Tanya Lee is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University.

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Tanya is a PhD Candidate at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University. Her work focuses on the intersections of political economy and the Open Science movement, particularly Open Research Information (ORI). Tanya received the Best Visual Design Poster Award at the Open Science Festival 2025 for presenting her PhD research poster, ‘Advancing the Movement of Open Research Information in the Era of Platform Capitalism’.

Besides her PhD project, Tanya is also part of an initiative with three other PhD candidates titled ‘Recognising the Diversity of PhD Talents: Embedding Open Science into PhD Trajectories’, which aims to explore what a PhD dissertation should actually demonstrate, exploring the ways to expand the range of activities and outputs that should be formally recognised and rewarded within a PhD trajectory. The initiative received an Open Science Meetings Grant in 2026. She was also involved in a Science Europe tender project for Study on Open Science and Research Assessment (2025) and is currently working on an OS-NL tender project to develop an Open Science Monitoring Framework (2025-2027).

In addition, Tanya holds a Master's degree in International Political Economy from the University of Groningen and has collaborated with Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Development Planning, among others. Notable projects include evaluating Indonesia's 2023 economic diplomacy amidst global polycrises, devising strategies for Indonesia's successful bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council (2019-2020), and contributing to the preparation for Indonesia's 2022 Group of 20 (G20) Presidency.