<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our current research and social context – the coronavirus pandemic,
economic upheaval, climate change, racial injustice – requires timely
and reliable research results, shared equitably by, and with, all parts
of the world.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that, with enough political will, we can adopt open science practices widely. Let's not go back to business as usual once the pandemic is over!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please see our full post on the <a href="https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2020/09/24/covid-19-has-profoundly-changed-the-way-we-conduct-and-share-research-lets-not-return-to-business-as-usual-when-the-pandemic-is-over/" class="">London School of Economics Impact Blog</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kathleen</div><br class=""><div class="">
<div>Kathleen Shearer</div><div>Executive Director</div><div>Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR)</div><div><a href="http://www.coar-repositories.org" class="">www.coar-repositories.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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