To achieve the goals of e-Science, we must change research culture globally

The e-Science program was initiated in the United Kingdom in the early 2000s with the aim of bringing together researchers in large scale, collaborative projects involving software and computation to solve grand challenges. A legacy of this program has been an understanding of the importance of the people behind the software, the researchers and research software engineers, as well as the challenges of developing and maintaining code that is reusable given the problems of software decay. The Software Sustainability Institute was established in the UK to provide support and direction for the research software community through consultancy, training, engagement, and policy campaigns. Through this it has worked with an international community of collaborators, in the UK, in Europe, and across the world to support reusability, research integrity, and transparency, recognizing that to achieve the goals of e-Science, we must change research culture globally.