Following our global call for new Steering Committee members in October 2025, DORA is delighted to announce the appointment of eight new at‑large members and three new Supporting Organization representatives to the Steering Committee.
The response to our global call for at-large members was extraordinary: 213 self‑nominations, from over 70 countries, spanning all regions and a wide diversity of disciplines, roles, and institutions. We are deeply grateful to every applicant who took the time to participate and share their enthusiasm for advancing responsible research assessment.
The DORA Steering Committee plays a vital role in guiding the initiative’s mission and long‑term strategy, ensuring that our work reflects and responds to the global research community. DORA Steering Committee members serve for 3 year terms, renewable once by vote, according to our Governance Procedures. At‑large members serve in an individual capacity and do not represent their institutions; Supporting Organization representatives bring the perspective of institutions that are committed to, and supportive of, DORA principles and provide vital financial and governance support to our work. If you are interested in knowing more about becoming a Supporting Organization, please contact us at info@sfdora.org.
Please join us in welcoming the new members to the DORA Steering Committee. We look forward to working with them and with our entire community as we continue to promote research assessment approaches that value quality, integrity, and real-impact.
Meet our new New At‑Large Steering Committee Members
Selected for their experiences, commitment to responsible research assessment, and ability to bring regional and disciplinary diversity to DORA’s governance.
Africa
Emmanuel Boakye (Ghana), Executive Director for the African Reproducibility Network (AREN), a champion for open and reproducible research, research culture reform across Africa.
Mercury Shitindo (Kenya), Chair & Executive Director, Africa Bioethics Network (ABN); Co‑Editor‑in‑Chief, African Journal of Bioethics, bringing perspectives from bioethics, integrity, and equitable research governance.
Asia
Takayuki Hayashi (Japan), Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), contributing with deep expertise on STI policy, national evaluation systems, and qualitative assessment.
Rasoul Zavaraqi (Iran), Professor of Information Science & Scientometrics, University of Tabriz, with a background in scientometrics, research evaluation, and open access publishing.
Latin America & The Caribbean
Federico Vasen (Argentina), Researcher and Lecturer, Universidad de Buenos Aires / CONICET, bringing perspectives from science and technology policy and research evaluation in Latin America.
Ricardo Ceneviva (Brazil), Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, Universidade Federal do ABC, with a background in computational social science, reproducible methods, and portfolio‑based evaluation.
North America
Moses Ogutu (USA/Kenya), former Associate Program Officer, US National Academies & InterAcademy Partnership, with experience in global science policy, equity, governance, and incentive structures.
Oceania
Richard de Grijs (Australia/China), Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Executive Director, ISSI–Beijing, with research leadership, publishing, and cross‑cultural assessment reform experience.
Meet our new Supporting Organization Representatives
These representatives join the Steering Committee on behalf of institutions that play a crucial role in sustaining DORA’s mission and expanding responsible research assessment globally.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Monica Westin, Director, Open Policy Development
“Cambridge University Press is supporting DORA because reforming research incentives is not something universities and funders can do alone; we are committed to playing our part as a publisher in building practices that move the entire ecosystem toward more responsible, sustainable research evaluation.”
Canadian federal funding agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC)
Alison Bourgon, Director General, Science Policy, CIHR
“Canada’s three federal research funding agencies (CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC) are pleased to announce our joint membership as a sustainer-level supporter of DORA. As signatories of DORA since 2019, we look forward to strengthening our international collaboration to advance responsible research assessment over the course of our three-year membership.”
Taylor & Francis
Rebecca Lawrence, VP Knowledge Translation; Founding MD F1000
“Taylor & Francis supports the important work of DORA to enable a shift towards responsible research assessment practices. As a multi-disciplinary scholarly publisher, we are actively working to embed opportunities for our authors to engage in open research practices across our portfolios. We see first-hand the consequences of misplaced incentives in the system that lead to many of the growing research integrity and quality issues in content submissions. Addressing these issues and incentivising good scholarly practice is going to require close collaboration between publishers of all types, research funders, research performing organisations and beyond. We are delighted to actively engage in these discussions and the resulting much needed changes across the system.”
– Leon Heward-Mills, MD Academic and Chief Content Officer, Taylor & Francis
University of Manchester
Andrew Stewart, Professor of Cognitive Science; Head, Department of Computer Science; Institutional Lead for Open and Reproducible Research
“Promoting Open and Responsible Research, including our DORA commitment, is central to our ambition for maintaining a vital, innovative and inclusive research culture and environment at The University of Manchester as part of our M2035 strategy. We are proud to support DORA and I am delighted that Professor Andrew Stewart, our institutional lead for Open Research, will be joining the DORA Steering Committee to help advocate for Responsible Research Assessment.”
– Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research, The University of Manchester.
A Strengthened, More Global Steering Committee
The renewed Steering Committee reflects DORA’s commitment to:
✔ Global and regional diversity
✔ Balance across career stages and disciplines
✔ Representation from research performers, funders, publishers, and policy leaders
✔ Expertise in research assessment, integrity, and research culture
✔ Strengthening the voices of Africa, Asia, and Latin America & the Caribbean
We are confident that this exceptional group will help guide DORA through the final year of the 2023-2026 Strategic Plan and into the next phase of our work to advance responsible, equitable, and meaningful research assessment worldwide.
With Gratitude
We extend our warm thanks to the outgoing Steering Committee members for their service, thoughtful engagement, and contributions to DORA’s mission. Their leadership has helped shape the foundation upon which this new cohort will build. We especially thank volunteer at-large members Yukiko Gotoh (The University of Tokyo, Japan), Laura Rovelli (El Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO), Argentina), Elizabeth Ochola (Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya) and Needhi Balla (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States) for their service.