Future Commons: Executive Summary

Future Commons is a new Research and Mobilization Observatory and Partnership dedicated to the study and promotion of Open Research Practice by individual researchers.

The Partnership is led by an international team of researchers and information professionals that includes some of the most prominent thought-leaders in the Open Access/Open Science movements. Our partner and prospective partner institutions include Libraries and Universities from five continents as well as scholarly societies and consortia dedicated to the mobilisation of Open Research Practices.

Future Commons complements the efforts of other agencies, institutions and consortia by focussing on the cultural change among individual researchers that will be required if Open and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) Research Practices are to become the global default.