Panel

Open & Trusted: Governing Knowledge in the Digital Age

17 September 2025| 13:45

81/R-003C - Science Gateway Auditorium C

Moderator

Pierre Mounier

OPERAS

Pierre Mounier supports cooperation between OPERAS members and contributes to the strategic roadmap of the infrastructure. He is trained in classics and social anthropology. Affiliated to the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Pierre is deputy director of OpenEdition, the French national infrastructure for open scholarly communication in the Social Sciences and Humanities, and co-director of the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). He publishes regularly on digital humanities and open science, and more generally on the social and political impact of information and communication technologies (ICT).

Trust in the Balance: Securing Open Science in an Age of Misinformation

As AI and global tensions challenge science, how can we keep Open Science open and trustworthy? This panel explores how infrastructures like OpenAIRE, OPERAS, and EOSC are tackling disinformation, promoting quality, and safeguarding public trust in research.

This panel confronts the critical tension between openness and security in today’s Open Science landscape. As AI revolutionizes research, it also introduces significant risks like disinformation and trust erosion. Compounding this, geopolitical strains force a reassessment of knowledge sharing, further undermining scientific trust. We are caught in an "information paradox": unparalleled access to knowledge alongside a public debate degraded by misinformation, shaking faith in science and democratic institutions. At the heart of this lies a vulnerable "public knowledge infrastructure" spanning research, education, and media. While openness is vital for progress, it demands careful governance.

This session will explore proactive strategies and collaborative solutions. We will examine how infrastructures like OPERAS, OpenAIRE, and EOSC champion vetted, multilingual open research through transparency and initiatives such as the Information Quality Protocol (IQP). The discussion will focus on uniting diverse "knowledge workers," fostering citizen engagement, and rebuilding our knowledge infrastructure. Key themes include robust governance, quality standards, and collective action to safeguard reliable open knowledge, counter disinformation, and restore public trust. Ultimately, the panel will address how Open Science can securely foster an informed, resilient, and democratic society.

Panelists

Natalia Manola

Natalia Manola holds a Physics degree from the University of Athens, and an MS in Electrical and Computing Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and has worked for several years as a Software Engineer and Architect in the Bioinformatics commercial sector. She has expertise in Open Science policies and implementation, having served in the EOSC Executive Board 2019-20, and in the Open Science Policy Platform (2016-17), an EC High Level Advisory Group provide advice about the development and implementation of open science policy in Europe.

Suzanne Dumouchel

Suzanne Dumouchel develops and supports OPERAS partnerships strategy. She holds a PhD in French Literature. Working at the Department of Open Research Data at CNRS as Head of International Cooperation, she has been the scientific coordinator of TRIPLE project (www.gotriple.eu) which developed the Gotriple platform. Director of the EOSC Association, Suzanne is deeply involved in the Open Science initiative, from two perspectives: SSH and infrastructures