Peter Kraker

@peterkraker.bsky.social

On a mission to sustain the largest AI-driven search engine for research. Founder & chairman of Open Knowledge Maps (@okmaps.bsky.social).

❓Do you know what Europe’s fifth freedom is? ❗The free movement of research, innovation & knowledge. This proposed freedom was at the heart of the ERA Symposium 2025, which featured European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva and Austrian Ministers Eva-Maria Holzleitner and Peter Hanke.

Open Knowledge Maps founder and chairman Peter Kraker stands smiling beside an Open Knowledge Maps poster at the ERA Symposium 2025. The poster displays the OKMaps mission, visual discovery workflow, and illustrations of people interacting with knowledge maps.A conference stage with empty chairs in front of a large presentation screen showing the title “Austrian ERA Symposium 2025: Towards Europe’s Fifth Freedom.” The slide features an illustration of people walking toward a lighthouse. A banner of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research stands on the right.European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva and a moderator sit on stage in black armchairs during a panel discussion. Ekaterina Zaharieva holds a microphone while speaking; the moderator listens with a tablet in her hands. Behind them is a large screen displaying event graphics and a QR code, with a ministry banner on the right.

🔓 Open research info is key to our work at Open Knowledge Maps. It powers our AI-driven discovery services and allows us to provide an open, community-owned infrastructure. That’s why we support the Barcelona Declaration - excited to join this community of like-minded organisations! 🤝 #OpenScience

Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information@barcelonadori.bsky.social · last yr.

🌐Olá, Përshëndetje, Hola, Hello, Hei, Grüezi, Ciao, Hallo… A global community is growing around the Barcelona Declaration, working together for open research information. Meet them all: 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/signatories/ #OpenResearchInformation

Illustration with the title “A growing community driving change.” Below, text reads: “Advancing open research information takes collective action and institutions are aligning their efforts to make it possible.” Highlighted in a yellow box: “Welcome to our new signatories and supporters – Together, we are building a growing global community.” At the bottom, a group of six diverse people stand side by side, arms around each other. Two circular icons say: “We support the declaration!” with a handshake graphic, and “We signed the declaration!” with a pen graphic. The image is branded with the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information logo.