Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science for the SDGs

From FOLEC-CLACSO, we recommend watching the recording of the webinar «Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science for the SDGsOrganized by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, this event, held on July 17, 2024, addressed how open science and open research can serve as enabling environments for achieving all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The webinar explored the various approaches to the adoption and evaluation of open science, reflecting a global imbalance in research and development, and how these approaches can exacerbate and solidify such divisions. According to UNESCO’s Open Science report, “the cultural shift towards open science will only be possible with adequate monitoring of its impacts, including its potential unintended consequences for science and/or society.”

In this context, the UN Open Science Conference, convened biennially by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and its partners, has repeatedly heard calls for academic institutions to shift their focus away from metrics and return to their role as agents of social change, with research agendas driven by “global relevance rather than journal visibility.” This event discussed how policies established to globally advance open science and the SDGs impact local evaluation frameworks for research institutions and individual researchers, and whether these policies help or hinder the achievement of the SDGs.

Speakers:

• Dr. Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee, International Institute for Water Management
• Dr. Yensi Flores-Bueso, Global Young Academy.
• Dr. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gadd, Loughborough University, Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA).
• Dr. Geeta Swamy, Duke University, Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Science (HELIOS).
• Dr. Giannis Tsakonas, University of Patras, LIBER Europe.

Moderator:

• Max. Meg Wacha, Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

For more details and for To watch the recording of the full webinar, you can access the following link.We invite the academic and scientific community to view this event, which offers valuable perspectives and proposals for measuring open science in the context of the SDGs.

Source: https://www.un.org/en/library/OS