Open Access Week 2025
Tuesday October 21, 2025
7am AWST (Perth)
The politics of knowledge: Who controls the story and who has access to it?
The opening event of Open Access Australasia’s OA Week 2025, this session brings together speakers from the North America, Europe, Asia and Australia to explore how government administrations are exerting ownership and control over knowledge, shaping narratives and gatekeeping access. This diverse panel sheds light on the politics shaping knowledge ownership and access in a range of countries, with an emphasis on ways to defend and reclaim our knowledges in the face of these threats.
Wednesday October 22, 2025
10am AWST (Perth)
Community ownership: Relation, reciprocity and responsibility
This session focuses on unpacking the concept of knowledge ownership within community and collective contexts. Panellists will reflect on their definitions of knowledge ownership, rooted in collaboration, lived experience, and cultural relevance, highlighting how knowledge can be created, shared and protected collectively rather than claimed individually. Unlike traditional academic models that emphasise individual authorship, proprietary rights, and institutional control, community-based understandings of knowledge foreground collective stewardship, reciprocal relationships, and respect for cultural protocols.
Thursday October 23, 2025
10am AWST (Perth)
Vive la révolution! Taking our knowledge back
What does it mean to “own” your research in 2025? How can academic authors make informed choices about where and how people (and/or machines!) can access and build on their work? This session explores how the scholarly community can wrest control back from the oligopoly and maintain agency over their own work, ensuring their research has the widest and most meaningful impact. Vive la révolution!
ECU Open Access Week 2023
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Caroline Finch confirmed ECU's commitment to open science.
Dr Jun Wen, ECU School of Business and Law, presented: Risks or rewards? A critical perspective on using ChatGPT in interdisciplinary research.
Professor Chris Abbiss gave an update on the on the proposed ECU Framework to using AI tools in teaching and research.
ECU Open Access Week 2022
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DVCR Professor Caroline Finch presented alongside Library staff to acknowledge 2022 International Open Access Week. Discussions covered:
- Publishing open access
- Research strategy
- Selecting a title for your paper
- Read and Publish Agreements at ECU which allow no cost APC
Open Access @ ECU
To acknowledge 2020 Open Access week ECU Library staff spoke with academic staff of the university with research interest in Open Access. We thank the ECU academics for their participation in this video. Please take the time to watch the video and learn more about Open Access publishing.
