UNESCO global consultation | Equitable scholarly communication for implementation of open science

UNESCO is launching a consultation to explore fair, inclusive ways to create, share, and access academic knowledge, and to address challenges in building more equitable systems.

UNESCO, in partnership with the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library in the context of the 4th UN Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference, produced a draft policy brieft as part of the UNESCO Open Science Toolkit to explore the equity in scholarly communication, the practice through which researchers create, validate, and share knowledge within and beyond the academic community.

The policy brief reviews the history of scholarly communication in relation to equity, highlighting both the opportunities created and the unintended consequences, identifies the key equity-related challenges, and recommends pathways for building more equitable scholarly communication systems by addressing those challenges. The document is intended to assist policymakers, scientists, and other stakeholders engaged in supporting and implementing open science.

UNESCO is inviting all interested stakeholders to review this brief and provide feedback. 

Fonte: Sito UNESCO 

How to contribute:

• download the PDF, add comments directly in the document, and email it to openscience@unesco.org with the subject line “Feedback on equitable scholarly communication” OR
• provide your feedback in the body of the email as a written response, without annotating the PDF, while clearly referencing the relevant paragraph numbers of the brief
• the deadline for comments is 13 April 2026