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PIDs in the Research Cycle: Who, Why, What, How?
May 22, 2025 at 11am ET
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) and their metadata are a vital component of the information that flows around the research ecosystem. They are increasingly being used by funders, institutions, publishers, and researchers themselves to help improve the accuracy of the scholarly record and, importantly, to save time that could be better spent conducting research. This webinar will provide a brief overview of some of the key PIDs for research and researchers. You'll then hear from a panel of key stakeholders about which identifiers are already being used in their communities, who is using them, and how and why they're being used. The speakers will highlight success stories and lessons learned, and share their vision for what a PID-optimized research ecosystem looks like for their community.
Speakers
Rachael Kotarski
Associate University Librarian for Digital Strategy and Services, University of Chicago
Dr Suze Kundu
Nanochemist and Science Communicator
Dr Suze Kundu is a nanochemist, science communicator, and research engagement specialist. With a PhD in Chemistry from University College London, she has worked across academia, research technology, and science media, championing interdisciplinary collaboration and open research. A former university lecturer, Suze transitioned into research tech and infrastructure, focusing on metadata, interoperability, and community building to enhance research accessibility and impact. She is a sought-after public speaker, writer, and broadcaster, bringing complex scientific ideas to diverse audiences through television, radio, and print. Passionate about making science inclusive and engaging, she has led initiatives to support underrepresented researchers, build ambassador programs, and foster global scientific communities. Whether delivering dynamic science talks, crafting research strategies, or filming documentaries on everything from volcanoes to AI, Suze is dedicated to breaking down barriers between science and society, ensuring research serves and inspires people worldwide.
Janet Remmington
Editorial Director in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Taylor & Francis
Janet Remmington works as a journals editorial director in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) for Taylor & Francis and serves as an ORCID board member. She has over 25 years’ experience in academic publishing across a range of disciplines in the Sciences as well as HSS. Janet has worked for Helicon Reference Publishers, Elsevier, and Taylor & Francis, among other organizations. With a PhD from the University of York and Master's degrees from the Universities of Oxford, London and Cape Town, she remains research active. She has research associate linkages to the University of York, UK, and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Janet has served on the Executive Council of Research4Life and is an advocate for Global South research. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Trustee of the Poetry Translation Centre, UK.
Christine Smith
VP of Product Operations, Altum
Christine supports Altum’s ProposalCentral (PC) product in both the technical and client perspectives. She helps ensure that PC remains feature-rich and a top tier offering for the full grants management lifecycle. This includes tracking grant impacts beyond the award, which is why PIDs are so important to the PC community! Altum and PC strive to stay on the leading edge of PID integration and adoption in our ProposalCentral roadmap. When not providing direction to the PC team, Christine is meeting with funders are adopting streamlined workflow and tasks with the full support of ProposalCentral features.
Moderator: Alice Meadows
Co-founder, MoreBrains Cooperative
Alice is a co-founder of the MoreBrains Cooperative, a consulting organization that specializes in — and supports the values of — open research. Her career has spanned both scholarly publishing (at Blackwell Publishing and then Wiley) and research infrastructures — first as Director of Community Engagement & Support of ORCID, and then in a similar role at NISO (National Information Standards Organization).
Alice is actively involved in the scholarly communications community, including as President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) in 2021-22 and as a regular contributor to their Scholarly Kitchen blog. She is passionate about the need for a robust and open global research infrastructure (with a particular interest in metadata and workflows) and about improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility - in scholarly communications and in society at large.
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