« Despite the deeply entrenched nature of the current publishing system and the significant challenges of transforming it, universities have a unique opportunity to shape the future of scholarly communication.
Awareness of the system’s flaws and negative impact is increasing, along with growing political support and momentum for change.
As…
« Response to the European Commission’s call for evidence on a European strategy for AI in science
Europe needs public funding and inclusive equitable access to infrastructure, data and skills to fully benefit from artificial intelligence in research.
(…) In this response to a public consultation for a European…
« To properly measure the progress of the European Universities Initiative, a holistic approach that focuses on real added value for universities and their communities is essential.
As the pilot phase of the European Universities Initiative has concluded, and discussions about how to best measure the progress made towards the…
« EUA has signed up to the “Action Plan for Diamond Open Access” which aims to promote a sustainable, community-driven Diamond Open Access (OA) scholarly communication ecosystem. Published on 2 March 2022, the document is an initiative of Science Europe, cOAlition S,…
« The EUA Open Science Agenda 2025 defines the Association’s priorities in this field and describes the current context, challenges and developments envisaged for the coming years. In addition, it outlines the actions EUA will take to drive this agenda forward.
The Open Science Agenda 2025 is drawn from members’…
« This report presents the findings of the 2020-2021 EUA Open Science Survey and provides evidence-based recommendations for institutions, researchers, research funders and policy makers on the transition towards Open Science. (…) »
« This third webinar of the series « Universities and the future of scholarly publishing » looked into the ins and outs of the different types of transformative agreements with large and small publishers. It also explored their potential to flip scholarly publishing to Open Access. The scholarly publishing sector is experiencing a…
« The 2021 EUA Annual Conference “Universities 2030: From vision to reality” will take place online on 22-23 April. Against the backdrop of the ongoing climate crisis, fundamental technological advances, labour market changes and the pressure Europe’s political systems are currently experiencing, an honest and ambitious debate is needed about the…
« This report is the result of the study on Read & Publish agreements commissioned by EUA on behalf of 25 supporting organisations in May 2019. Carried out by Technopolis Group, the report explores the potential implications of ongoing structural changes in the scholarly publishing system.
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« EUA and Science Europe present a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of academic career assessment in Europe based on recent surveys with universities and research funding and performing organisations. Speakers include: Jean-Pierre Finance, Amanda Crowfoot, Lidia Borrell-Damián, Bernard Rentier and Marc Schiltz. (…) »
