THE FUTURE OF OPEN RESEARCH: RELIABLE, RESPONSIBLE, EQUITABLE (FOR2026) CONFERENCE, MAY 4-6, 2026
TUM – INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES BUILDING, GARCHING
Lichtenbergstraße 2a, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany; Ground Floor Level- Auditorium No. 0.001
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1. Day | 4 May 2026, Monday
| 9:30- 9:45: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION Professor Gerhard Kramer, TUM Vice-President Sabina Leonelli, TUM Professor and PI of PHIL_OS | |
| 9:45-10:30: FIRST PLENARY: THE MUNICH MANIFESTO FOR EQUITABLE OPEN RESEARCH Sabina Leonelli | |
| 10:30-10:50: BREAK | |
| 10:50-13:05: SESSION 1: INFRASTRUCTURES Chair: Paul Trauttmansdorff (Technical University of Munich) | |
| 1. “Towards a political economy of open science infrastructure.” Sarah Davies (University of Vienna, Austria), Laura Koesten (Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and University of Vienna, Austria), Kathleen Gregory (Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands) 2. “UB Discover – making research (results) open (again).” Alexander Berg-Weiß, Martin Spenger, Vanessa Finger, Andreas Frech, Jaime Penagos, Laura Meier (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany) 3. “Resilience through relationships: Sustaining open science infrastructures.” Kathleen Gregory, Louise Bezuidenhout, Andrew Hoffman (Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands) 4. “Rise-open: Building a repository of psychological instruments and fostering a culture of open science in North Macedonia.” Katerina Naumova, Vaska Leshoska, Daniela Nedelkova (Institute of Psychology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia) 5. “Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment: From Principles to Practice through MyResearchFolio powered by OpenAIRE.” Angeliki Tzouganatou, Zenia Xenou, Giulia Malaguarnera, Natalia Manola (OpenAIRE, Athens, Greece) 6. “The place of equity and justice in valuing OS in institutional policies, an overview of 23 pilots in the Netherlands.” Andrea Reyes Elizondo, Inge van der Weijden (Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands) 7. “Open, careful and community-led: infrastructures to support Humanities and Social Sciences in hostile times.” Lucía Céspedes (Érudit, Montréal, Canada; École de bibliométrie et sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada), Suzanne Beth (Érudit, Montréal, Canada) 8. “Openness as “(un)controlled exposure”: interrogating responsibility, directionality and democracy in living labs.” Julia Backhaus, Barbara Grimpe, Stefan Böschen (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany) 9. “GATE as a Living Infrastructure for reliable and equitable Open Science?” Marie Alavi, Julia Priess-Buchheit (Kiel University, Kiel, Germany), Anika Müller-Karabil (Bremen University, Bremen, Germany) | |
| 13:05-14:00: LUNCH BREAK (Faculty Club, 4. Floor Level) | |
| 14:00-16:15: SESSION 2: DATA SHARING AND MANAGEMENT Chair: Kim Hajek (Technical University of Munich) | |
| 1. “Solutions for responsible sharing and reuse of qualitative data” Agata Bochynska, Kirsti Klette, Torgeir Christiansen (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway) 2. “Introducing OpenREL: Rights Expression Languages for Open Science and International Data Spaces – A Practitioners’ Approach” Prodromos Tsiavos, Μelios Michail Katsamakis (OpenAIRE, Athens, Greece) 3. “Open Data and Biodiversity Conservation” Federica Bocchi, Joeri Witteveen (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark) 4. “Open Research Software – From Open Source to Open Science?” Florian Mannseicher, Frank Löffler, Jan Linxweiler (de-RSE e.V. – Society for Research Software, Berlin, Germany), Robert Speck (Jülich Research Center, Jülich, Germany), Guido Juckeland (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany), Frank Löffler (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany), Jan Linxweiler (Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany) 5. “The Reuse Potential of Open Government Data for Open Science: Lessons from Socio-Demographic Research in Milan, Lombardy, and ISTAT” Tatiana Lysova (University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy) 6. “And the winner is… Alphafold!” Alexandre Hocquet, Frédéric Wieber (Archives Poincaré, Nancy, France), Marcus Carrier (TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany) 7. “Negotiating Openness in Fragmented Data Ecologies: Computational Social Science between Platforms, Infrastructures, and Public Interest” Katja Mayer (University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) 8. “From Values to Work: Defining Roles and Spaces of Open Research.” Alexander Schniedermann, Judith Hartstein, Clemens Blümel (German Center for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Berlin, Germany) 9. ID40. “The Impact of Research Data Management Training in the Short and Long Term: A Mixed-Method Study” Francesca Morselli (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands), Paula Martinez Lavanchy, Narmin Rzayeva, Nikki Grens, Gargi Kulkarni (Delft University of Technology-TUDelft, Delft, Netherlands), Carla Strubbia (Health-RI, Utrecht, Netherlands) | |
