Open Science Fair 2025

Session

Open, but at What Cost? Research Security & Open Science

S-SEC

17 Sept 2025, 11:00

81/R-003C - Science Gateway Auditorium C (CERN)

76. Strange bedfellows, indeed: How the impact of the current political moment could accelerate an open science future (W-SEC-PAN-1-76)

Christopher S. Marcum, Dr Dan Rudmann (Utrecht University), George Cooper (UCL), Dr Michael Anne Kyle (University of Pennsylvania), Ms Sara Rouhi (Co-Author, Declaration to #DefendResearch from US Govt Censorship (DefendResearch.org))

17/09/2025, 11:00

Open, but at What Cost? Research Security & Open Science

Panel

The current US government attacks on science and international collaboration are shaking the foundations of the global scientific endeavor. The damage to both research itself and the essential underpinnings of good science – collaboration, integrity, openness – may be irreversible.

US government acts of censorship, intimidation and erasure – like the removal of critical websites,...

86. Open & Trusted: Governing Knowledge in the Digital Age (W-SEC-PAN-2-86)

Natalia Manola (OpenAIRE), Mr Niels Stern (OAPEN), Pierre Mounier (OPERAS), Ms Suzanne Dumouchel (OPERAS)

17/09/2025, 14:00

Open, but at What Cost? Research Security & Open Science

Panel

This panel confronts the critical tension between openness and security in today’s Open Science landscape. As AI revolutionizes research, it also introduces significant risks like disinformation and trust erosion. Compounding this, geopolitical strains force a reassessment of knowledge sharing, further undermining scientific trust. We are caught in an "information paradox": unparalleled access...