Liz joins us with a background of research funding, policy, and publishing, with significant experience working across different parts of the research system.
Most recently Liz worked as Director of Open Research Development and Innovation at Taylor & Francis and helped to shape new approaches and partnerships to enable open science publishing. Prior to moving into academic publishing, Liz led the Evaluation Team at the biomedical research funding agency, Wellcome.
Liz serves on several expert Advisory Groups, including the Advisory Board for the UK Software Sustainability Institute and the TIER2 Project, which is focused on enhancing trust, integrity and reproducibility in research. She is co-founder and project lead for CRediT (the Contributor Roles Taxonomy), was one of the first Board Directors of ORCID, and was an author of the original Metric Tide report, which has been influential in shaping more responsible approaches to research assessment.
Liz holds a PhD in social research methodology and is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Policy Institute at King’s College London, with special interests in research metrics, research impact, and science policy development. Liz will be joining Research Consulting as an Associate Director, using her expertise to support our clients and drive impactful outcomes alongside her other research-related projects and initiatives.
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I am delighted to be joining the team at Research Consulting – and at such an exciting and pivotal time for science policy and practice. As we work within an ever more complex and inter-connected research system, knowledge exchange, collaboration and partnerships become more vital drivers of progress. I hope to be able to apply my cross-sector experience to bring new insights and support Research Consulting’s clients to achieve the impact they seek.
– Liz Allen
Having known and worked with Liz over many years, I can confidently say that her breadth of knowledge and experience will be a great asset to our team and our clients across the research ecosystem. Liz brings not only deep expertise in social research methodology and science policy but also a passion for driving meaningful impact through collaboration and innovation.
Rob Johnson, Founder and Managing Director
To find out more, please look Liz up on LinkedIn or contact her on liz.allen@research-consulting.com
