Heather Joseph is the Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), which works with policymakers to expand public access to scientific research articles and data. GiveWell spoke with her as a part of our investigation of opportunities to improve scientific research. The main topics discussed were the history and status of the open access movement, policies currently in development to increase access to publicly funded research, and lobbying efforts to affect government policy on open access.
