Our latest event, The Open Science Days 2025, was successfully held in Berlin from November 10-11.
The meeting brought together a wide community of researchers, Open Science facilitators, and institutional representatives to discuss Open Science developments under a timely main theme, “Open Science in the Light of Geopolitical Polarization.”
The event kicked off with a keynote from Prof. Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis on the importance of rigorous, robust science. Followed by Dr. Johannes Fritsch and Jeroen Sondervan‘s insight on scientific freedom and security, as well as the mechanisms for staying resilient in times of geopolitical polarization.
(Stanford University)
(Leopoldina)
(Open Science NL)
In the expert panel, open science leaders from CERN, Helmholtz, and EMBL-EBI provided a multi-faceted perspective on the current and future of open science. The discussion revolved around four main topics that encompassed data accessibility and security, the “dream” of Open Science amidst the AI revolution, addressing the missing link to reach an equitable open science globally, and changes to the publishing system. During the discussion, infrastructure and governance were stressed as the foundation of all progress.
Our next session dived deeper into the specific cases around the world. Prof. Dr. Anna Lisa Ahlers and Dr. Annina Sofia Lattu presented on how open science is practiced in China, which has one of the largest outputs of scientific articles in the world. This was followed by Prof. Dr. Burçak Başbuğ, who discussed the importance of preparation for times of crisis, using the example of a natural disaster in Turkey. Lastly, Dr. Andrea Merloni shared his experience working together with Russian scientists for the eRosita project, a wide-field X-ray telescope.
(MPI for the History of Science)
(Middle East Technical University)
(MPI for Extraterrestrial Physics)
The second day focused on the importance of resilient infrastructure, like “OLSPub” presented by Petra Labriga and Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann. Moreover, a contrasting perspectives of innovators’ experience and the publisher’s side were covered by Dr. Adrin Jalali and Matthew Cannon. The day concluded with a keynote from Dr. Dagmar Meyer, who outlined the updated principles for open scholarly infrastructure, as well as the future of Open Science within Horizon Europe and FP10.
(Head of the consortium office at ZB MED)
(Scientific Director of ZB MED)
(Co-founder of :probabl.)
(Head of Open Research for Taylor & Francis)
(Policy Adviser at European Research Council Executive Agency)
You can now visit the program overview to access the presentation slides and videos.
We extend our deepest gratitude to every speaker and participant for their active engagement and conversation.
OSD 2025 Photo Collection
The following photos are from the Lightning Talk session on Day 1, where the participants had a chance to share their experience, thoughts, and ideas, further enhancing the discussion within the community.
