On September 24, 2024, a panel discussion, “Law and Open Science: Normative Framework of Open Science and Principles of Open Science in Legal Research,” was held. It was organized as part of the Open4UA project (“Open Science for the Ukrainian Higher Education System,” 101129085, ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE-STRAND-3), which aims to promote national reform of open science (Open Science) and develop mechanisms of scientific research evaluation.
Representatives of TNMU joined the discussion on forming the legislative framework and policies of open science, reforming national legislation, and introducing a new metric for evaluating scientific research. The Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University team presented the analysis of the national legislation on its compliance with European standards in open science and research evaluation.
Director General of the Directorate for Science Development of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Hryhoriy Mozolevych, presented the report “State Policy Regarding the Implementation of the Open Science Principles in Ukraine.”
Candidate of Law Sciences, Associate Professor of the Civil Law Department of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, and co-director of the joint master’s program “European and International Business Law,” Bohdan Karnaukh reported on the legal regulation of the scientific research evaluation under the principles of Open Science.
Oleksandr Berezko, the coordinator of the Open4UA Project (“Open Science for the Ukrainian Higher Education System”), Candidate of Technical Sciences, and Associate Professor of the Social Communications and Information Activities Department of the Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Lviv Polytechnic National University, reported about “European Standards of Open Science.”
The Chief Specialist of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, Tetyana Machulina, analyzed the strategy of the NRFU on open science issues.
The discussion also included the development of Ukraine’s research infrastructure and the harmonization of legislation. Inessa Shumylo, Associate Professor of the Civil Justice, Arbitration, and International Private Law Department, reported on the impact of the Open Science policy on the research infrastructure of Ukraine in wartime and post-war reconstruction.
Issues of open educational resources were also discussed.
The discussion consisted of two parts: the first one was devoted to the reformation of national legislation for the implementation of the principles of open science and a new metric for evaluating scientific research, and the other to the best practices of implementing the principles of open science in legal research, as well as challenges on the way to their implementation.