Michael Barany is a historian of science at the University of Edinburgh,

specialising in the history and culture of modern mathematics. He is principal investigator for the project Situating International and Global Mathematics (SIGMA), on the modern institutions and infrastructures that make today's mathematics discipline sometimes seem to reach across the world. He works closely with mathematicians to develop the implications of mathematics' history for the current profession, especially its challenges related to responsibility, justice, and inclusivity.