Ethical Aspects of Open Access: A Windy Road
Conference organised by the ALLEA Permanent Working Group Science & Ethics and hosted by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB)
Facilitating access to research is a shared interest of the academic community: Open Access enables researchers to present their results more easily, opens up opportunities for researchers and institutions who cannot afford to subscribe to scientific journals, and allows for an easier use of publications in the classroom.
But there are also unintended consequences. In some cases the costs have to be paid by individual researchers or institutions who cannot do so. Furthermore, it has led to an increase of predatory journals, retractions, and fake editors. How are these problems to be dealt with, or rather, how can the opportunities be maximized and the threats minimized? These questions were addressed at this workshop, which involves eminent experts from different parts of the world and from all relevant sectors affected by the on-going debate on open access publishing.
A report summarising the outcomes of the workshop can be accessed here.
EVENT DATE
01 February 2018
TYPE OF EVENT
Open to the public; registration mandatory
EVENT LOCATION
Palais des Académies
Rue Ducale 1/ Hertogsstraat 1
1000, Brussels
ORGANISER
HOST
CONTACT PERSON
Robert Vogt
Executive Officer
vogt@allea.org