 I think that open access is very important for researchers because they make their material available to the rest of the world. And the rest of the world can profit from your articles because they can read them freely and immediately. I think open access is important because knowledge is built with tiny pieces and by not publishing open access you remove tiny pieces from the bigger puzzle. I truly believe that science should be available or accessible to everyone. Scientific journals don't pay for research. The general public does. So they should have a chance to read it. Personally for me it's very important to open access. I always try to publish my articles in peer-reviewed open access journals because I think it's fair to the general public they already paid for the research by means of my salary. It's good for the developing countries and it helps research worldwide to build on the research I already did. I choose the publishers which use open access. If a journal does not use open access I'm hesitant to publish in that journal. Well if you write a grant proposal it is always good to reserve the necessary budget for at least two or three open access publications. You can publish open access but you can also share your work more freely when you finish your manuscript by uploading it to your website or a pre-print server. My advice to young researchers would be try to find open access publication platforms for your academic work. This supports research in a number of ways. We have an open access information point where you can find general information about open access and we have an open access officer who can help you with specific questions. So what I see is that I reach out to fellow researchers. I see myself reaching out to citizens who are concerned. I see myself reaching out to policy makers and journalists. Well last year I had a new publication and it disappeared behind the paywall and the university didn't have access to it so I didn't have access to my own publication and that really made me mad. By publishing open access I as a researcher at least also know that I can access my own research papers. One of the effects of my articles being open access is that I get more quotations and other articles from other scholars worldwide. So my research is read more and is used more by other scholars worldwide and that's the reason you do research. Professors rarely know a lot about open access so as young researchers you have the opportunity to educate them about this. I believe that everyone should try to publish open access. Open access is knowledge equality whereas closed access is knowledge discrimination. Well we say Tilburg University understanding society so that means that we want to help people to understand society and the only way you can do that is by sharing your knowledge. My main tip to researchers is just do it.