Who we are
The dotPublic Research Programme is based at Trinity College Dublin, which provides academic governance, oversight of the research methodology, and the publication of findings. The programme is co-led by Professor Dave Lewis and Adjunct Asst. Professor Tony Ageh OBE. The university also acts as fiscal administrator for any grants that support the research programme.
Sense about Science, a UK charity led by executive director Tracey Brown OBE, is the formal applicant for the top-level domain. It is also the programme's partner institution, working with the research team to test the standards in practice and ensure the findings hold up to public and scientific scrutiny.
Core team
Doing the daily work of building dotPublic:
- Ian Betteridge – Editorial voice and direction
- Jake Berger – Programme Management
- Michael Quirke – Development and Strategic Fundraising
- Robert Leedham – Editor
- Stefan Magdalinski – Architecture and Engineering
- Tony Ageh – Executive Director, dotPublic
- Zelda Rhiando – User Experience and Design
Wider team
Specialists who bring particular expertise:
- Dirk-Willem van Gulik – Infrastructure and Security Policy
- Gabriel Stein – Provenance and Assertion
- Jens Finkhäuser – Protocols and Distributed Systems
- Jude Robinson – Accessibility
- Laura Melissa Williams – Design strategist
- Matt Locke – Communications and Marketing
- Paula Le Dieu – Digital Policy and Civic Innovation
- Richard Northover – Identity Systems and Privacy
- Sarah T. Gold – Digital Trust and User Experience
- Zillah Watson – Domain Acquisition and Product Development
Advisors
Leaders whose credibility, public voice, and strategic guidance help shape our direction and strengthen our position in broader debates about civic and digital infrastructure, technology, ethics, and the impact of AI:
- Cory Doctorow – Ethics and Public Speaking
- Jeff Freeland Nelson – Governance
- Dr Kate Crawford – AI Research and Social Impact
- Prof Martin Eve – Open publishing infrastructure
- Dr Meredith Broussard – Ethical AI and Public Interest Technology
- Michele Coleman Mayes, JD – Legal Strategy and Governance
- Tony Curzon Price – Governance and Standards
- Tracey Brown OBE – Evidence and Public Policy
- William Perrin OBE – Public Policy and Strategic Partnerships
We would like you to join us
We invite everyone to join us in our mission to build a new digital infrastructure and change the world for the better.
And we are actively seeking participation from libraries, archives, and cultural institutions; public-interest technologists; policy experts in internet governance; civil society organisations; government agencies; and funding organisations who believe the internet should serve the public good.
Please contact us to get involved.