Meridian - #19 - „The Democratization of Knowledge. Open Science from Latin America to the World“ - with Prof. Fernanda Beigel cover art

Meridian - #19 - „The Democratization of Knowledge. Open Science from Latin America to the World“ - with Prof. Fernanda Beigel

Meridian - #19 - „The Democratization of Knowledge. Open Science from Latin America to the World“ - with Prof. Fernanda Beigel

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 Open Science is a movement focused on how knowledge is produced and shared, aiming to dismantle the long-standing barriers that have kept academic research behind paywalls and limited to institutional elites. It calls for greater transparency, inclusivity, and accessibility in order to diversify global knowledge systems. Few countries have embraced Open Science as strongly as Latin America. What is the current state of the Open Science movement in this region and what risks of Open Science can be observed? How can Open Science contribute to adressing global challenges? And why is it essential to diversify how knowledge is created and shared?

In this episode, journalist Kevin Caners explores these questions and more with Professor Fernanda Beigel. Fernanda Beigel is a Principal Researcher at Argentina’s National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), a Head Professor at the National University of Cuyo (UNCuyo), and the Director of the Research Center on the Circulation of Knowledge (CECIC). She chaired Argentina’s National Committee for Open Science from 2020 to 2023 and led UNESCO’s Advisory Committee for Open Science from 2020 to 2021. She is Principal Investigator of the project Open Science in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Argentina and Germany: Opportunities, Challenges, and Contestations, in collaboration with the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut and the Berlin University Alliance. Currently, she is a Fellow for Open Science at the Berlin University Alliance, in the Einstein Center for Digital Future.

“Projects that are funded publicly should be open to future generations or other people not to collect the same thing. The circulation of knowledge is going to be reduced and concentrated and more asymmetrical, more unequal,” states Fernanda Beigel.

Professor Fernanda Beigel is a sociologist based at CONICET and the National University of Cuyo, in Mendoza-Argentina and former chair of the UNESCO Advisory Committee for Open Science.
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