A new UNESCO Chair in Open Science at Université de Montréal

New Chair Vincent Larivière will lead a team in examining the free movement of knowledge. A new UNESCO Chair in Open Science has been created to promote access to research for all and continue UNESCO's efforts to support open science. It will be held by Vincent Larivière, a professor at the School of Library and Information Science at the Faculty of Arts and Science. As Chair, he will study the practices of open science and the various forms it takes, such as open access, open data and open peer review. He will also examine the impact of these practices on both research quality and on society itself, and the barriers and incentives to adopting open science practices. The Chair is hosted by Université de Montréal, with support from 17 partners in 10 countries. Partner organizations include Érudit, the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), Leiden University's Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Stellenbosch University's Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST), Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy, Université Mohammed V de Rabat and Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.