Newsletter • Week 45/2025
In this week’s issue, we reflect on our time at UbuntuNet-Connect 2025 in Harare, Zimbabwe, where we facilitated the Open […]
Open Science
Newsletter • Week 44/2025
This edition features a recap of our 2023 and 2024 Open Science workshops in Uganda and Tanzania, as we prepare
Announcement of the *Visualise Your Thesis* Winners 2025
It was a great honor and pleasure to watch all excellent entries and of course a difficult task to discuss and agree on the winners. Please make sure to explore all entries yourself as well to learn about the outstanding research and scicomm skills the students put their time and effort towards ❤️✨💫🎓🔬📚
Newsletter • Week 43/2025
This week, we share how preprints and open scholarship are transforming African research, plus what to expect at UbuntuNet Connect
Health & Wellbeing in Academia: Carousel
What would a healthier academic life look like for you? Most of us have learned to normalize stress, fatigue, and
Newsletter • Week 42/2025
As conversations around Open Science continue to evolve, this week’s newsletter brings together key reflections, tools, and conversations shaping the
Research Integrity & Open Science for African Scholars
Discussing the ethical and integrity-related aspects of Open Science at this BEACON webinar was a great pleasure. The event was organised by Africa Bioethics Network’s marvellous Mercury Shitindo and Umazi Munyikah. I was equally honored to be able to co-present with Professor Walter Jaoko from the University of Nairobi.
Identifiers and Inequality: Reassessing PIDs Through a Global Equity Lens
Sergio Santamarina works as a librarian at a public university in Argentina, and has a focus on open science practices and challenges in Latin America. Together with Jo, he explores issues around open access publishing requirements, the cost barriers for obtaining Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in Latin American universities, and the importance of decentralized networks and persistent identifiers in research.
Academic Integrity, Freedom of Speech & Community Action
Hülya Afat and Jo Havemann explored the intersection of politics, education, and sustainability, offering valuable insights into how collaboration and community-building can drive positive change.
Institutional access to open and affordable educational resources – A conversation with Tom Mosterd
In this episode, Tom Mosterd – co-founder of Sylla, talks about his journey in the open-access movement and the vision