Award-winning academic, Professor Martin Eve is known for his leading research into contemporary American fiction and the histories and philosophies of technology, his work as a disability campaigner, and his immense contribution to promoting free open access to research. 

Named in 2021 by the Shaw Trust as one of the 100 most influential people with disabilities in the UK, Martin was the youngest full professor of English in the UK in 2016, before the age of 30. During his undergraduate degree, Martin developed rheumatoid arthritis and vasculitis, leading to a stroke and other long-term health complications. He became painfully aware of the inaccessibility of research spaces while undertaking his PhD while on immunosuppressive IV drips and vowed that he would “strive to undo this culture and refuse to be an agent of exclusion.” He went on to found the Open Library of Humanities, an award-winning publisher of academic work in the humanities that is free for all to read.