Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS)

Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS)

Theme: Who owns our knowledge?

Monday 2 March – Friday 6 March 2026

Now in its fourth year, the Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship is a University-wide conference for researchers, students, staff, and anyone else interested in making research more open and trustworthy.

OxFOS is a chance to share ideas, learn, showcase your work, and interact with others passionate about the importance of making research more open, transparent and accessible. It is organised by the Bodleian Libraries in partnership with the Research Practice team and the grassroots researcher group, Reproducible Research Oxford.

Online events will be taking place all week, with an in-person conference at the Weston Library on Wednesday 4 March. The conference and events are free to attend and open to all.

Call for submissions: propose a talk, workshop or poster 

For the 2026 event our theme is Who Owns Our Knowledge? We welcome any submissions relevant to this theme, and especially our highlighted sub-topics:  

  • The evolving tensions between generative AI and openness, and what we should do about it.
  • Copyright at the breaking point: in a radically changing intellectual property landscape, how can we re-envision the system to protect research(ers)? 
  • Alternative formats of publishing and sharing research openly: including non-traditional research outputs, innovative platforms, open peer review, and more. 
  • How we preserve and share our data, how to credit and how to keep it safe from bad actors.
  • How research on research can help us understand problems, test solutions, and measure progress.

Submissions will be competitive, but we are committed to representation across all career stages and types of roles in research, and encourage all to apply. 

We welcome submissions in a range of formats.

Sessions

Possible session formats include:

  • 30-minute conference papers (20-min talk with 10-minute Q&A) 
  • 10-minute lightning talks (7-minute talk with 3-minute Q&A) 
  • Alternative formats such as pecha kucha, game shows, unconference/workshop sessions, etc. (30–90 minutes) 

Deadline: 3 November 2025.

Submit a proposal for a talk, workshop or other session

Posters

Rolling submissions until the deadline: 16 February 2026.

Submit a proposal for a poster

Registration

Registration will open in January 2026.