[IRTalk] Fw: [Please share with networks]📊 Reframing University Rankings: Visibility, Open Science & Global South Leadership ,📅 Date: 29th January 2026

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Subject: [Please share with networks]📊 Reframing University Rankings: Visibility, Open Science & Global South Leadership ,📅 Date: 29th January 2026

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 WEBINAR INVITATION

University rankings shape global reputation, funding, and policy—but many institutions in Africa, Asia, and Latin America remain underrepresented due to closed data and narrow metrics.

Join TCC Africa and IES Research for a timely webinar exploring how open science practices—including transparency, persistent identifiers, and open research infrastructures—can significantly improve institutional visibility and ranking performance.

[📅] Date: 29th January 2026

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On Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 1:27:20 am +03:00, Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Professor Wang,

Thank you for sharing the update from the UN Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board, especially their urging of the global community to actively advance open science for the benefit of all.

With best regards,

Arun
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009

On Sat, 20 Sept 2025, 19:15 王庆林, <wangql at cast.org.cn<mailto:wangql at cast.org.cn>> wrote:

1. Statement by the UN Scientific Advisory Board

For ISC Members and your networks

At its second annual retreat, the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) adopted a landmark statement on open science, the preparation of which was coordinated by the ISC. The statement affirms that open science is vital for research, for connecting science with policy and society, and for tackling global inequality, while warning that its benefits are at risk as barriers to international collaboration grow. The SAB urged the global community to actively advance open science for the benefit of all: https://council.science/news/un-scientific-advisory-board-adopts-landmark-statement-on-open-science/.

WANG Qinglin PhD,Professor

Chair, China Committee for FEIAP，CAST

Chair, Standing Committee on Emerging Technology for Professional Development, Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific(FEIAP)

Former the Counsel（DG level）, Deputy Directot General, Department of International Affairs，China Association for Science and Technology(CAST)

Former Director, Office of International Affairs, Beijing Institute of Technology(BIT)

Former Vice President, China Engineering Education Accreditation Association(CEEAA)

Former Vice President, Engineering Education Committee, China Society of Engineers

From: "Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com<mailto:subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>>"

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