MoreBrains Cooperative

MoreBrains Cooperative was a United Kingdom-based consultancy focused on scholarly communications and research infrastructure. Registered in Chichester, United Kingdom, the organisation described itself as a scholarly communications and research infrastructure consultancy, serving clients across the global research ecosystem. Its work centred on helping research organisations, funders, infrastructure providers, institutions, and publishers navigate the rapidly changing landscape of scholarly publishing, research data, and open research. The cooperative operated for five years, during which it built a reputation as a specialist advisory practice within the research and publishing sector. Its team included well-known figures in scholarly communications, among them Josh Brown, Alice Meadows, Phill Jones, and Fiona Murphy. The consultancy offered services spanning research, analysis, strategy, and communications, with particular strengths in publishing operations, commissioning, market strategy, portfolio development, research data, and scholarly communications. In its farewell announcement, MoreBrains stated that after five remarkable years it had decided to pursue new opportunities and was no longer taking on new work. The team did not disband entirely; instead, its principals moved into independent consulting and new ventures. Josh Brown founded Open Research Ecosystem (ORE) Consulting, a new company serving research organisations across the entire lifecycle — funders, infrastructure providers, institutions, and publishers — with research, analysis, strategy, and communications services. Alice Meadows continued to collaborate with ORE as consultant-at-large while also consulting independently. Phill Jones continued consulting in publishing, scholarly communications, product strategy and delivery, business model development, technology, and innovation, while also exploring the Scottish scale-up and venture capital landscape and taking on fractional chief of staff and product leadership roles. Fiona Murphy continued offering publishing and scholarly communications consulting, focusing on publishing operations, commissioning, market strategy, portfolio development, research data, and scholarly communications. MoreBrains Cooperative therefore represents a notable example of a small, specialist consultancy in the scholarly communications space, one whose influence extended through the individual expertise of its team members and their subsequent independent work. The organisation is no longer active, and its website serves as a farewell notice and a pointer to the team's new endeavours.

MoreBrains Cooperative was a United Kingdom-based consultancy operating in the scholarly communications and research infrastructure sector. It was registered in Chichester, United Kingdom, and described itself as a scholarly communications and research infrastructure consultancy. Over a period of five years, it served clients across the global research ecosystem, including funders, infrastructure providers, institutions, and publishers. The consultancy's work focused on research, analysis, strategy, and communications services. Its team brought together specialists with backgrounds in publishing operations, commissioning, market strategy, portfolio development, research data, and scholarly communications. Among its principals were Josh Brown, Alice Meadows, Phill Jones, and Fiona Murphy, all of whom were active figures in the scholarly communications community. After five years of operation, MoreBrains Cooperative announced that it had decided to pursue new opportunities and would no longer take on new work. In its farewell message, the organisation expressed gratitude to partners across the global research ecosystem. The team did not disappear from the sector; rather, its members transitioned to independent consulting and new ventures. Josh Brown founded Open Research Ecosystem (ORE) Consulting, a new company serving research organisations across the entire lifecycle — funders, infrastructure providers, institutions, and publishers — with research, analysis, strategy, and communications services. Alice Meadows continued to collaborate with ORE as consultant-at-large while also consulting independently. Phill Jones continued consulting in publishing, scholarly communications, product strategy and delivery, business model development, technology, and innovation, while also exploring the Scottish scale-up and venture capital landscape and engaging in fractional chief of staff and product leadership roles as well as advisory positions. Fiona Murphy continued offering publishing and scholarly communications consulting, with a focus on publishing operations, commissioning, market strategy, portfolio development, research data, and scholarly communications. The winding down of MoreBrains Cooperative reflects the fluid nature of small specialist consultancies in the scholarly communications field, where individual expertise often outlasts the organisational vehicle. The cooperative's website now serves as a farewell notice and a signpost to the team's new endeavours.

• MoreBrains Cooperative founded as a scholarly communications and research infrastructure consultancy.

• Operated for five years serving clients across the global research ecosystem.

• Announced it was no longer taking on new work and published a farewell notice.

• Josh Brown founded Open Research Ecosystem (ORE) Consulting; Alice Meadows became consultant-at-large for ORE.

A specialist consultancy serving the global research ecosystem, including funders, infrastructure providers, institutions, and publishers, with deep expertise in scholarly communications and research infrastructure.

• Scholarly communications consulting

  Advisory services for organisations involved in scholarly publishing and research communication.

• Research infrastructure advisory

  Consulting on research infrastructure strategy and development.

• Research, analysis, strategy, and communications services

  Services spanning research, analysis, strategy, and communications for research organisations.

• Publishing operations and market strategy consulting

  Consulting focused on publishing operations, commissioning, market strategy, and portfolio development.

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