This presentation is a discussion on Open Science in Indonesia from the field of the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse. Boasting the largest number of Open Access Journals in the world, and steadily capitalising on a burgeoning technological economy, Indonesia would seem ripe for a science and knowledge-sharing renaissance. In the past five years, science and education institutions have been consolidated into one “super entity”, the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), stirring the imagination for a publicly funded and centralised open access system for indexing, storing and sharing scientific research, data and results. Further, on the back of the 2022 G20 Presidency, Indonesia holds the 2023 ASEAN Presidency, which provides it with agenda setting powers towards regional science and technology cooperation. The potential is high for Open Science, and thus the global sustainable development agenda, to find precedence in Indonesia’s policymaking discourse. Interviews conducted with BRIN staff, professors and PhD Candidates of leading Indonesian universities, think-tank policy advisers, and grass roots organisers illuminate common challenges to implementation of Open Science policies and the Open Science mindset. This discussion addresses where Open Science sits in Indonesia’s development agenda, where there are promises, where there are challenges and what the role of CSIS is in facilitating the transition to Open Science.

Horizon 2020 MSCA-RISE, Grant Agreement #873119