David Budtz Pedersen is Professor of Science Communication and Director of the Humanomics Research Institute in Copenhagen (DK). He is Chair of the EU COST Cross-Cutting Action on Science Communication, and a member of the International Network of Government Science Advise (INGSA). He has about 200 entries on his list of publications ranging from research papers, research monographs, edited volumes, policy reports, op-ed columns. Alongside his research, David has an international public presence with outreach activities in science policy, speaking frequently on Open Science, Impact Assessment and Evidence-Informed Policy-Making. In 2012, he supported the Danish Presidency of the European Union in the area of Responsible Research and Innovation, co-organising the conference “Science in Dialogue”. More recently, David was Director of the Science Policy Programme during Denmark’s presidency of Euroscience Open Forum 2014. In 2018, he was appointed member of the Danish Governments’ Commission on Rewards and Reputation in Research. He tweeets as @humanomicsmap