“The essence of Open Science is for whom, with whom and by whom? This means thinking about responsibility rooted in academic freedom.”

About Frank Miedema

Frank Miedema is emeritus professor. He was until September 1, 2023,  Vice Rector of Research at Utrecht University and Chair of the Utrecht University Open Science Programme. He studied biochemistry at the University of Groningen, specialising in Immunology, with a minor in the Philosophy of Science. From January 2009 to March 2019, he was a dean and vice chairman of the Executive Board of the University Medical Center Utrecht.

Research Focus: Open Science

In 2013, he was one of the initiators of Science in Transition, which states that the academic incentive and reward system is in need of fundamental reform. Besides Science for Science (articles in ‘high-impact’ journals), the impact on society must be valued more and societal stakeholders should be involved more integrally in the production of knowledge.

Areas of interest:

• Open Science
• Science in Transition
• Open Access
• Plan S
• Open data

WCRI, July 2019

Open Access Week 2018