On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, the scientist of the Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University, Professor Aurelija Novelskaitė, will speak on linking gender equality and open science in the webinar “Open Science for Global Inclusion: Empowering Women Scientists” organised by UNESCO. The scientist will share the research results carried out with Associate Professor Raminta Pučėtaitė and other 18 international partners, in an EU-funded project OPUS – Open and Universal Science, whose main objective was to develop coordination and support measures to reform the assessment of research(ers). Read more about the project here.
The webinar “Open Science for Global Inclusion: Empowering Women Scientists” will take place on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (UTC+2, Lithuanian time). Please find the Zoom registration link here.
This online event will bring together experts from UNESCO’s Open Science Working Groups (established under the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science) and Action Groups for Women in Science (as part of the 2024 UNESCO Call to Action “Closing the Gender Gap in Science”). The session will explore the gender aspects of open science practices and assess how open science can advance gender equality, as well as how, in turn, gender equality can strengthen open science.
Further information can be found in the attached concept note.