The OPEN Cost Action Annual Conference is a pan-European event that brings together scholars, policymakers, and higher education leaders from across more than 40 countries to explore the evolving challenges and opportunities surrounding academic freedom and the openness of research in Europe. Held each year in a different host country, the conference provides a vital interdisciplinary forum to explore how the rise of new nationalisms and geopolitical tensions exert a growing pressure on the openness of European higher education and research.
The OPEN Cost Action is holdings its third annual conference at the Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, from the 28th of April to the 1st of May 2026.
The OPEN Cost Action held its second annual conference at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic from the 28th April to the 1st of May 2025
The OPEN Cost Action held its first annual conference at the University of Aveiro, Portugal from the 16th to 19th April 2024