CLACSO FOLEC on the panel "Multilingualism and Open Science as Drivers of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion." Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scientific Communication
The Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism in Scientific Communication (https://www.helsinki-initiative.org/) has been prepared by the Federation of Scientific Societies of Finland (TSV), the Finnish Committee for Public Information (TJNK), the Finnish Association of Scientific Publishers, Universities Norway (UHR) and the COST Action "European Network for the Evaluation of Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities" (ENRESSH).
Within this framework, the panel "Multilingualism and open science as drivers of equity, diversity and inclusion" is organized .
The panel will explore four cross-cutting themes discussed by four panel members:
How does multilingualism promote open science to overcome existing barriers to knowledge transfer across disciplinary, geographical, or social boundaries in order to create resilient societies?
How should multilingualism be incorporated as an essential part of academic culture in behaviors, values, expectations, attitudes, and norms?
What institutional structures need to be changed to foster and create the benefits of multilingual research in order to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion?
How do digital technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and virtual reality foster multilingualism in translation creation?
The panel members will be:
Laura RovelliLatin American Forum on Research Evaluation, Argentina
How is multilingualism integrated into the responsible evaluation of research?
Cissi Askwall, General Secretary, Vetenskap & Allmänhet, Sweden
How does multilingualism support broad interaction with society?
Marin Dacos – French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
How can translations and new technologies support multilingualism?
Johan Rooryck, coalition S
What can funders do to promote multilingualism?
The round table will be moderated by Henriikka Mustajoki, Secretary General of the National Coordination of Open Science of the Federation of Scientific Societies of Finland.
