ZEF Gender Group Lecture: Community-Based Publication Infrastructures for Gender Research: Open Access and Collective Knowledge Production
March 27, 2025 | 14:30 h - 15:30 h
ZEF Gender Group Lecture: Community-Based Publication Infrastructures for Gender Research: Open Access and Collective Knowledge Production
Topic: Community-Based Publication Infrastructures for Gender Research: Open Access and Collective Knowledge Production.
Speakers: Dr. Kathrin Ganz and Ms. Sabrina Schotten from the Open Gender Journal.
Venue: Room 1.049 (Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn) and online
Zoom link to follow soon!
Dr. Kathrin Ganz is a research associate at the Margherita von Brentano Center at Freie Universität Berlin, working on the GenderOpen project. She also serves as the editor-in-chief of Open Gender Journal. Her research areas include Open Access, political discourses on digital transformation, and intersectional social research.
Ms. Sabrina Schotten holds an MA in Communication Studies and has extensive experience working for Open Access journals. She currently serves as the editorial manager of Open Gender Journal.
Abstract: The shift to Open Access in scientific publishing is reshaping knowledge dissemination. In gender research, fostering open and community-driven infrastructures is crucial for equitable access to scholarly work. This presentation explores two initiatives contributing to this transformation: GenderOpen and Open Gender Journal.
* GenderOpen is an open-access repository that provides the gender studies community with free access to over 2,500 publications from 1978 to today. It enables long-term archiving and Open Access secondary publication of scholarly work.
* The Open Gender Journal follows a diamond open-access model, operating as a community-driven, interdisciplinary journal with double-anonymous peer review, ensuring high-quality and transparent publishing. The journal is free for both authors and readers, promoting equitable access to scholarship. It also has a research data policy, encouraging authors to make their underlying data openly available to advance an open research culture in the field.
This presentation will highlight how community-led infrastructures enhance digital sovereignty in academic publishing and invite participants to explore ways to shape the open dissemination of gender research by contributing to community-driven publication infrastructures.
