University professor
Trustee, NEXA - Internet and Society, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
Member, Internet Society
Expert, European Commission (2008 to present)
Former editorial board member of Interdisciplinary Science Review
Former Chair, Advisory Board, Canadian Research Knowledge Network
Former v-p, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Former member of Information Program Sub-Board, Open Society Institute
Former member of the Board, eIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries)
Specialties: Open access to scholarly and scientific publishing
E-publishing
Free software
Science and literature
History of science and technology
Science policy