Partnership Announcement: ScienceOS <> Access 2 Perspectives.
We are excited to announce a strategic partnership with ScienceOS, an AI-powered research platform committed to transparent and researcher-controlled workflows. […]
Open Science
UbuntuNet Alliance Awarded IOI Grant to Strengthen Open Institutional Repositories Across Eastern and Southern Africa
Big news for our community! We are proud to see this impactful development in strengthening Open Institutional Repositories across Eastern
Intro to Translation for Non-Translators: Workshop at Charleston Conference Asia 2026, Building on FSCI 2025
Multilingual open science communication is growing fast. Charleston Conference Asia 2026 will host a workshop in January 2026 in Bangkok,
Announcement of the *Visualise Your Thesis* Winners 2025
It was a great honor and pleasure to watch all excellent entries and of course a difficult task to discuss and agree on the winners. Please make sure to explore all entries yourself as well to learn about the outstanding research and scicomm skills the students put their time and effort towards ❤️✨💫🎓🔬📚
Research Integrity & Open Science for African Scholars
Discussing the ethical and integrity-related aspects of Open Science at this BEACON webinar was a great pleasure. The event was organised by Africa Bioethics Network’s marvellous Mercury Shitindo and Umazi Munyikah. I was equally honored to be able to co-present with Professor Walter Jaoko from the University of Nairobi.
Identifiers and Inequality: Reassessing PIDs Through a Global Equity Lens
Sergio Santamarina works as a librarian at a public university in Argentina, and has a focus on open science practices and challenges in Latin America. Together with Jo, he explores issues around open access publishing requirements, the cost barriers for obtaining Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in Latin American universities, and the importance of decentralized networks and persistent identifiers in research.
Academic Integrity, Freedom of Speech & Community Action
Hülya Afat and Jo Havemann explored the intersection of politics, education, and sustainability, offering valuable insights into how collaboration and community-building can drive positive change.
Institutional access to open and affordable educational resources – A conversation with Tom Mosterd
In this episode, Tom Mosterd – co-founder of Sylla, talks about his journey in the open-access movement and the vision
Exploring Open Access Models as a Scholarly Publisher – A conversation with Beth Bayley about her role as Open Science manager at Karger Publishers
Beth Bayley is the Open Science Manager at Karger Publishers, a health sciences publisher based in Switzerland. She co-leads Karger’s
AI and Its Conflicting Objectives from a Sustainability Perspective – A conversation with Friederike Rohde about the relationship between AI and global climate justice
Dr Friederike Rohde is a sustainability researcher with a background in science and technology studies. She is committed to the