Geopolitical tensions and emerging threats increasingly shape the global research landscape and its supporting infrastructures, as national security concerns and financial constraints limit the open exchange of knowledge. At the same time, addressing global challenges—from pandemics and climate change to rapid technological transformation—depends on strong international scientific collaboration that remains as open and transparent as possible. This contribution examines how Open Science, with its emphasis on transparency, collaboration, and the reliability of scientific results, can be protected and sustained in these turbulent times, and how it may help increase resilience within the research ecosystem.
Speaker: Jeroen Sondervan, Program Leader in Open Scholarly Communication (Open Science NL)
Jeroen has 18 years of experience in Open Access and Open Science, beginning his career in academic publishing with Amsterdam University Press and Brill. Since 2015, he has been driving initiatives to promote open scholarly practices, first as a publishing consultant at Utrecht University Library and later as program leader in Utrecht University’s Open Science Program. In his current role at Open Science NL, he leads efforts in open scholarly communication, focusing on open access, open peer review, open research information, and innovative approaches to scholarly publishing.
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