How One Publisher Is Learning and Responding to Author Use of AI
Sponsored by Springer Nature
Recorded on 09/15/2025
Posted in The Authority File
Episode 441
In the second episode of this four-part series, Harmen van Paradijs, Vice President STM Books Publishing & Books Business Optimization at Springer Nature, discusses communicating with authors on current AI innovations. He details both anecdotal author experiences collected by editors, in addition to researcher workshops hosted by Springer to hear academics to share new ways of working. Next, Harmen explains the current AI trends he’s observed in authors and how Springer responds to and even encourages these changes. For example, the publisher offers AI-generated English language translation for manuscripts to aid authors whose native language isn’t English. Harmen also chats about tools developed by Springer that support the editing process, including a reference checker and an AI detection tool, Geppetto, which Springer donated to the STM Association this year for wider use.
About the guest:
Harmen Van Paradijs
Vice President STM Books Publishing & Books Business Optimization
Springer Nature
Harmen van Paradijs is Vice President STM Books Publishing & Books Business Optimization at Springer Nature, based in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. He has responsibility for the STM Books publishing programs published under the imprints of Springer, Apress and Birkhäuser. He leads an editorial team located in more than twenty cities around the globe.
Harmen received his Master of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Upon obtaining his degree he joined McGraw-Hill Publishing Company as a sales representative in the Netherlands, and later as marketing manager in the UK. He returned to the Netherlands to join Pearson Education and held various marketing and sales roles. Harmen joined Springer in the Netherlands in 2005 as publishing editor for the education program. From 2012 to 2018 Harmen was based in Singapore, where he established the editorial operations for the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business/Economics in China, East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia.
Enjoy the conversation? Listen to the rest of the series:
- Innovative STEM Publishing Strategies in an Evolving AI Landscape
- Addressing Librarians’ Research Integrity Concerns with AI Transparency and Detection Tools
- AI’s Potential Impacts on Policy, Content Agreements, and the Competitive Academic Publishing Landscape
Check out our previous series with Springer Nature:
– Why Humanities and Social Sciences Matter for Today’s AI Landscape
– Springer Nature’s Adoption and Scale of the SDGs
– Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals
– Introducing Nature Mental Health
– Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM) & Ethics
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