Panel

Open Research Europe: A Catalyst towards Equitable Publishing

15 September 2025| 16:45

81/R-003A - Science Gateway Auditorium A

Moderator

Pierre Mounier

OPERAS

Pierre Mounier is co-coordinator of OPERAS Research Infrastructure with Suzanne Dumouchel. He supports cooperation between OPERAS members and contributes to the strategic roadmap of the infrastructure. He is trained in classical studies and social anthropology. Pierre is affiliated to the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS); head of the international sector of OpenEdition, the French national infrastructure dedicated to open scholarly communication in the SSH, and co-director of the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) with Niels Stern. He regularly publishes on digital humanities and open science topics, and more largely on the social and political impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Advancing Equitable Publishing in Europe: The Case of Open Research Europe

How can we advance equitable publishing in Europe? This panel looks at Open Research Europe (ORE) as a model for community-supported, open access publishing, set against the backdrop of EU policy and the push for Diamond Open Access. The dialogue will investigate the potential of the ORE platform along with the roles, motivations, perspectives and expectations of organisations that participate in this initiative.

The panel will explore the advancement of equitable publishing in Europe by focusing on the example of Open Research Europe (ORE), the open access publishing platform initiated by the European Commission. The discussion will be framed through the guiding vision and ambition to evolve ORE into a collectively supported publishing platform for the public good in collaboration with research funders and institutions, and underpinned by open source software.

The case of ORE will be contextualized in the supportive European policy background as expressed through the 2023 European Council conclusions on equitable publishing, the new European Research area and the substantive efforts to support Diamond Open Access. The dialogue will investigate the potential of the ORE platform along with the roles, motivations, perspectives and expectations of organisations that participate in this initiative.

Panelists

Alex Kohls

Head of the CERN Scientific Information Service

Alexander Kohls is the head of the CERN Scientific Information Service. In this role, he spearheads numerous organisational efforts in open science and scholarly communication, alongside overseeing the CERN Library and Archives. Previously an executive in the financial sector, he now promotes global initiatives like SCOAP3, advocating for open access to scientific research and encouraging international collaboration. Alex holds a degree in business administration and joined CERN in 2014.

Juan Pablo Alperin

Scientific Director, Public Knowledge Project

Juan Pablo Alperin is the Scientific Director of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), Associate Professor in the Publishing Program, and the Co-Director of the Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab) at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Alperin is an established researcher of scholarly communications, known for bringing evidence-based perspectives to pragmatic solutions in support of open access and open science.

Katharina Rieck

Open Science Manager at the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Katharina Rieck works as Open Science Manager at the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). In this role, she is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of the FWF's Open Science agenda. She coordinates funding programs to support open access publications and infrastructures and is responsible for the FWF's research data management strategy. She represents the FWF in several national and international bodies such as Science Europe Working Groups, Crossref Board of Directors, CoARA and the Steering Board of Open Science Austria (OSA).

Victoria Tsoukala

Policy Officer in the European Commission

Victoria Tsoukala is a Policy Officer in the European Commission, Directorate General for Research & Innovation. She works on the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies in open science and scholarly communication, and especially on R&I FP policy and policy development with Member States of the EU. She holds a PhD in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology from Bryn Mawr College (PA, USA).