Open Access in the Geosciences

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 13:00 to 18:15
UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, room A003

Registration
(no conference fee)

Program

12:30

Arrival and registration

 

13:00

Welcome address

Dr. Sonia Abun-Nasr, Director of the University Library Bern

13:15

Open Access in Geosciences – Facts and Figures  

Dr. Christophe Schneble, Research Management Office, University of Bern; Dr. Eri Amsler, University Library Bern 

13:45

Open Access? Do I Have To? (It Depends, but Yes.) 

Dr. Elio Pellin, University Library Bern 

14:15

Publishing Papers, Data and Code in Geosciences: Insights for Early Career Scientists 

Prof. Stefan Brönnimann, Institute of Geography, University of Bern

14:45

Open Access Publishing in Geography: The Journal Geographica Helvetica and OA Books 

Dr. Alexander Vorbrugg, Institute of Geography, University of Bern

15:15

Coffee break and Open Science Desk  

15:45

Creating and Running a Community-Based Diamond Open Access Journal in Geosciences: The case of Sedimentologika 

Dr. Camille Thomas, Prof. Katrina Kremer, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern

16:15

Open Access and the North-South Divide in Science: Some Insights 

Dr. Anne Zimmermann, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern

16:45

Building a Coalition for #BetterPublishing: PEEER (Publishing for an Ethical and Equitable Environment in Research) 

Prof. Michael N Dawson, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of California

17:15

Discussion  

17.45

Apéro

 

Contact

openaccess@unibe.ch