Dr. Elena Simukovic
Dr. Elena Simukovic
ZHAW
Finance & Services
University Library
Turbinenstrasse 2
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
Head of Research & Infrastructure area, university library
Education and Continuing education
Expertise and research interests
Open Access, Open Science, research data management, scholarly communication, science policy, research evaluation
Professional milestones
Member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on „Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication“ (2017-2019)
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee at OPERAS - open scholarly communication in the European research area for the social sciences and the humanities (since 2020)
Member of the «Reviewers’ Pool» for Open Science program at swissuniversities (since 2020)
Member of the Swiss national Open Research Data (ORD) Coordination Group (since 2022)
Member of the working group Reforming Academic Career Assessment at CoARA, Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (since 2023)
Educational background
Doctorate in Science and Technology Studies (University of Vienna, 2023; graduated with honours)
Master of Arts in Library and Information Science (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2012)
Bachelor in Information and Communication (Vilnius University, 2009)
Membership of networks
- Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA)
- European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
- OPERAS - open scholarly communication in the European research area for the social sciences and the humanities
- ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
Projects
- ROADS: Reusing Openly Accessible research Data for Student theses / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- DSembedded: Integrating discipline-specific Know How into Data Stewardship / Team member / Project ongoing
- Unlocking the Green Open Access potentiaL in scholarly and professional journals in Switzerland (GOAL) / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
Publications
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Šimukovič, Elena,
2020.
Plan S, Open Access and the potential roles for STS research.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies.
8(1), pp. 27-30.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5324/njsts.v8i1.3586
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Šimukovič, Elena,
2023.
Of hopes, villains, and Trojan horses : Open Access academic publishing and its battlefields.
Wien:
Universität Wien.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.25365/thesis.73661
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Jaekel, Martin; Šimukovič, Elena,
2024.
CoARA Action Plan for the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
Zenodo.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10611021
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Šimukovič, Elena,
2023.
Vier Dilemmata offener Wissenschaft.
Impact.
(63), pp. 44.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29389
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Spichtinger, Daniel; Šimukovič, Elena,
2023.
Radical open-access proposal needs to succeed.
Research Professional News.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29149
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Trautwein, Clemens; Andres, Valérie; Dobis, Dietrich; Flieg, Julia; Moritz, Andrea; Reymermier, Hélène; Corredera Nilsson, Enrique; Rosenkranz, Simone; Šimukovič, Elena,
2022.
Bericht der Publikationsanalyse im Projekt GOAL.
Zenodo.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7051051
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Trautwein, Clemens; Andres, Valérie; Corredera Nilsson, Enrique; Šimukovič, Elena; Rosenkranz Simone; Dobis, Dietrich; Flieg, Julia; Reymermier, Hélène,
2022.
Wie das GOAL-Projekt nachhaltige Kollaborationen zwischen Menschen, Maschinen und Strukturen fördert [poster].
In:
Open-Access-Tage, Bern, Schweiz, 19.-21. September 2022.
Zenodo.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7038763
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Hauf, Nicolai; Fürholz, Andreas; Klaas, Vanessa Christina; Morger, Jennifer; Šimukovič, Elena; Jaekel, Martin,
2021.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2404
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Šimukovič, Elena,
2020.
Alles Gold, was glänzt? : wie Open Access zu neuen Ungleichheiten beiträgt.
In:
Open Access : mehr Partizipation oder neue Ungleichheiten? Veranstaltung zu kritischen Perspektiven auf Digitalisierung, Bern, 25. November 2020.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.48350/148557