OSD 2025

Save the Date: The Open Science Days 2025 will take place November 10-11 !

This years Open Science Days have the theme:

“Open Science in the Light of Geopolitical Polarization”

The current geopolitical landscape is characterized by rising political and trade tensions as well as heightened economic interest in scientific innovation. This polarization has significant implications for the global scientific community, particularly in the pursuit of Open Science. Could the naivety of science be exploited? Where is the line between scientific idealism and naivety?
As major global powers engage in systemic rivalries, the conduct of science is increasingly influenced by national security concerns, export controls, and sanctions that can restrict the free flow of ideas, data, and researchers across borders. Meanwhile, global challenges such as pandemics, climate change, and technology-based development require international scientific collaboration and universal knowledge development. The normative nature of the scientific ethos is increasingly in tension with political forces that demand that science be both vigilant and competitive.

How can Open Science – with its emphasis on transparency, collaboration, efficiency and validity of scientific results – be sustained in the light of these competing interests?

During this year’s Open Science Days, we will explore these tensions by discussing the interrelations of Open Science, political interests, and innovation. We will ask how research organizations can reconcile Open Science policies with resilience and competitiveness.

About

The Open Science Days (OSD) are periodically organized by the Max Planck Digital Library.

In the context of this conferences we deal with various aspects of a global movement towards a more open, transparent and reproducible approach to science. Aside from invited expert talks, participants get the opportunity to present their own ideas, experiences, initiatives or activities in a Lightning Talk session. It is an open discussion platform around current Open Science developments.

The hybrid event is directed at researchers and specialists outside the Max Planck Society as well as within. It is for anyone, who is interested in an interdisciplinary communication about Open Science.

Venue

Previous Events

The initial event already took place in October 2014. Most of the following conferences in the series were under a specific thematic focus. You can find the programmes as well as all the slides and materials from previous events here: