« The Roadmap for Funding Open Science and Research was published on 6 October 2025. It includes six recommendations for further actions and guidance concerning the funding.
The roadmap is available in Finnish, English, and Swedish on the edition.fi platform.
The purpose of the roadmap is to ensure that…
« How can Diamond Open Access be funded? The Finnish Federation of Learned Societies (TSV) hosts a platform with more than 150 learned society journals and are distributing governmental funding to cover the operating costs of under-financed national Diamond journals. In Canada, the majority of scholarly journals are Diamond thanks to…
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« The Declaration for Open Science and Research 2025–2030 is an update to the previous Declaration for Open Science and Research 2020–2025. The declaration is elaborated in more detail by four national open science policies, which further define and explain the concepts used in the declaration.
The operating environment of open…
« The working group on responsible international cooperation set up by the Ministry of Education and Culture has published recommendations that emphasise openness, reciprocity and risk management in international cooperation in higher education and research. The recommendations aim to safeguard academic freedom while also ensuring that international cooperation upholds democracy and…
« The 2024 Open Science and Research (OS) monitoring results indicate a significant commitment from Finnish research organisations towards promoting openness. (…) »
« The Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (TSV), established in 1899, is a national co-operative body for learned societies in Finland. TSV has signed the CoARA Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment in 2022. As outlined in this 4-year CoARA Action Plan, TSV is committed to advancing responsible research and assessment practices…
« This report presents the basic results of a survey conducted among researchers in Finland on the importance of diversity in career-assessment criteria. The survey was created by a working group on Responsible Assessment of the Researcher for the purpose of informing the development of the Finnish Career Assessment Matrix (FIN-CAM).…
« (…) The new policy has one stated goal: « All theses approved from 2025 onwards will be openly accessible. » This applies to theses at all levels, from bachelor’s theses at universities and universities of applied sciences to doctoral theses. (…) »
« The aim of the plan is to advance the development of research infrastructures, in particular those funded by the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee. The main objectives of the plan are linked to the Research Council of Finland’s strategy, which aims to open up new avenues for excellent, responsible and high-impact…
« Diamond open access model – open access with no author fees – has emerged strongly, particularly in the European discussions on how to move towards a more sustainable publishing culture. Diamond OA is usually funded by organisations, and this blog article will present the different ways in which the University…
