Open Access Week 2021 (Oct 25-29) – It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity

This week Open Access Australasia hosts a series of online discussions on the theme of building structural equity into access to knowledge. Can open practices improve our scholarly communication and publishing ecosystem? How can we ensure every learner has access to the resources we use in teaching and learning? What does open research look like through the lens of indigenous perspectives of knowledge?

Registration is free via the OAA website and times are NZ-timezone friendly. Highlights include:

Shaking up the Culture of Research Assessment (Tu 26 Oct 2-3pm)
How to Address Global Challenges with Open Science (W 27 Oct 4-5pm)
Indigenous voices: research principles through a First Nations lens (Th 28 Oct 2-3pm)
Another Kind of Open: exploring the benefits and barriers to the creation and use of open educational resources (F 29 Oct 2-3pm)
Making Research Truly Accessible: insight unshared is thwarted potential (F 29 Oct 4-5pm)

Details about each session and speakers/panelists are on the OAA website.