Open Science

The UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education has been actively contributing to the global movement toward Open Science, particularly in advancing its social and ethical dimensions. The adoption of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science marked a historic milestone in the democratization of knowledge, articulating a holistic vision built around four interdependent pillars. 

Together, these pillars offer a transformative framework for reimagining how knowledge is produced, shared, and mobilized in the service of humanity. 

Through its ongoing initiatives in research, capacity building, and policy dialogue, the Chair has sought to deepen engagement with the third and fourth pillars- promoting dialogical relationships between science and society and creating space for diverse knowledge systems, including community-based, indigenous, and traditional forms of knowing, within the broader scientific enterprise. In a time marked by intersecting crises implementing this holistic vision of open science has become imperative. Open science, through our understanding, is not limited to open access to data or publications; it is equally about building trust, ensuring relevance, and recognising the plurality of epistemologies that can inform collective responses to global challenges.

The Chair was pleased to contribute to the formulation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (add link to the UNESCO website) and continues to engage in advancing its implementation through grounded, community-based practice.

 Our key work on Open Science can be found below.