"open access, Horizon 2020/Europe and all that" – personal views. Those who find typos can keep them
Introductory remark Now that an agreement on the EU’s overall budget for the next seven years (the so-called “Multiannual Financial Framework” or MFF) has been found, the Horizon Europe budget has also been approved. In total the budget will be 95,515 billion €. It should be noted that this sum is given in current prices, […]
Have you benefited from Horizon 2020? Now is your time to stand up for the programme What is this about? In the discussion on the EU budget for the years 2021-2027, the European Council’s budget compromise foresees a radical reduction for the new research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. Although negotiations with the European Parliament […]
It is sometimes alleged that open access is in conflict with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), e.g. patenting. This is not the case. Researchers need to make the decision on whether they want to commercially exploit the results of their research or not – in the first case they will decide to protect their IPR, in […]
In the current discussion on the new EU budget for the years 2021-2027, the European Commission had originally planned a slight increase in the overall budget and a more modern thematic distribution of funds; among other things, the new EU research framework programme “Horizon Europe” was planned to be endowed with 100 billion euros in […]
Responding to Daniel Hook’s post, The Open Tide – How openness in research and communication is becoming the default setting, Daniel Spichtinger argues that there remains much work to be done in order for open research practices to become the “new normal”. Highlighting unresolved issues around learned societies and the globalisation of open research policies, […]
I often get the question “which form of open access is the best” as part of my trainings. The short answer: there is no one size fits all solution. In this short post I provide an overview of different forms of open access and then provide some guidance for researchers to help them choose the […]
Governments won’t stand up for the programme unless researchers make them! Full article available at Research Europe (open access): https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-views-of-europe-2019-12-horizon-europe-needs-you/
Not an official event summary. 1st Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum. Dialog with Learned Societies: Sustainable Solutions for Successful Transition to Open Access. 09/09/2019 , University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. The event was organised by MDPI (MDPI AG on behalf of MDPI Sustainability Foundation), Dr. Franck Vaszquez. Executive summary This content-rich event discussed the prominent issues […]
European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, 30/09/2019 18.30 Chairs: Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (EPP, RO), Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE) NOT AN OFFICAL RECORD NOT A VERBATIM RECORD I take no responsibility for the use of this summary and/or its accuracy Personal assessment and summary: This was a strong […]
Please note that this is not an official summary. Context and Background Rethinking Academia is an international group of young scientists founded in 2019 and based in Austria. Their goal is to organise public events that stimulate discussions and initiatives aimed at modernising the academic scientific system in the light of the novel opportunities that […]