By leveraging ULisboa and Wrocław Tech as testbeds for universities in Poland, Portugal, and other Widening countries, the Unite! open science community will co-create a white paper to support university managers, policymakers, and funders in these countries in developing European Open Science and Innovation Universities.

This white paper will contribute to enabling a European Open Science and Innovation Area among Widening and Non-Widening countries.

The forums will be hybrid, with both face-to-face and online component.

The pressing societal challenges, coupled with climate change, and the goal of achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), call for fostering new levels of integration, adopting innovative scientific practices, and enhancing global collaboration. Sustainable solutions can only be achieved through the joint efforts of research communities of researchers, students, staff, faculty, citizens, companies, municipalities, citizens and international organisations such as the European Commission, the United Nations, or the World Bank.

The adoption of open science practices, principles and goals can improve the quality both the internal – academic – and external – societal – processes of learning and creation of new knowledge, fostering trust in science, nurturing innovative and entrepreneurial people, and accelerating research and innovation processes for the achievement of the United Nations SDG 2030.

We invite you to participate in the ULisboa Open Science Policy Forum. Let’s unite our efforts!

The Unite! Widening Project Open Science Policy Forums will allow ULisboa and Wroclaw Tech to progress towards the development of open science strategies, programmes, and incentives for becoming Unite! Hubs of Excellence on Open Science and Innovation Management.

Wrocław Tech’s Open Science Policy Forum focuses on the advancement of:

• Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 2: Reforming the university reward systems of science and innovation for a sustainable world.
• Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 5: Enhancing interoperability of university digital infrastructures and accessibility of physical infrastructures for a peaceful humanity.

ULisboa Open Science Policy Forum focuses on the advancement of:

• Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 3: Promoting transdisciplinary open science support services for an efficient openness in the sharing and production of knowledge and its transfer.
• Unite! OS White Paper Policy Recommendation 4: Incorporating open science competencies in university bachelors, masters, and doctorate levels of education to foster global citizenship.

Background material for participating in the Forum:

Unite! White paper: A new University open science and innovation governance model and policy for a sustainable world

• This white paper is a practical tool aimed at contributing to the transition from modern science to open science in universities and European Universities Alliances (EUAs) by 2030. This white paper provides evidence-based policy guidelines to enhance efficient open science and innovation management at universities.

Unite! Handbook of best practices for effective open science and innovation mainstreaming at universities

• This handbook is meant as a practical guide for facilitating researchers, R&I support services, and university managers to transition from modern science to open science. This handbook reveals a high-impact understanding of the best open science and innovation practices on Unite! research teams, exposes Unite! guidelines for the adoption of these practices, and shapes a new governance model for the management of open science and innovation in universities in the digital era. This handbook is a tool for managing open science and innovation in university research teams.

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