| 16:15-16:40: BREAK (Foyer-Ground Floor) | |
| 16:40-18:10: PLENARY PANEL: INTELLIGENT AND RESPONSIBLE DATA SHARING. Chair: Rachel Ankeny (University of Wageningen) Carole Goble (Elixir, University of Manchester) Simon Hodson (CODATA) Paul Groth (Professor of Algorithmic Data Science, University of Amsterdam) Stephan Guttinger (Ethical Data Initiative, University of Exeter) Cameron Neylon (Barcelona Declaration for Open Research Information) | |
| 18:10-20:00: RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION | |
2. Day | 5 May 2026, Tuesday
| 9:00-11:10: SESSION 3: PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT Chair: Emma Cavazzoni (Technical University of Munich) | |
| “Open Research and Public Engagement: What Citizens Want to Know about Preliminary and Evolving Science.” Chelsea Ratcliff (University of Georgia, Athens, United States) Lars Guenther, Janise Brück, Jana Egelhofer (LMU, Munich, Germany) Kayli Jamieson, Rackeb Tesfaye (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada) Kaylee Byers (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) Alice Fleerackers (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands) “Decolonizing Open Research Through the Performing Arts: Towards Equitable, Participatory, and Locally Rooted Knowledge Production.” Safieh Shah (IGDORE, Karachi, Pakistan) “Upskilling the Community: The Importance of Informal Training and Mutual Learning.” Elena Giglia (University of Turin, Turin, Italy) Mauro Paschetta (Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy) Giulia Caldoni (University of Bologna) Valentina Pasquale (IIT Genova) “Global OER Graduate Network: Building Capacity for Open Research Practices.” Robert Farrow, Beck Pitt, Carina Bossu (The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom) “Open Science as a Response to Research Inequities Stemming from the Disregard of Scientific Agendas Relevant to Marginalized Group.” Ismael Rafols (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Valencia, Spain; CWTS, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands) “EcoWeaver: Making “Open” Science Really Open for Users.” Phyllis Illari (University College London, London, United Kingdom) Carlos Alberto Arnillas Merino (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) Tina Heger (Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, Germany; Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany) “From Consultation to Institutional Practice: Policy Recommendations from a Pan-European Policy Support Action on Public Engagement in R&I.” Marzia Mazzonetto (Stickydot srl., Brussels, Belgium) Angela Simone (Giannino Bassetti Foundation, Milan, Italy) “A Novel Approach to Mapping the Elusive Emerging Communities Behind Open Research.” Sven Arendt Ulpts, Jesper Wiborg Schneider (Center for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark) “Exploiting Biases Inherent to AI to Responsibly Co-Design Digital Futures.” Regina Sipos (Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany) | |
| 11:10-11:30: BREAK (Foyer-Ground Floor) | |
| 11:30-13:00: PLENARY PANEL: EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN OPEN RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION. Chair: Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna) Louise Bezuidenhout (University of Leiden) Tony Ross-Hellhauer (Graz University of Technology) Antonia Schrader (Helmholtz Association, Potsdam, Germany) Rachel Ankeny (University of Wageningen) Aleksandra Lazić (ABRIR: Advancing Big-team Reproducible Science through Increased Representation) | |
| 13:00-14:00: LUNCH (Faculty Club, 4. Floor Level) | |
| 14:00-16:10: SESSION 4: OPENNESS AND SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION. Chair: Rena Alcalay (Technical University of Munich) | |
| “Navigating a Fragmented Landscape: A Functional Taxonomy of Online Venues for Scholarly Communication.” Jacopo Ambrosj and Frédérique Bordignon (École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Marne-la-Vallée; LISIS, INRAE, Université Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, Marne-la-Vallée, France) “When Journals Stand Still, Scientists Step In: The Rise of Post-Publication Peer Review.” Paolo Vincenzo Leone (NOVA SBE, Lisbon, Portugal) Philipp Tuertscher (VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands) “Diamond Grassroots and Commercial Publishing.” Ties Nijssen (Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands) David Teira (UNED, Madrid, Spain) “MORPHING-Open Peer Review in the Humanities and Social Sciences.” Samuel Moore, Miranda Barnes (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom) Jenni Adams (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom) “Publishing Without the Market? Infrastructural Logics in Publishing Chemistry.” Marianne Noël (LISIS: