Open Science in the legal and social sciences area

How is Open Science translated into everyday research practice? And what forms can it take in fields such as the legal and social domain, in which making results and data openly available presents specific requirements?

Wednesday 7 October, from 15:00 to 16:30, the Central Law Library and the Political Science Library are offering the online meeting Open Science in the legal-social area. From the general context to research practices, devoted to the development of open science in the academic community and to the contribution of libraries.

The meeting begins with the Open Science Report 2023-2024, which presents and documents the activities carried out to make research publications, data and resources more accessible, verifiable and reusable. It then examines the role of the University Library System, which supports researchers in open-access publishing, data management, and understanding the obligations laid down by legislation and funding programmes. This activity connects bibliographic, legal and technological expertise and contributes to the quality and responsibility of research.

The discussion continues with a contribution by Raffaele Volante, lecturer in the Department of Private Law and Critique of Law at the University of Padua, devoted to the project DEMANIA – Collective domains and civic uses in central-southern Italy. His experience offers a concrete example of applying Open Access to legal research.

The event will take place online on the Zoom platform and is open to anyone interested, subject to booking.