Elizabeth Marincola is the Senior Advisor for Communications and Advocacy at the African Academy of Sciences and is responsible for AAS Open Research, the Academy’s publishing platform.[1][2] She has advocated for increased government resources dedicated to science and improved public education in science, and is an advocate of open access to the scientific literature, open scholarship and advancing research communication. Her 2013 TEDMED talk[3] addresses many issues facing science, technology and medicine (STM) publishers, and she has advocated for quality research in Africa and why it is important.[2] She also serves as an Ambassador for the European Science Foundation's Plan S.[4]
- ^ "Elizabeth Marincola appointed Senior Advisor for Communications & Advocacy". January 27, 2017. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ a b Marincola, Elizabeth; Kariuki, Thomas (September 18, 2020). "Quality Research in Africa and Why It Is Important". ACS Omega. 5 (38): 24155–24157. doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c04327. PMC 7528179. PMID 33015430.
- ^ "Elizabeth Marincola". TEDMED. 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ "Plan S Ambassadors". European Science Foundation. Retrieved 19 December 2020.