CNRS, INRAE, Université Gustave Eiffel; Marne-la-Vallée, France) “Positionality in Time and Over Time: Moving from Static Reflexivity to Dynamic Reflexivity.” Chris Hartgerink (Liberate Science GmbH, Berlin, Germany) Sarahanne Field (University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands) “From Access to Equity: Sequential Bibliometric Analyses of Open Access, Funding, and Policy Across Israel, Austria, and Mexico.” Shlomit Hadad (Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon, Israel) Daphne Raban (University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel) Noa Aharony (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel) “Evaluating the frontiers of Registered Reports infrastructure: Lessons from the Cancer Research UK Funding Partnership.” Pen-Yuan Hsing, Anushka Kafle, Marcus Munafò, Jackie Thompson (University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom) “Matching Peer-reviewed Outputs to Preprints at Scale: What the Links Reveal About Global and Disciplinary Adoption (1991–2023).” Narmin Rzaeva (TU Delft, Library, Delft, Netherlands; Leiden University, CWTS, Leiden, Netherlands) Stephen Pinfield (University of Sheffield, Information School, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Research on Research Institute, London, United Kingdom) Ludo Waltman (Leiden University, CWTS, Leiden, Netherlands; Research on Research Institute, London, United Kingdom) | |
| 16:10-16:40: BREAK (Foyer-Ground Floor) | |
| 16:40-18:10: PLENARY: “ON OPENNESS, TRANSPARENCY, SECRECY, AND REVELATION.” Plenary Speaker: Brian Rappert (University of Exeter) Commentator: Helen Longino (Stanford University) Chair: Sabina Leonelli (Technical University of Munich) | |
| 18:10-19:30: RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION | |
| 19:30-21:30: CONFERENCE DINNER (Invited speakers and PHIL_OS team only, gather in front of the IAS to go together at 19:15) |
3. Day | 6 May 2026, Wednesday
| 9:00-10:20: PLENARY PANEL: THE FUTURE OF OPEN RESEARCH Chair: Benedikt Fecher (Wissenschaft im Dialog) Oskar Xavier Guerrero Gutiérrez (GYA: Global Young Academy) Stephanie Jurburg (GYA: Global Young Academy) Ema Avdic (Cochrane Early Career Professional Network, University of Sarajevo) Daniel S. Katz (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign & Research Software Alliance (ReSA)) | |
| 10:20-10:50: BREAK (Foyer-Ground Floor) | |
| 10:50-12:50: WORKING GROUPS: MUNICH DECLARATION FOR EQUITABLE OPEN RESEARCH. | |
| 10:50-11:10: Summary of Manifesto and circulation of text | |
| 11:10-11:40: Working groups on various sections of the manifesto. Chairs: Fotis Tsiroukis, Joyce Koranteng-Acquah, Emma Cavazzoni, and Nathanael Sheehan | |
| 11:40-12:10: Working groups (switch table) | |
| 12:05-12:50 Plenary discussion with reporting from WGs | |
| 12:50-13:50: LUNCH BREAK (Faculty Club, 4. Floor Level) | |
| 13:50-16:15: SESSION 5: OPENNESS AND METRICS IN THE ACADEMIC SYSTEM. Chair: Richard Williams (Technical University of Munich) | |
| “Towards a New Ethos of Science or a Reform of the Institution of Science? The Prospects of Institutionalizing the Research Values of Openness and Mutual Responsiveness.” Rene Von Schomberg (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany) “Open Research and Academic Capitalism: Areas of Opposition and Alignment.” Thomas Hostler (Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom) “Beyond Metrics: Qualitative Approaches to Open Research Monitoring in Social Sciences and Humanities.” Maike Neufend, Maaike Duine (Open Research Office Berlin, Berlin, Germany) Maxi Kindling (Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany) “Responsible Open Science: Research Ethics and Integrity in Practice.” Maria Strecht Almeida, Ana Sofia Carvalho (ICBAS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal) “Beyond the League Tables: Contesting Global Rankings in the Move Toward Open Research.” Quoc Tan Tran (University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany) Angeliki Tzouganatou (OpenAIRE, Attiki, Greece) “Co-Evaluation for Open Research: Lessons from the #Discussai Think-Ins.” Michael Creek, Marzia Mazzonetto (Stickydot, Brussels, Belgium) “Enabling A Commons – The Challenges EOSC will Encounter for Equitable Access.” Hugh Shanahan (Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, United Kingdom) “Evidence for Equitable Open Research with the EOSC Open Science Observatory.” Tereza Szybisty (OpenAIRE AMKE, Athens, Greece) “In Trust We Build: Engaging Disciplinary Communities in Service Development – Early Experiences from Base 4NFDI.” Sandra Zänkert (ZBMED – Information Center for Life Sciences, Cologne, Germany) “RIECS – Concept: Shaping Tomorrow’s European Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science” Franziska Stressmann, Carolina Doran, Kai-Ti Wu (European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), Berlin, Germany) | |
| 16:15-16:40: BREAK (Foyer-Ground Floor) | |
| 16:40-17:00: FINAL DISCUSSION AND CLOSING Chair: Sabina Leonelli |