The cost of knowledge | OA WEEK | 19-25 October 2026
Are you a professor, researcher or student at the IMT School? This initiative is for you!
“We create and share knowledge in order to advance human understanding and the common good. We recognize that accessing and sharing knowledge is a human right. Yet, the costs to access and share knowledge continue to increase, often dramatically. Why? Who benefits?
Increasing consolidation and commercial control over all aspects of knowledge comes at a cost. This year’s theme challenges us to consider the financial, human, and environmental costs of creating, sharing, and sustaining knowledge—particularly when these costs are driven by private rather than public interests. Last year’s theme of “Who owns our knowledge?” reflected on the reality of commercial ownership of knowledge. This year’s theme will reckon with the costs of that reality and avenues for reclaiming control of these systems meant to serve the public interest” (https://www.openaccessweek.org/)
19 October, 17.30 | Classroom 1 (Campus San Francesco)
Introduction - Prof. Ennio Bilancini
Open Access: at what cost? - IMT Library Staff
Publish or Perish: a print-and-play game to explain the Publish or Perish problem and Open Science solutions, with Ilaria Stura, UniTo, Author of the Game
Gaming session and Coffee Break
Browse and download our OA documents
Open Access at IMT School. 2025 Report on Open Access Practices and Trends
Library guides: IRIS - Short User Guide, IRIS - Depositing Attachments, and IRIS FAQs