Using ULisboa and Wrocław Tech as testbeds for Portuguese, Polish, and other Widening countries Universities, Unite! open science community will co-create a white paper to support University managers, policymakers and funders of Widening countries in the development of European Open Science and Innovation Universities. The forums will be hybrid, with both face-to-face and online component.
The grand societal challenge we are facing, climate change, can only be tackled through new levels of integration, new science practices and mechanisms of global collaboration among research communities of researchers, students, staff, faculty, citizens, companies, municipalities, citizens and international organizations (e.g., European Commission, the United Nations, and the World Bank). The same applies for all the other societal challenges for finding solutions for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG2030) established by the United Nations.
The adoption of open science practices, principles and goals can improve the quality both internal – academic – and external – societal – processes of learning and creation of new knowledge, increasing trust in science, nurturing innovative and entrepreneurial people, and accelerating research and innovation processes for finding solutions for the achievement of the SDG2030. The institution of open science aims for a sustainable world. Then, further progress on this vision requires promoting an Open Science Recommendation in the European Union, which enables a European Open Science and Innovation Area.
This bottom-up white paper will help to prescribe public science and innovation policy at national and European level. It will provide a strategic pathway for the implementation in Polish, Portuguese and other Widening countries Universities the new open science and innovation University governance model for scientific knowledge co-creation and transfer at University for a sustainable economy, society, and environment: a sustainable world. This white paper will contribute to enabling a European Open Science and Innovation Area among Widening and Non-Widening countries.
Practical information
- Dates: October 10, 9:00 – 15:30 (Wrocław time) - October 11, 9:00 – 16:00 (Wrocław time)
- Location: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Plac Grunwaldzki 11, Building D-21, Room nr 201, Wroclaw
- Check the complete programme here.
- In person registration: Entry is free, but registration is required.
- Use the following link for the online participation.
- Info & contact: biblioteka@pwr.edu.pl
The Unite! Widening Project Open Science Policy Forums will allow ULisboa and Wroclaw Tech to progress towards the development of open science strategies, programmes, and incentives for becoming Unite! Hubs of Excellence on Open Science and Innovation Management.
Wrocław Tech’s Open Science Policy Forum focuses on the advancement of:
- Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 2: Reforming the university reward systems of science and innovation for a sustainable world.
- Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 5: Enhancing interoperability of university digital infrastructures and accessibility of physical infrastructures for a peaceful humanity.
ULisboa Open Science Policy Forum focuses on the advancement of:
- Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 3: Promoting transdisciplinary open science support services for an efficient openness in the sharing and production of knowledge and its transfer.
- Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 4: Incorporating open science competencies in university bachelors, masters, and doctorate levels of education to foster global citizenship.
Background material for participating in the Forum:
- This white paper is a practical tool aimed at contributing to the transition from modern science to open science in universities and European Universities Alliances (EUAs) by 2030. This white paper provides evidence-based policy guidelines to enhance efficient open science and innovation management at universities.
- This handbook is meant as a practical guide for facilitating researchers, R&I support services, and university managers to transition from modern science to open science. This handbook reveals a high-impact understanding of the best open science and innovation practices on Unite! research teams, exposes Unite! guidelines for the adoption of these practices, and shapes a new governance model for the management of open science and innovation in universities in the digital era. This handbook is a tool for managing open science and innovation in university research teams.
