Team
Tony Ross-Hellauer
Tony Ross-Hellauer is leader of the ORRG and Senior Researcher at Know Center. His research focuses on a range of issues related to open science evaluation, skills, policy, governance, monitoring and infrastructure. Tony has a PhD in Information Studies (University of Glasgow, 2012), as well as degrees in Information and Library Studies and Philosophy. He has led and participated in many key projects related to open science and research assessment, most notably as Coordinator/Lead Researcher for the EC projects ON-MERRIT (Horizon 2020 SWaFS, 2019-2022) investigating issues of equity in Open Science, and TIER2 (Horizon Europe WIDERA, 2023-date) addressing issues of reproducibility across disciplinary and stakeholder contexts. You can find him on ORCID, Google Scholar, LinkedIn and Bluesky.
Nicki Lisa Cole
Nicki Lisa Cole is a member of the ORRG and a Senior Researcher at Know Center. She is a sociologist with a research focus on issues of diversity, equality and equity in the transition to Open and Responsible Research and Innovation. Her approach to research is informed by feminist, racial and cultural theories and her practice is rooted in qualitative methods. Nicki completed a PhD in Sociology at the University of California-Santa Barbara (2011) and has worked as a researcher in the USA, the UK and Austria. Nicki’s work has been published across a range of academic and popular outlets around the world. You can find her on ORCID, ResearchGate and LinkedIn.
Thomas Klebel
Thomas Klebel is a member of the ORRG and a Senior Researcher at Know Center. In his research, he investigates unintended consequences of current implementations of Open Research, ways of improving the reproducibility of research findings, and avenues for sustainable business models around open research infrastructure. With a focus on quantitative methods of inquiry, he is also keenly interested in causal modelling and ways of improving research practice. Thomas completed his doctoral studies in Sociology in 2024 and holds a degree in Music Performance from the University of Performing Arts Graz. You can find him on ORCID and LinkedIn.
Eva Kormann
Eva Kormann is a Junior Researcher at Know-Center. They obtained their degree in psychology with a focus on quantitative and experimental methods, clinical and cognitive psychology. Working in the interdisciplinary ORRG team they have since gained additional skills in conducting literature reviews, processing and analysing different types of data, and doing so in a more open and transparent manner. You can find them on ORCID.
Adrian Marangoni
Adrian Marangoni is a member of the ORRG and a Research Assistant at Know Center. He is currently completing his master’s degrees in Sociology and Computational Social Systems, specializing in Societies, Technologies, and Social Research. Throughout his studies, he has focused particularly on qualitative methods, developing expertise in this area. His main interest lies in the sociology of science.