CoNOSC membership is open to at least all countries within the UN-European region. CoNOSC brings together a group of key national OS policymakers who promote the Open Science agenda in their respective countries. We seek two to three representatives per country.
CoNOSC members are generally national OS coordinators, ministry representatives with OS in their portfolio or high-level national OS experts, i.e. OS policy decision-makers. CoNOSC takes into account the differences in how Open Science is organised across countries and takes a flexible approach when recruiting members. Members can be nominated by the CoNOSC Board, by other members. National OS co-ordinators may also reach out to request joining CoNOSC.
Learn more about who our current members are below. Note that where no names are indicated, this is currently under discussion.
If you are from the UN-European region and your country is not yet a member, please consider joining, see details in the “How to become a CoNOSC member” section.
All members need to agree to the CoNSOC MoU.
Current members
Austria
Diana Knechtel, Policy Officer for Digitalization in Higher Education, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Belgium
Marc Vanholsbeeck, OS Coordinator, Belgian Science Policy Office
Czech Republic
Filip Zrno, Policy Officer, Ministry Of Education, Youth And Sports
Croatia
Dejana Carić, Scientific projects and programmes coordinator, Croatian Science Foundation
Denmark
Hanne-Louise Kirkegaard, Senior Advisor, The Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science
Estonia
Aile Tamm, Head of Research Infrastructure, Research and Development Policy Dept, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research
Finland
Henriikka Mustajoki, Secretary General for Open Science, Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
France
Marin Dacos, French Coordinator for Open Science, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France
Nicolas Fressengeas, Open Science Officer in charge of international affairs for the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France
Germany
Dr. Anna Maria Hoefler, Science Policy Coordinator, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Axel Wodrich, Policy Officer, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Greece
Prof. Michalis Zervakis, Vice-Rector of Research and Lifelong Learning,Technical University of Crete
Ioannis Emiris, President of the Board and General Director, Athena Research Center
Hungary
Vacant
Ireland
Michelle Doran, Open Research Coordinator, NORF
Italy
Robert Cimino, Ministry of University and Research – MUR
Elena Giglia, Head Open Science Unit, University of Turin
Latvia
Aleksandrs Mārtiņš Blūms, Counsellor for Research and Space, Permanent Representation of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union
Edvards Francis Kuks, Social Sciences and Humanities Expert, Ministry of Education and Science
Anna Leiškalne, Senior Expert, Ministry of Education and Science
Lithuania
Dr Leonas Balaševičius, Chairman of the Science Committee of the Conference of Lithuanian University Rectors
Dr. Eugenijus Stumbrys, Head, Unit of the Science Policy and Assessment, Lithuanian Research Council
Malta
Daniel Dariusz Staniek, Executive (Policy & Strategy), Xjenza Malta
Netherlands
Hans de Jonge, Director Open Science NL, Dutch Research Council (NWO)
Karel Luyben, President, EOSC Association, Delft University of Technology
Gerdien Verheuvel, Senior Policy Adviser, Department for Research and Science Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
North Macedonia
Besa Arifi, Pro-Rector for Research and International Relations, South East European University (SEEU)
Norway
Vidar L. Haanes, Rector/ Chair, The National Forum for Open Science Universities Norway – Research
Ragnar Lie, Senior Advisor, Universities Norway
Poland
Natalia Galica, Open Science Expert, National Science Centre
Anna Wałek, Main specialist, Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet AGH
Portugal
João Mendes Moreira, Head of Scientific information, Digital Services Unit – Foundation for Science and Technology.
Miguel Andrade, Open Science Team, Digital Services Unit – Foundation for Science and Technology
Romania
Dr. Alina Irimia, Open Science projects coordinator, UEFISCDI
Serbia
Vukašin Grozdić, State Secretary, Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation
Dr. Matija Zlatar, Coordinator of the Team for Open Science in Serbia (TONuS), Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy (ICTM), University of Belgrade
Slovak Republic
Jitka Dobbersteinová, Head, Section of Open Science and Research Support, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Matej Harvát, Consultant, Contact Office for Open Access, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Slovenia
Dr. Ivan Skubic, Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Peter Steerle, Secretary, Science Directorate – Science Division, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
Spain
Inmaculada Figueroa, Vice Deputy Director General for the Internationalisation of Science & Innovation, General Secretariat for Research, Ministry of Science and Innovation
Pilar Rico Castro, Head of the Open Science Unit, Spanish Foundation for S&T (FECYT)
Sweden
Dr. Sofie Björling, Head of Department, Research Infrastructures, The Swedish Research Council
Sanja Halling, Senior Research officer, Department of Research Infrastructures, The Swedish Research Council
Switzerland
Isabel Bolliger, Scientific Officer for International Research, Swiss National Science Foundation
Thomas Leibundgut, Co-Coordinator of the Open Science Programme, swissuniversities
Ariane Studer, Deputy Head of Division Higher Education Policy, swissuniversities
UK
Rachel Bruce, Head of Open Research, UK Research and Innovation Strategy (UKRI)
Ukraine
Grygorii Mozolevych, Head of the Expert Group on Integration into the European Research Area, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Oleksandr Berezko, Coordinator of the Ministerial Working Group on the National Plan for Open Science Development, Lviv Polytechnic National University
Observers
Michael Arentoft, Head, OS Unit, European Commission
Vinciane Gaillard, Deputy Director for Research & Innovation, European University Association (EUA)
Bregt Saenen, Senior Policy Officer for Open Science, Science Europe