Scientific publishing in the digital age: European Commission initiatives

by Dr Celina Ramjoué (European Commission, Directorate-General for Research, Brussels)

Monday 26 Nov 2007, 15:30 → 17:00 Europe/Zurich

60/6-002 (CERN)

This talk will provide an overview of the European Commission's to promote access to scientific publications and data. In this area, the Commission acts both as a policymaking body and as a funding body, and takes a combined information society and research policy approach. In short, as a policymaking body, the Commission's policies can be seen within the wider Lisbon Agenda of "becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world". As a funding body, the Commission can determine rules on access to and dissemination of publications and data resulting from the Framework Programme, the European Union's main research funding programme.

About the speaker:
Celina Ramjoué is a policy officer working on questions relating to access to scientific publications and data within the European Commission's DG Research. She previously worked in the area of research ethics and on implementing the ethics review of EU-funded research projects. Prior to joining the European Commission in 2005, Celina was a researcher in the field of comparative public policy at the University of Zurich. Celina holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science and has spent time as a visiting researcher at Harvard University (USA) and the European University Institute (Italy).

The presentation will be in English.

Please register to attend by contacting Susanne.Schaefer@cern.ch as places are limited.