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  • A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Colleen Campbell about Open access

    Interviews
    Open access, a scientist's opinion   Interview with Colleen Campbell, Co-Director of Egenis, the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences.     Are you involved with PlanS directly and if so, how?   Colleen Campbell: I have no official role in PlanS, but I coordinate the global Open Access 2020...
  • A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Liz Ferguson about Open access

    Interviews
    Open access, a scientist's opinion   Interview with Liz Ferguson, VP for Editorial Development in Wiley’s Global Research division.     Wiley is the biggest publisher to have embraced open access on a large‑scale through the DEAL agreement. Is this the blueprint for other transformative agreements?  ...
  • Europe leads the way in the transition to open access publishing : what is at stake?

    Articles, Communication

    Open access publications will be exceeding 43 000 journals in 2020 thanks to a push by some research funders. Critics object on grounds of sustainability, tight timelines and restrictions that look unsuitable for social sciences.

  • A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Sabina Leonelli about Open access

    Interviews
    Open access, a scientist's opinion   Interview with Sabina Leonelli, Co-Director of Egenis, the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences.     How are you involved in Plan S?   Sabina Leonelli: I am a Plan S ambassador. This is an independent role and does not imply being aligned with everything...
  • EU Project : SCOOP4C

    EU projects
    The project was launched by the European Commission in November 2016 and it is funded under the H2020 call CO-CREATION-05-2015 - Coordination and support action (CSA). Five organizations from four different member states explore how the once-only principle for citizens can be implemented at a European...
  • A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Martin Emmer about e-Governance

    Interviews

    Our understanding of citizenship is not based on a definition that refers to formal membership of a person to a nation or political entity, but more generally on the self-perception of individuals in relation to any nation or entity they may belong to.

  • A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Ott Velsberg about e-Governance

    Interviews
    e-Governance: the Estonian Case, a scientist’s opinion   Interview with Ott Velsberg, Chief Data Officer for the Estonian government. Increased quality of service, the lack of bureaucracy, and the ease of interacting with the government directly benefit the business and citizens.       For which aspects...
  • EU Project : Erasmus Mundus Master of Science

    EU projects
    Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance: An EU-funded Master programme for EU- and non-EU citizens that combines knowledge on public administration and public management with expertise on information systems and eGovernance.   Coordination : KU Leuven   Web-Link :...