WHAT HAS THE PANDEMIC TAUGHT US ABOUT “OPEN SCIENCE”? | Berlin Science Week 2021

Heads up: This is an online event!

Link to the livestream: https://youtu.be/7FuIJsOgniI

The European Commission has made Open Science a policy priority because it “improves the quality, efficiency and responsiveness of research” and can increase creativity and “trust in science”. For nearly two years now the COVID-19 pandemic has put this vision of “Open Science” to the test.

With this panel discussion we will ask experts from research, publishing, science communication and journalism to share their thoughts on how central tenets of Open Science such as open data, open access, citizen science/public engagement, preprints, open review and alternative metrics fared during the turbo-charge race to understand a new virus. What effects have new Open Science practices had on the speed, quality and quantity of research and its translation into actionable solutions and policies? What unexpected challenges of openness have emerged in the pandemic? Finally, the thorny question that this panel will attempt to answer is whether Open Science can increase trust in science. Join the discussion in person in Berlin at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society.

ScienceOpen and Elephant in the Lab are hosting this panel discussion during Berlin Science Week.

Join us online and hear from Stephanie Dawson (ScienceOpen), Ulrich Dirnagl (CHARITE UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN BERLIN), Benedikt Fecher (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society), Rebecca Winkels (Wissenschaft im Dialog), and Diana Kwon (freelance science journalist).