Serving Open Humanities Since 2001 – A Conversation with Pierre Mounier

Serving Open Humanities since 2001 – A Conversation with Pierre Mounier

In this episode, we sit down with Pierre Mounier, a pioneer of the Open Science movement, to discuss the evolution of digital publishing over the last 25 years. From early experiments in 2001 to the creation of major infrastructures like OpenEdition and OPERAS in recent years, they explore how the landscape of scholarly communication has transformed.

Pierre shares his perspective on building European federations, the "scaling small" philosophy, and why the Diamond Open Access model is crucial for the future of research.

🎙️ What’s in this episode?

✅ The Journey: Pierre’s path from 2001 to building national platforms.

✅ European Scale: The story of OPERAS and cross-border cooperation.

✅ Diamond OA: Promoting community-owned, non-commercial publishing.

✅ The Future: Why researchers must "take back control" of scientific communication.

Join us for this insightful conversation on the past and future of Open Science!

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📌 Funding: Supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the Strategic Partnership Programme.

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Episode transcript: https://sciros.hypotheses.org/2064