The doctoral dissertation of M.App.Sc. (Library & Information Management) Mohamed Boufarss in the field of Information Studies and Interactive Media titled Engaging with Open Access Locally and Internationally: A holistic and longitudinal study of the United Arab Emirates academic publishing landscape will be publicly examined at the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences of Tampere University at 12 o’clock on Friday 15 December 2023. The venue is auditorium D11 of Päätalo on the city centre campus (address: Kalevantie 4). The Opponent will be Professor Gunnar Sivertsen from the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) in Norway. The Custos will be Professor J. Tuomas Harviainen from Tampere University.