The right to participate in & benefit from science

From 16 to 18 October 2025, this Conference will bring together policymakers, IGO representatives, researchers, scholars, librarians, publishers, and civil society, and will convene online and at the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo, Japan. It will serve as an urgent call to accelerate transformations in science and scholarship in alignment with actions 28-33 of the Pact for the Future, to map progress in national and international efforts towards opening the record of science, and to inspire collaborative actions and coalitions to expedite progress ensuring no country, community, or individual is left behind.

The event will be organized by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library of the Department of Global Communications, in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, and UNESCO’s Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building.

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30^th Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy (NWB 2025)

Over the course of three days, October 29-31, 2025, you will have the opportunity to engage with experts from a variety of fields, including bibliometrics, research policy and library & information science. The aim of the workshop is to integrate bibliometric research with research policy, showcase the latest bibliometric research from the Nordic region and beyond, and strengthen connections between bibliometric research groups and their PhD students.

Important dates:

• Submission of abstracts: March 17 – May 31, 2025.
• Notifications of acceptance: June 20, 2025.
• Registration: July 1 – September 15, 2025.
• Nordic Workshop: October 29 – 31, 2025.

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EOSC Symposium 2025

The EOSC Symposium 2025 will mark the exciting transition of the EOSC Federation into its operational phase. As with previous editions, participants can expect insightful discussions, strategic updates, and unparalleled networking opportunities.

Organised by the EOSC Association, with the support of the EOSC Gravity and EOSC Focus projects, the EOSC Symposium 2025 will take place on 03-05 November at the historic Le Plaza Hotel in Brussels.

The flagship event will bring together the larger EOSC community of policy makers, funders, researchers, representatives of research-performing organisations as well as national and pan-European data infrastructures, Research Infrastructures, and e-Infrastructures, all of whom are working together to build EOSC and the EOSC Federation.

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Let's shape the Future of Research Assessment

As part of Denmark's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Aalborg University together with international partners is hosting a conference on reformning research assessment on December 3-4, 2025 at Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center in Copenhagen. The conference is supported by the European Commission.

In today's knowledge economies, universities are expected to translate and disseminate research and innovation broadly, contributing to growth, competitiveness, better regulation, and quality of life. To stimulate the broader impact and uptake of research-based products and advice, incentives and metrics need to be aligned.

At this conference, the organizers together with the Danish Presidency and the European Commission will address the need for reforming research assessment, present progress on CoARA, and highlight drivers of change in the broader ecosystem of science, innovation, and technology.

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