cOAlition S appoints Curt Rice as Director | Plan S

"cOAlition S is pleased to announce the appointment of Curt Rice as its new Director. With this appointment and the adoption of the 2026–2030 Strategy last November, the coalition moves together to further advance models of open scholarship in the rapidly evolving landscape for scholarly communication.

Curt Rice spent more than three decades in Norwegian and international higher education, most recently as rector of the Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), and as Executive Director of Fulbright Norway. He has been a prominent voice in international debates on open science, research policy, and the public role of knowledge institutions."