Our libraries and researchers work together to make knowledge open and accessible. By sharing publications, data and infrastructures, CIVICA’s open science communities support collaboration, transparency and the reuse of research across Europe and beyond.
Key activities
- Training course Open Science for researchers
- Open Access Week events & workshops
- Open Access LibGuide
- SciFree tool that allows researchers to navigate Open Access journals included in the Transformative Agreements
Past Events and resources
- The benefits of Open Research Data (Open Access Week 2024)
- Open Access and textbooks: is a completely open education possible? (Open Access Week 2023)
- Open Science and Open Access: Principles and Practices for Research Grants, Professor Dirk Hovy
- Open Science in Horizon Europe. How and (mostly) why, Dr Elena Giglia
- Open Science dalla A alla Z, Dr Elena Giglia
- Metadata and research: abstracts, keywords and research visibility, Dr Lucia Sardo
Central European University (CEU) is in the early stages of developing its Open Science Community as part of its engagement within the CIVICA network. Building on CEU’s strong research culture and commitment to openness, the university promotes transparent and collaborative research through its Open Access Policy and institutional Open Research Repository. Looking ahead, CEU aims to build greater awareness, capacity, and engagement across the university to support open and responsible research practices.
Community Coordinator
Oliver Murray, Data Librarian
The European University Institute, in line with its Open Access policy, supports an approach to scholarly communication that values the principles of Open Science aiming at the broadest openness, reach and impact of its research.
Community coordinator
Lotta Svantesson, Open Science Office Coordinator & Institutional Repository Manager
Núria Raga Raga, Open Science Librarian
Ane Manchado and Barbora Šantorová, Open Science trainees
Resources
Open Science Presentations for the Social Sciences (Zenodo)
Open Science Recorded presentations (YouTube videos)
Introduction - Publish Open Access with a publisher - LibGuides at European University Institute
The Hertie School champions Open Science as a core value of its research culture. It promotes openness, integrity, and reproducibility at every stage of scholarly work. Through open publication, data sharing, and collaboration across disciplines and CIVICA partners, the school makes research more visible, accessible, and impactful. Its goal is to make openness the default in academic practice.
Key activities
A mandatory introductory session on all kinds of open science topics for new researchers, particularly those starting their PhDs.
Drop-in sessions for researchers with a special focus on OS topics. These sessions are open to everyone to learn more about OS and address their questions.
The Hertie School is co-leading the CIVICA Open Science Working Group.
Open Access strategy comprising gold and green publishing support as well as policies, guidelines, and general publishing support.
Publications in the Hertie School Research Repository (OPUS) fulfilling the criteria of OER.
Resources
Hertie School page, dedicated to open science, open access, open data and ethics.
IE University fosters a culture of openness, collaboration, and transparency in research through its Open Science Community. By providing training, tools and spaces for exchange, IE empowers researchers of all levels to embrace open practices; from data sharing to open access publishing, making research at IE more accessible, trusted and impactful within the CIVICA alliance and beyond.
Community coordinator
The Open Science Community at SNSPA promotes a transparent and collaborative academic culture that ensures research is accessible, reproducible and conducted with integrity. It advances open science principles and values to foster a cultural transformation at the university level creating a more inclusive, sustainable and collaborative academic ecosystem.
Community coordinator
Key activities
OSC@SNSPA launched in May 2025 with an inaugural workshop on 22 May, bringing together members of the core group behind this institution-wide initiative. Since then, the community has been developing an open science policy and strategy, a dedicated website and Facebook account, and the SNSPA Digital Repository for self-archiving publications and research data. Activities also include creating an Open Science Glossary, compiling free training resources, supporting researchers with data management plans and FAIR principles, and conducting studies on faculty attitudes toward open science, bibliometric trends, and alternative research metrics.
The University supports research systems and tools that promote collaboration, knowledge dissemination and accessibility, and the re-use of research outputs based on the principle of ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’, within an appropriate legal and ethical framework. This principle takes into account confidentiality requirements related to data protection and privacy law, data security (fundamental state interests and sovereignty of research data), respect for academic freedom, and scientific integrity.
Support for open science relies on the staff working within the research centers, including engineers and research assistants, who provide day-to-day guidance and expertise. It also relies on the library, which offers assistance with open access publishing as well as with research data management.
Resources
Sciences Po supports the research community with implementing open research practices for:
SGH Warsaw School of Economics promotes a culture of openness, transparency and collaboration in research and academic practices. The Open Science Community brings together researchers and administrative staff to support open-access publishing, responsible research data management and inclusive knowledge-sharing. Through training, advocacy, and infrastructure development, SGH empowers academics to adopt open principles and contribute to the global Open Science movement.
Community coordinator
SSE’s philosophy is inspired by the philosopher Ingemar Hedenius, who said: “the one that is best prepared for the future is the one who is free and alive in a world of uncertainty.” Education should create freedom and liberate the individual. That is the foundation of the Stockholm School of Economics. We call it FREE - fact- and science based, reflective and self-aware, empathic and culturally literate, entrepreneurial and responsible. The values of FREE are closely connected to our mission - to strengthen Sweden’s competitiveness through research and science-based education.
As part of that mission, SSE strives to make its research visible and available in full to potential internal and external users in alignment with current principles and demands concerning open science, where SSE-researchers are encouraged to make publications openly available. Publications should, when possible, be made available in full in conjunction with the time of publication. This is accomplished either by publishing in channels that practice immediate open access, or by self-archiving through placing a full text in the SSE Research Hub or in a suitable disciplinary repository.
Community Coordinator
Andreas Hellgren, Senior Librarian
The Open Research Community at LSE is working to advocate for open research practice in a way that works for all types of academic research. The end goal is for LSE research to be the most open, transparent and ethical, while making the greatest global impact.
Community coordinator
Key activities
The Open Research Community at LSE is taking shape through engaging discussions, thoughtful debates and continuous learning. LSE hosts regular panel discussions, research showcases and informal networking events to foster a culture where open, transparent and collaborative research can thrive.
Events and resources
Past events can be found on the LSE Library YouTube channel. Topics include publishing, AI and reproducibility, how to be open when working with vulnerable or marginalised communities and sensitive data, and open research in the age of populism.
The Open Research Working Group, made up of researchers and other stakeholders from LSE has produced a series of guides on open research focusing on practices most relevant to social science research.