By implementing Open Science principles throughout your research practice, you
- Increase the discoverability of your work
- Establish yourself as an expert in your research field
- Make your academic achievements openly accessible and reusable
- Discover research results relevant to your discipline
- Build a professional network around the world
- Increase the societal impact of your work
- Contribute to globally inclusive scholarly knowledge exchange
Open Science is nothing more and nothing less than a compendium of region- and discipline-specific aspects of Good Scientific Practices (GSP) in the digital age and goes back to practices postulated in the 17th century. Its principles include and range from Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Access (OA), Open Peer Review, Open Source Hardware & Software, Open Methodology, and Open Data. To ensure scientific processes and results are well documented and accessible is at the core of Open Science.
In order to identify what it takes for your research procedures and results to be shared and applied openly, we will discuss options and possibilities of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) data in light of the CARE principles as well as aspects and principles of Open Access, Open Data Management (ODM) and exchange best practices how to communicate your research outcomes to various audiences.
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Course: Introduction to Open Science
Content
- Historic overview, context, and its relevance today
- Open Science principles and resources
- A brief introduction to Open Access, Open Data, Open Source Hardware
- Overview of commonly used Digital Open Science Tools (DOSTs)
- Guidelines and incentives for Open Science by national and international science authorities (UNESCO, European Commission, DFG, NSF, etc.)
- Comparative investigation of guidelines and incentives for Open Science by publishers
Objectives
- Learn about Open Science practices
- How to Make your Research workflow FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics)
References
English
Rahal, R.-M., & Havemann, J. (2019). Science in Crisis. Is Open Science the Solution? osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/3hb6g
Gilbert E & Colbert K (2017). Research transparency: 5 questions about open science answered. theconversation.com
Open Science Collaboration (2015). Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science. Science, 349(6251).: 10.1126/science.aac4716
Elsherif, M. M., Middleton, S. L., Phan, J. M., Azevedo, F., Iley, B. J., Grose-Hodge, M., … Dokovova, M. (2022, June 20). Bridging Neurodiversity and Open Scholarship: How Shared Values Can Guide Best Practices for Research Integrity, Social Justice, and Principled Education. doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/k7a9p
Welcome to our 2025 Course Catalogue
This year, we are glad to offer a range of courses specifically designed for researchers and professionals in globally inclusive academic environments.
AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series: A Year in Review
AfricArXiv, a free digital archive for African research, has played a pivotal role in advancing open science on the continent. Established in 2018 and hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance since 2023, the platform is being tailored towards meeting the needs of African researchers, leveraging the Alliance’s extensive network.
Hot off the press: Digital Library Services for Open Scholarship
🗞️🌶️: 🔓 🎓 Find and/or contribute to a curated list of useful resources that can enhance a university library website, […]
UNESCO consultation to develop a global framework for Diamond Open Access
Please consider participating in the UNESCO consultation and join us for the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access in Cape Town: https://doasummit.uct.ac.za/.
Open Science and Scholars at Risk
How can OS help to give harbour to scholars during a crisis?
A session summary from this year's Open Science Barcamp held in Potsdam, Germany.
Scholarly services incubating environments
How can we foster an environment where scholarly services can thrive with whichever business and taxation model may work best in a given (geographical and institutional) setting?
Open Science workshop in Zambia
We were enormously honored to deliver a workshop on Open Science, Open Data and Open Repositories to librarians at the 2024 Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) Week & Annual General Meeting.
Open Science MOOC Module 1
A gentle reminder from the past about the hashtag#OpenScience Principles My dearly missed friend and colleague, the late Jon Tennant […]
New tips for academic publishers aim to boost SDG delivery
New advice for the global academic publishing sector has been released that aims to link academics with civil society, businesses and governments, so that innovations can be more widely understood and can contribute to the more effective delivery of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Join the Open Science Barcamp 2024
This year's Open Science Barcamp will be held on 5 September, on-site in Potsdam, and can also be joined online.
National Overviews on Sustaining Institutional Publishing in Europe
The DIAMAS project‘s new report, “National Overviews on Sustaining Institutional Publishing in Europe,” explores Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing in […]
Restoring ecosystems by searching the web
Up for some good news today?
See what difference you can make by switching your online search engine to Ecosia and how implementing #traditionalknowledge to #landmanagement helps to restore whole ecosystems and empower subsistence farmers, in Ethiopia, and anywhere in the world.
Let’s Enhance Peer Review Standards for Quality Research Publications, together!
Very happy to announce an initiative co-created by Maria Machado, Gareth Dyke, and me that we hope will be used by and contributed to across research stakeholders and in particular researchers, publishers, editors, and librarians.
What the world needs now 🌏 ❤️🩹 ⚛
"We don't need another mountain of research evidence that our actions on this planet lead to the collapse of whole ecosystems, there is enough evidence that we need to course-correct and relearn sustainable economics as practiced since human existence still today by #indigenouspeoples. []"
Tools to help you accelerate your research (open source)
Presented to you by Veronica Espinoza, explore eight open-access tools (web-based) that will help you accelerate your research process.
Open Science session in Kenya for SGCI-funded researchers
Last week, the National Research Fund Kenya hosted the ‘Science Granting Councils Initiative 2023 Annual Forum and Global Research Council […]
Can it please be easy to call for Peace?
Here are 15,438 scholarly works on #peacebuilding: lens.org/lens/search/scholar/list?q=peacebuilding 645 of these are open access and licensed as CC0, CC-BY and […]
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.
AfricArXiv, Diamond Open Access, Sustainability & Funding
Presentation held at the II DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS CONFERENCE, October 25 - 26, 2023. Toluca, Mexico
Check how you can share your research
Open Source Hardware
Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH) is a diverse, global community working to enhance the sharing of open, scientific technologies. The GOSH movement seeks to reduce barriers between diverse creators and users of scientific tools to support the pursuit and growth of knowledge. Read the GOSH Manifesto.
Africa OSH
Africa OSH is the gathering for everyone interested in Open Science Hardware as a means to achieve locally adapted, culturally relevant, technologically and economically feasible production in Africa. | africaosh.com
Open Hardware Makers
An online mentorship program that aims to support new hardware projects in their way of acquiring best practices, building welcoming and inclusive communities and connecting to existing networks. | openhardware.space