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Who owns scholarly publishing?

We warmly invite you to the twelth event in the lecture series Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access, taking place on March 25, 2026, at 5:00 PM (CET)We look forward to the lecture: 🎤 “Who owns scholarly publishing?” by Vincent Larivière 👉 Abstract: Corporate control of scholarly publishing has been a heated topic over …

The Promise and Perils of Transparency and Open Science

We warmly invite you to the tenth event in the lecture series Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access, taking place on February 25, 2026, at 5:00 PM (CET)We look forward to the lecture: 🎤 “The Promise and Perils of Transparency and Open Science” by Kevin Elliott 👉 Abstract:Although transparency in science is widely encouraged …

Open Divide 2025 Talks Now Online

Dear colleagues and friends of Open Divide, We are pleased to announce that all eight talks from the 2025 edition of the series Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access are now available online – with more to follow in 2026. 🔗 https://av.tib.eu/series/1941 More information about the speakers and topics is available on our website: 🔗 https://opendivide.hypotheses.org/open-divide-2025-2026-speakers-and-topics We (Joachim Schöpfel, Niels-Oliver Walkowski, and …

Legitimizations and subversions of the Open: for an analysis of openwashing in scientific publishing

We warmly invite you to the ninth event in the lecture series Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access, taking place on January 28, 2026, 5 pm CET. We are delighted to welcome Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri and Guillaume Silhol and look forward to their lecture, “Legitimizations and subversions of the Open: for an analysis of …

Beyond Institutional Boundaries: Shadow Libraries as Commons and the Future of Knowledge Preservation

We warmly invite you to the eighth event in the lecture series Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access, taking place on December 17, 2025 at 5:00 pm CET. We are delighted to welcome Zakayo Kjellström and look forward to his lecture, “Beyond Institutional Boundaries: Shadow Libraries as Commons and the Future of Knowledge …

Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons

In the seventh lecture of the Open Divide Series, Samuel Moore will present “Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons”. In his talk on November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM CET, Samuel Moore will discuss key ideas from his new book Publishing Beyond the Market (University of Michigan Press). He argues that the movement for …

The Global South’s Role in Shaping the Open Science Paradigm

In the sixth lecture of the Open Divide Series, Joachim Schöpfel, Hélène Prost, and Behrooz Rasuli will present “The Global South’s Role in Shaping the Open Science Paradigm — an analysis of the Global South’s contribution to the open science movement and the impact of open repositories and publishing platforms”. Their talk on October 22, …

Does Size Matter? Personal reflections on Open Access from different publishing perspectives

We are delighted to welcome Arend Küster as the fifth speaker in our Open Divide series. On September 24, 2025, at 5 pm CEST, he will discuss his reflections on Open Access, drawing on a wide range of publishing experiences he has gained throughout his career. 👉AbstractThis talk will look into the specific challenges smaller publishers face when …

Long-Term Preservation of Open Access Publications: Facts, Current Practices, and Future Outlook

We are very pleased to welcome Mikael Laakso as the fourth speaker in our Open Divide series. On July 23, 2025, at 5 p.m. CEST, he will address the long-term preservation of open-access publications—highlighting risks, recent developments, and strategies for safeguarding both journals and books in the evolving scholarly communication landscape. 👉AbstractIn this talk I …

The Sustainability and Stability of Open and Closed Access Publishing

We are delighted to welcome Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe as the third speaker in our Open Divide series. On June 25, 2025, 5 p.m. CEST, she will critically examine the long-term sustainability of both open and closed access publishing models, focusing on their financial and scholarly implications. 👉AbstractThe debate over open access versus closed access publishing …