2026
CRKN Virtual Conference: Creative Collaborations, Collective Momentum
Virtual
May 12 - 14, 2026
Joe Deville
Managing Director
Open Book Collective
Joe Deville is Managing Director of the Open Book Collective and Professor in Science and Technology Studies at Lancaster University. At Lancaster, he is based jointly in the Department of Sociology and the Management School, as well as being Director of the Centre for Science Studies. He is currently leading the Copim Open Book Futures project, which is developing a fairer, more sustainable and more diverse ecosystem for the production, funding, and preservation of Open Access books. He is also a co-founder and co-editor of Mattering Press, a Diamond Open Access book publisher and UK-registered charity.
Presenting at the following sessions
The growing momentum behind the Diamond open access model, and the open infrastructure that makes it possible, has led to the emergence of collective funding models to support them. Collective funding sources financial support for community- and scholar-led open initiatives through monetizing
