NEXT Event
The Geneva Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication
From 10-14 November 2025
Anna Vernon
Head of Research, Jisc Licensing
Anna Vernon 
is the Head of Licensing at Jisc. Her portfolio spans open access agreements, research software, tools, and infrastructure. She has extensive experience managing international, consortial, and institutional licensing programmes, including support for the National Institute for Health and Care Research and UKRI open access policies.
Previously, Anna worked at the British Library, overseeing licensing, intellectual property management, and rights clearance. She serves on the Governing Council of SCOAP³, the global licensing initiative for High Energy Physics, and chairs the Beyond Article-Based Charges working group.
All Sessions by Anna Vernon
Commercialization and Open Science
November 13, 2025
Next Generation Open Access: Confronting Volume Growth and Redefining Sustainability
The transition to open access has delivered remarkable progress over the past decade, yet the current trajectory of article and journal volume growth threatens to undermine its sustainability. Between 2018 and 2023, global article output rose by 35%, straining institutional budgets and intensifying the burden on peer review systems. This presentation will explore the tensions between volume-driven publishing and research integrity. It will introduce Next Generation Open Access, a strategic initiative developed for and with UK institutions to address these challenges. It aims to reshape publisher business models through two core goals: supporting institutions through the financial crisis and enabling more inclusive, sustainable participation in research. Through sector-wide requirements and simultaneous negotiations with the five largest publishers the sector is pushing for commitments to non-article-based business models, cost control, and open research practices. We will share insights into how Jisc are working with publishers on research integrity and open research practices.