Tereza Szybisty is an Open Science advocate with expertise in research policy, responsible research assessment, and training of early career researchers. Tereza holds a PhD in management from the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Czech University of Life Sciences, where she also teaches PhD candidates courses focused on library topics, scholarly communication, and Open Science. Her dissertation explored remote collaboration, virtual teams, digital nomadism, and the metaverse in the workplace. A key focus of her work was the use of bibliometric methods for science mapping and evidence-based management, introducing a framework for transparent and reproducible bibliometrics aligned with Open Science principles. In her research, she also investigates scientific communication with a focus on Open Access, the use of Open Science principles, and ethical aspects of publishing (e.g., predatory journals).

At OpenAIRE AMKE, Tereza leads the EOSC Track project, where she is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the EOSC Open Science Observatory and supports the European Commission and the EOSC Steering Board with Open Science monitoring. She also leads communication, engagement, and training activities in the PathOS project.

Tereza also serves as Policy Officer in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Alumni Association (MCAA), where she contributes to policy discussions and advocacy for early-career researchers, particularly in relation to Open Science, research careers, and the future of European research frameworks. She is also involved in the CoARA Boost project, which aims to strengthen the operational capacity of CoARA, where she co-leads a work package focused on supporting CoARA Working Groups.

Tereza, with her colleagues, founded the initiative Stop Predatory Practices to combat predatory publishing and enhance ethical standards in scholarly communication (twice supported by a grant from the InterAcademy Partnership, IAP).

Tereza is active in a number of national and international initiatives and working groups. She is an active member of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative, the Information Education and Information Literacy Working Group, a member of the Open Research Europe (ORE) Librarians Advisory Group, and a former board member of the Czech Association of Doctoral Researchers.

In the past, Tereza worked as an Open Science Specialist and Data Steward at the Institute of Philosophy (as part of the ERA Chair project at the Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics – CETE-P), briefly served as EU Cooperation and Communication Coordinator at the National Library of Technology, contributed to the MedGram project promoting media literacy among high school students and seniors, and led several internal research projects during her PhD.

In her free time, she popularizes topics related to Open Science on TikTok and Instagram.