The University of Turku is one of the initial signatories of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and the first Finnish university to commit to the declaration. The signatories commit to taking a lead in transforming the way research information is used and produced.
The University of Turku has taken a strong and respected pioneering role in the development of research and responsible assessment of researchers both nationally and internationally. Commitment to the More Than Our Rank initiative is part of the development work related to responsible assessment at the University of Turku.
The University of Turku participates in the International Data Week by organising data-related webinars and discussion sessions on 23-27 October 2023.
The independent scientific academy of the UK, the Royal Society, was founded in the 1660s. Royal Society publishes journals across the entire range of science. From April 1, 2023, the library has made one-year agreement with the publisher for University of Turku allowing the corresponding authors affiliated to University of Turku to publish their articles Open Access with 25 % discount of the APCs.
The Academy of Finland has published Finland’s roadmap for research infrastructures 2021–2024. The roadmap describes the research infrastructure services that are strategically important to Finland's research, education and innovation activities and which will be needed in the next 10–15 years. The new roadmap for 2021–2024 describes for the first time the national and international research infrastructure landscape that is important from Finland’s perspective. The University of Turku is involved in 13 of the 29 listed research infrastructures.
The Library keenly follows how the funds reserved for open access publishing in its license agreements are used. At the moment, the funds in two such agreements is running out. Those of the library’s license agreements that include open access publishing have mainly been negotiated by FinELib, a consortium of Finnish higher education institutions, research institutes and public libraries. However the library has also entered into some such agreements directly with the publishers.
During Academy of Finland’s September call Turku University Library provides help for researchers who want input on the publication plan or data management description in their application. So please, email your questions to openutu@utu.fi no later than two weeks before the deadline.
The implementation and development of open science at the University of Turku is guided by national and international policies and recommendations for open science and research. We also actively participate in national and international development work to promote open science and research practices.