UPCOMING VIRTUAL EVENT
The right to participate in and benefit from science remains fundamental to human progress and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Open Science is collaborative and inclusive, allows new social actors to engage in scientific processes, contributes to the democratization of knowledge, upholds scientific integrity and addresses systemic inequalities and enclosures of knowledge. Open Science, with its focus on participatory methods and citizen science initiatives, is integral to supporting SDG localization. Through examples like community-led environmental monitoring and crowd-sourced health data collection, citizen science, an integral component of Open Science, has demonstrated the power of inclusive knowledge creation. Science cannot function as a public good if the public cannot engage with it.
Building momentum toward the 4th Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference, this side event will convene diverse stakeholders 每 researchers, librarians, publishers and citizen science initiatives 每 to discuss the mechanisms through which public contributions and permanent access to scientific discoveries and innovations can strengthen public trust in scientific and knowledge organizations. This dialogue aims to produce actionable recommendations for scientific institutions to meaningfully engage diverse publics in knowledge creation and validation processes. These actionable recommendations will be brought forward both in the United Nations High-level Political Forum in July 2025 and in the roundtable discussion during the 4th Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference in October 2025, creating pathways for institutional change
This virtual event will take place on 07 May 2025 from 8.30 每 9.45a.m. ET (New York Time).
Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science for the SDGs
Open science and open scholarship are the enabling environment through which all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may be accomplished. However, there are a variety of approaches to the adoption and evaluation of open science and open scholarship; approaches that reflect a global imbalance in research and development and, in some cases, further grow and concretize such divides. UNESCO＊s warns that the ※cultural shift to open science will only be possible with adequate monitoring of its impacts, including its possible unintended consequences for science and/or society.§
It is within this context that the United Nations＊ Dag Hammarskj?ld Library convenes an official side event to the . The UN Open Science Conference, convened biennially by the Dag Hammarskj?ld Library and its partners, has repeatedly heard calls for academic institutions to move their focus away from metrics and instead return to their role as agents of social change, with research agendas driven by ※global relevance rather than journal visibility.§ How do policies, established to globally advance open science and the SDGs, impact local evaluation frameworks for research institutions? How do they impact individual researchers and their work? Do they help or hinder achievement of the SDGs?
Speakers include:
Dr. Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee, International Water Management Institute
Dr. Yensi Flores-Bueso, Global Young Academy
Dr. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gadd, Loughborough University, Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA)
Dr. Geeta Swamy, Duke University, Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS)
Dr. Giannis Tsakonas, University of Patras, LIBER Europe
Moderator: Mx. Meg Wacha, Dag Hammarskj?ld Library
This virtual panel will took place on 17 July 2024, from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. (EDT - New York Time).
A side event at the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
There is a long history of attacks on cultural heritage institutions, from public censorship campaigns to physical libraries and museums being targeted in conflicts, leading to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Such attacks have evolved as library services and collections have moved into the digital realm. This requires an increased focus on cybersecurity, where libraries bear a double burden; the security of the institution and staff, as well as the security of the patrons and the public.This panel will convene experts from the UN System and the library community to discuss both why libraries are targeted and what is being done to protect them.
This virtual event took place on 09 May 2024 from 8.30 每 9.45a.m. ET (New York Time).
Panelists:
- Edmund Balnaves, International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA) Presentation
- Gwen Evans, ELSEVIER Presentation
- Magnus Igbinovia, David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS) Presentation
- Tima Soni, UN International Computing Centre (UNICC)
Moderator:
Thanos Giannakopoulos, UN Dag Hammarskj?ld Library
It is organized as a side event to the
Towards Equitable Scholarly Publishing for SDGs and Beyond
A side event at the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
Science is a crucial tool for advancing progress on the 2030 Agenda and achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is recognized in the 2030 Agenda which calls for the establishment of a technology facilitation mechanism to advance science, technology, and innovation for the SDGs, including through knowledge-sharing in open access, online platforms.
UNESCO has identified that 70% of all humans live in countries with weak science systems; the knowledge needed to transform innovation systems around the world cannot be accessed. As highlighted in the UN Open Science Conference, Open Science can be a major contributor in closing this gap and expanding global knowledge. Open Science has the potential to be not just an accelerator of knowledge and innovation, but recovery, resilience, and inclusive sustainable development.
The United Nations Dag Hammarskj?ld Library and UNESCO hosted a virtual panel addressing mechanisms towards an equitable scholarly publishing ecosystems for the SDGs and beyond. In this session, attendees heard concrete recommendations from experts for generating greater access to scientific knowledge in service of the SDGs and the need for a Global Science Commons.
The discussion was presented as a side-event during one of the most important 2-day global forums the United Nations delivers annually, the .
?????The event took place on 2 May 2023 from 10:00a.m. - 11:30a.m. ET (New York Time).
Panelists:
- Dr. Virginia Barbour, Director, Open Access Australasia
- Dr. Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Dr. Tshiamo Motshegwa, Director, African Open Science Platform (AOSP)
- Dr. Ana Persic, Program Specialist, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Mr. Thanos Giannakopoulos, Chief Librarian, UN Dag Hammarskj?ld Library
Moderator: Mx. Meg Wacha, Scholarly Communications Officer, UN Dag Hammarskj?ld Library
