Catherine Cronin is Strategic Education Developer at Ireland’s National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. In this role, Catherine works collaboratively across the Irish higher education sector to support critical approaches to digital and open education, spanning practice and policy. Her 2018 PhD explored the benefits, risks and tensions of using open educational practices (OEP) in higher education. Catherine brings many years’ experience as an open educator, open researcher, community educator and activist to her work in higher education. She is a member of several advisory and editorial boards as well as the GO-GN and FemEdTech networks, and a co-developer of Equity Unbound. A born New Yorker who has made her home in Ireland, you can find Catherine at @catherinecronin and catherinecronin.net.