Summary
Peter Kraker is the founder and chairman of Open Knowledge Maps, an Austrian non-profit operating the world's largest AI-driven research search engine to improve visibility and access to scientific knowledge. With 11 years of experience at the intersection of open science, scholarly communication and research visualization, he coined "Open Methodology" and led initiatives like the Vienna Principles and the #DontLeaveItToGoogle campaign. A former senior researcher at Know-Center and long-time advisor to European open science efforts (GO FAIR, EOSC), he combines technical insight into data-driven discovery tools with strategic leadership in open infrastructure. His work has earned national recognition and reflects a practical commitment to making research discoverable, reusable and governed openly rather than outsourced to proprietary platforms.
11 years of coding experience