Speakers
Prof Keri Facer
University of Bristol
Measuring what matters: reimagining research for a shared future
Dr Keri Facer is Professor of Educational and Social Futures at the University of Bristol and August T Larsson Guest Professor, SLU Sweden. She works at the intersection between environmental, technological and educational change. Her current research focuses on the relationship between perceptions of time and the possibility for social transformation, and the consequent need to cultivate what she calls a ‘temporal imagination’. She leads the British Academy ‘Times of a Just Transition’ global convening programme and is co-I on the ESRC’s Centre for Sociodigital Futures. She was Zennström Professor in Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University from 2018-2021, and AHRC Leadership Fellow for the Connected Communities Programme from 2012-2018. She was a member of the core writing team for UNESCO’s Futures of Education Commission and has worked with Joseph Rowntree Foundation on imagination infrastructure and the establishment of a new university – Black Mountains College – to address Climate Change.
Clarivate presents the 2025 Inaugural Eugene Garfield Memorial Lecture
Prof Mike Thewall
University of Sheffield
Reconciling large language model quality scores with citation impact indicators for research and applications
Mike Thelwall is a Professor of Data Science in the School of Information, Journalism and Communication at the University of Sheffield in the UK. He investigates quantitative methods to support research evaluation, with a current focus on large language models. He leads the AI Peer project investigating whether and how ChatGPT and similar models can support research assessment as well as the LLMs Supporting Grant Peer Review project. His recent free book is: Quantitative Methods in Research Evaluation: Citation Indicators, Altmetrics, and Artificial Intelligence (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.00135). He sits on eight editorial boards, including Journal of Data and Information Science.
Dr Arianna Becerril
Redalyc, Network of Diamond Open Access Journals
Autonomous University of the State of Mexico
Reclaiming the essence of science: Reconciling open infrastructures and initiatives
Dr Arianna Becerril, Executive Director of Redalyc and co-founder of the Network of Diamond Open Access Journals, and a Professor based at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. She is also the President of AmeliCA Conocimiento Abierto S.C, and co-founder of Red Mexicana de Repositorios Institucionales (“Mexican Network of Institutional Repositories”), advising the formation of the Open Access national legislation in Mexico. She is a leading voice in global discussions on open access and knowledge sovereignty. Her keynote will reflect on how to reclaim the essence of science through inclusive, community-led open infrastructures. Drawing on Latin America’s leadership in non-commercial, scholar-led initiatives, she argues for a shift away from market-driven models towards approaches rooted in epistemic justice, public good, and regional equity.