AfricArXiv
Open Science workshop for Librarians
UbuntuNet Alliance under the AfricaConnect3 project invited 20 librarians to participate in a one-day Open Science training session a day before the UbuntuNet Connect 2023 Conference.
Career Development
Promoting Open Peer Review and Preprint Adoption in Africa
Presentation held at the OASPA 2023 Conference during the panel Preprints: Supporting Open Peer Review and Global Preprint Adoption Trends. Aurelia Munene and Jo Havemann contributed with an African perspective to this year’s OASPA conference panel: Preprints: Supporting Open Peer Review and Global Preprint Adoption Trends. The slides are available Read more…
Conversations (podcast)
Translate Science – A conversation with Victor Venema, Danny Chan and Jennifer Miller
Translate Science is a working group that wants to exchange information, lobby, and build tools to make translations of scientific articles/reports/books, abstracts, titles, and terms more accessible and (thus) stimulate the production of such translations. Read more about our work at translatescience.org We recorded this episode in mid-November 2022. Shortly Read more…
Conversations (podcast)
Being a happy person – A conversation with Sara Hefty
In this conversation, Sara shares with Jo how she committed herself to becoming a happy person and the journey that this led her onto.
Multilingualism
In Memoriam of Victor Venema
It is with heavy hearts that we write this post in response to the recent and sudden death of Victor Venema, founder of Translate Science. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Victor was the driving force behind Translate Science — an initiative to facilitate and foster the translation of scientific texts.
Career Development
Knowing your audience and making an impact – A conversation with Natira McDermott
Natira McDermott is a public speaking coach who helps her clients create successful businesses by dropping perfectionism and embracing their own compelling visibility. Despite winning her first high school debate, Natira spent most of her life avoiding an audience. (The irony of her being a public speaking coach is not lost on her.)
Conversations (podcast)
Open Access, Translations and Publishing – A conversation with Zoë Mullan
Zoë Mullan is Editor-in-Chief of the open access journal, The Lancet Global Health. She is an Ex-Officio Board Member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health; an International Advisory Board member of Sun-Yat Sen Global Health Institute, Guangzhou, China; and a Scientific Advisory Board member of the Centre for International Health Protection at the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Career Development
“Yes, I had a mental health condition. Get over it, I did!” – A conversation with Hendrik Huthoff
Hendrik and Jo talk here about how people who obviously struggle with mental health challenges can be approached to make it easy for them to accept the support and develop strategies to recovery.
Conversations (podcast)
Translating the generic principles of Open Science to Arts and Humanities research – A conversation with Erzsebet Toth-Czifra
Erzsebet Toth-Czifra is an open science officer at DARIAH-EU in Berlin, Germany. She has also worked as a content integration manager, external lecturer, and language teacher in Budapest, Hungary. She shares with Jo what Open Science means to her personally and professionally in this podcast.
Career Development
Leadership re-defined from a human-centered perspective – A conversation with Farah Hussain
Farah Hussain is the Managing Director at Farah Hussain Coaching and Training in London, England.
With over 30 years of experience as a coach and trainer, Farah and her organization offer services such as executive coaching, leadership development, diversity & inclusion, corporate training, management consulting, career development coaching and team building.
These services are targeted at individuals and businesses that are seeking to refine their leadership skills.
In this podcast, she shares her experiences as a leadership coach and trainer with Jo.