Webinar
Copyright and Open Access for PhDs
- Date
- Thursday 9 April 2026
- Time
- Explanation
- This is an online event.
- Address
- Online
What is copyright? How will it affect you as a PhD candidate in your roles as a scholar, researcher, lecturer and author? What are the pitfalls when you start publishing? What are your legal (open access) obligations towards Leiden University when graduating and depositing your thesis in the Leiden University Library? What is open access, and what is Leiden University's policy regardin open access? How can you publish in open access with the publisher without any costs for the author? Why should you want to publish open access?
Why this webinar?
This webinar will enable you to gain insight in the what, where and how of Copyright and Open Access, so you will be able to avoid pitfalls and make full use of your rights as an author and scholar.
Some topics that will be covered are:
- plagiarism: what it is and how to avoid it;
- publishing your article: watch out for pitfalls in the contract with your publisher;
- depositing your thesis in the University Repository (requirement for graduating);
- Leiden Employer Copyright Regulations;
- copyright and you as a teacher/lecturer;
- open access policy at Leiden University;
- funder requirements;
- open access agreements with the publishers;
- institutional repository at Leiden University;
- and any related topics you may wish to address.
Practical information
You can register for this webinar by sending an email to auteursrecht@library.leidenuniv.nl stating your name, faculty and institute.