Simon Worthington

Simon Worthington is a leading researcher in future publishing systems, focusing on free and open source technologies, economic models, and the politics of Open Science. He serves as Editor-in-Chief at Generation Research, an editorial platform for open scholarship under the Leibniz Association Research Alliance Open Science, and works in R&D at the Open Science Lab, TIB - German National Library of Science and Technology.

• Board Member of FORCE11 (2019-2022)
• Co-founder of Mute magazine (1994)
• Executive Member of LIBER Citizen Science Working Group (2019-2021)
• Co-founder of Open Climate Knowledge (2019-ongoing)

His research emphasizes creating platform-independent, interoperable publications to democratize research access. Key areas include open access publishing, semantic web applications for climate science, decentralized web technologies for academia, and innovative software citation practices. He has contributed to projects like AGATE (European academies digital integration) and Hybrid Publishing Lab.

Recent publications highlight intersections between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Open Scholarship, climate science open knowledge platforms, and infrastructure remixing for citizen science. His work often challenges traditional publishing norms while developing practical open systems.

Simon studied media art at the Slade School (UCL, UK) and CalArts (USA), bringing interdisciplinary perspectives to his academic roles. He maintains active involvement in editorial and community-driven research initiatives across Europe.