association for Terminology (EAFT) and co-editor of Terminology Science & Research journal.

Stephen Gorman is an Open Research Librarian at Queen's University Belfast. Stephen is responsible for managing the University's Open Access block grants, Read and Publish deals, and Open Access agreements. A key part of his role is to provide training and support to Queen's researchers on all aspects of open access, including research funders' open access policies. Stephen also played a key role in the development and implementation of Queen's Rights Retention policy.

Dr. Cillian Joy is Head of Open and Digital Research at the University of Galway Library. He leads research services and infrastructure for open research across publishing, data, and digital collections. Current priorities include a national path to metadata alignment for open repositories, improving upstream metadata quality, and standardising operational exchanges so researchers can spend more time on research.

Theo Andrew is the Scholarly Communications Manager based in the Library Research Support section at the University of Edinburgh. His work focuses on enabling researchers and students to adopt open research practices in their everyday work activities. Theo leads the Scholarly Communications Team who provide specialised training, tools, advocacy and support services for Open Research at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to working in the Library, Theo trained as a Field Geologist and has a PhD in Geoscience.

Lucinda is the Open Research Manager for the University of Manchester Library’s Office for Open Research (OOR). Having taken a leading role in developing Manchester's Open Access service since 2014, Lucinda now provides operational leadership for the OOR, overseeing delivery of all core Open Research services; working with the Open Research team to drive strategic projects; and collaborating with University stakeholders to embed Open Research into the University’s research practices in order to achieve institutional goals. She chaired the N8 Operational Partnership to launch Rights Retention Policies at N8 institutions in 2023, and in 2025 received the Enriqueta and John Rylands Staff Member of the Year Award.

Dr Aoife Coffey is Research Data Lead at UCC Library, where she supports researchers in making their data Open and FAIR through training, tailored resources, consultations, and policy work. She’s passionate about collaboration and plays an active role in national initiatives like CONUL and the Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network.

Is í Riarthóir Theagasc na Gaeilge in Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe, í an Dr Dorothy Ní Uigín. Tá suim aici i dteagasc agus i sealbhú teangacha agus sa litearthacht acadúil. Tá suim ar leith aici i stair na hiriseoireachta agus na meán Gaeilge.

Dr Dorothy Ní Uigín works as Riarthóir Theagasc na Gaeilge in Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge at the University of Galway. She is interested in language teaching and acquisition and in academic literacy. She also has a particular interest in the history of Irish-language journalism and media.

Shannon Reeves is a freelance graphic designer based in Galway city. He specialises in long document design and accessibility remediation, and provides consulting services for businesses and public sector organisations.