Aristotle: By ‘life’ we mean …
“By ‘life’ we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.”
– Aristotle
Publication strategy and open science
Rethink your publishing strategy. Instead of making it all about numbers and prestige (High Impact factor and Journal, find answers to the questions of Why, What, When, and How to make your research results available and based on that decide Where to publish.
Holistic wellness and mental health in research careers – A conversation with Wangari Joyce Ngugi
Wangari talks about her experience as a professional in mental health, her work at Eider Africa, and the importance of community values for holistic well-being.
Wangari Maathai: Protect the environment
“You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.”
– Wangari Maathai
Max Planck: An experiment is …
“An experiment is a question which science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature’s answer.”
– Max Planck
Building communities and collaborations using socio-technical systems – A conversation with Laure Haak
Laure shares steps in her career including her contributions to ORCID as founding executive director that led her towards building the Mighty Red Barn consultancy. We explore the purpose and role of [open] scholarship and respectful community building as well as collaboration in engaging with societal challenges.
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Access 2 Perspectives now hosts conversations around various topics from Open Science to Science Communication.
Marie Cure: Now is the time
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Open Reviewers Africa (presentation)
Owango, Joy, Munene, Aurelia, Ngugi, Wangari Joyce, Obanda, Johanssen, Havemann, Johanna, Saderi, Daniela, & Korzec, Kornelia. (2021, December 9). Open Reviewers Africa – A workshop to empower the next generation of African Peer Reviewers. FORCE2021: Joining Forces to Advance the Future of Research Communications. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5770712
New Dawn for African Researchers as TCC Africa and AfricArXiv Announce Formal Collaboration
The Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa), based at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and the pan-African Open Access portal