What is the public value of openly accessible research? Open Research Week 2026 Opening Keynote Online
Nearly twenty-five years after the Budapest Open Access Initiative laid the foundation for greater openness to the scholarly record, we still know little about how the public actually uses this research. Declarations and manifestos have long claimed that open literature empowers ‘curious minds,’ ‘informed citizens,’ and society at large. But do these ideals match reality? This keynote will challenge assumptions and present fresh empirical evidence on how the general public engages with openly accessible research.
Opening ORW 2026: Professor Keith George, Professor of Exercise and Cardiovascular Physiology and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange, Liverpool John Moores University).
Presenting: Dr. Ameet Doshi, Head of Stokes Library, Princeton University.
Related LibGuide: Open Research by Hannah Crago
- Date:
- Monday 2 March 2026
- Time:
- 14:00 - 16:00
- Time Zone:
- UK, Ireland, Lisbon Time (change)
- Campus:
- Online
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
