Open Science: How Sharing Knowledge Can Save the Planet
Sat Jan 31 2026
In this episode we speak with Jean-Claude Burgelman about what open science means, why it accelerates innovation, and why we need it now.
Jean-Claude Burgelman discusses practical benefits for businesses and NGOs, barriers like paywalled publishing and academic incentives, and the urgent need to make publicly funded data usable.
Jean-Claude argues for multilateral infrastructure—a global open science cloud—and a new social contract for science, drawing on insights from this year's Frontiers Science House at Davos.
The episode closes with a call to rethink institutions and governance so open science can drive faster, fairer solutions to global challenges.
Resources: Ask a Librarian!
Frontiers Planet Prize: https://www.frontiersplanetprize.org/
Where to listen to this episode
Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy
YouTube: https://youtu.be/QBWMVpmW3pI
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Guest: Jean-Claude Burgelman
Hosts: Amy Smith and Wouter Schallier
Production and editing: UN Library & Archives Geneva
Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva
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In this episode we speak with Jean-Claude Burgelman about what open science means, why it accelerates innovation, and why we need it now. Jean-Claude Burgelman discusses practical benefits for businesses and NGOs, barriers like paywalled publishing and academic incentives, and the urgent need to make publicly funded data usable. Jean-Claude argues for multilateral infrastructure—a global open science cloud—and a new social contract for science, drawing on insights from this year's Frontiers Science House at Davos. The episode closes with a call to rethink institutions and governance so open science can drive faster, fairer solutions to global challenges. Resources: Ask a Librarian! Frontiers Planet Prize: https://www.frontiersplanetprize.org/ Where to listen to this episode Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-page/id1469021154 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10fp8ROoVdve0el88KyFLy YouTube: https://youtu.be/QBWMVpmW3pI Content Guest: Jean-Claude Burgelman Hosts: Amy Smith and Wouter Schallier Production and editing: UN Library & Archives Geneva Recorded & produced at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva