TRAIN - Open Science

Open Science is the only way to perform science and advance knowledge in the 21st century. The current approach of the scientific community to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly illustrating this need. However, it will require a paradigm shift from the current scientific modus operandi with closed and inaccessible knowledge and networks to a new way of working with open knowledge and collaborative networks. Importantly, this is the best guarantee to have science as a ‘public good’, which is necessary to address the big challenges of our 21st century: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) and the European Green Deal.

The European University EUTOPIA2050 has the ambition to become a university of the 21st century: open, collaborative and impactful. The three main goals are: 

• To mainstream comprehensive and critical Open Science practices in each of the EUTOPIA partner universities by developing courses (WP3.1) and realising new metrics (WP3.3)
• To lead by example by implementing Open Science across the EUTOPIA alliance (WP3.2) 
• To increase impact by increasing the channels for societal outreach, with a focus on Citizen Science as an enabler of Open Science (WP3.4) 

As a result, the paradigm shift towards Open and Collaborative Science, can be accomplished. Moreover, this will further stimulate and support researchers in addressing societal challenges.