Alexandra Freeman

Alexandra Freeman founded Octopus in 2021, a new publishing platform for scholarly research where researchers can publish all their work for free, in full detail. The platform is funded by UKRI – the UK government research funder. Alexandra Freeman has served as a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2024 and is renowned for her work in science communication and evidence-based policy. She was also Executive Director of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge and spent 16 years at the BBC, where she produced acclaimed science programmes.