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Looking Forward to Open Access Week 2025
By Naomi, on 29 September 2025
Graphic from openaccessweek.org, photo attributions: Row 1: Sydney Moore, Guzel Maksutova, Nubelson Fernandes
Row 2: Matt Benson, Greg Rakozy, Bhupathi Srinu
Row 3: Ama Journey, 150 Billi, Yuriy Vertikov
With only a few weeks to go until Open Access Week 2025 (20th-26th October), we are looking forward to what it will hold. This year’s theme is the vital question, ‘Who Owns Our Knowledge?’, which is guaranteed to provoke insightful discussions and provide a lot to reflect on. Whether from the perspective of Copyright, Open Access Publishing, Data Sharing or Citizen Science, the question of who owns knowledge underpins the ethos of Open Science, and we can’t wait to delve into this subject.
One way in which we will be doing this is through a webinar with four speakers from UCL who will be sharing their perspectives and considering how knowledge is created, shared and controlled.
The speakers are:
- Christine Daouti – Copyright Support Officer
- Catherine Sharpe – Head of Open Access Services
- Lauren Cantos – Research Integrity and Assurance Officer
- Muki Haklay – Professor of Geographical Information Science
It will be fantastic to have these UCL staff members in the same (virtual) room, and we are excited to hear from them. As well as a panel discussion, there will be opportunity for audience questions, so come ready to ask about anything you want further information or opinions on.
The webinar will take place on Wednesday 22nd October 11am – 12:30pm and will be hosted on Teams, so sign up today and it will be added to your outlook calendar.
Graphic from openaccessweek.org, photo by Greg Rakozy
We will also be exploring the question ‘Who Owns Our Knowledge?’ in different blog posts throughout the week. As well as a discussion of the theme, one will focus on Rights Retention, one on Copyright and another on Citizen Science and Research Data.
Written by staff working in these areas, these pieces promise to be informative and applicable. Watch this space!
Finally, a quick note to say we are delighted to be hosting the annual UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards Ceremony during Open Access Week. Keep an eye out for our next blog post which will announce the award winners and provide all the details about the event and how you can attend.
Open Access Week 2025 will be a great opportunity to continue the conversation about making our research and knowledge open and accessible – we hope to see you there!
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