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Romain Vaucher

Romain Vaucher is a Senior Lecturer in Sedimentology at James Cook University, Australia, specialising in the dynamics of sedimentary systems across modern and ancient continental to shallow-marine environments. His research integrates sedimentology, stratigraphy, and palaeoclimate to better understand how sedimentary systems respond to environmental and climatic change through time. Romain is strongly engaged in Open Science, notably, he co-founded of the Diamond Open Access journal Sedimentologika.

Reclaiming scientific publishing: Our duty to make science freely accessible to all

and June 1, 2026
Reclaiming scientific publishing: Our duty to make science freely accessible to all
Photo by Eldem Ozdemir. Source: Unsplash

When we (Camille Thomas and Romain Vaucher speaking) entered academia as graduate students in France and Switzerland, we were enthusiastic about the vast amount of research available with a simple click on our university computers. However, we also quickly felt disheartened by the significant amount of research work we couldn’t access when wrapping up our theses from home. Luckily, pirates e ...[Read More]