Rachel Bruce
Rachel Bruce is Head of Open Research Strategy at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). She works directly with the UKRI executive team to lead and shape policies and investments for open research across UKRI and the wider UK to promote better and more impactful research. Rachel has worked in education and research policy, with a focus on digital scholarship and infrastructure development, across national organisations, including the former Higher Education Funding Council, Jisc and the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). She has directed national and international programmes that support knowledge creation, access, and impact, many of which have resulted in long-term sustainable services. She is an information scientist and expert in open science and has been an adviser to the European Commission. Rachel is currently the UK representative on the European Open Science Cloud Steering Board.
