Open Science

Open Science Semester Kickoff - #DontLeaveItToGoogle: How the Open Discovery Infrastructure Enables Innovation in Academic Search

Open Science — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:47:16 +0200

Next Monday, October 24, 2-3pm the Open Science Network will kick off the winter semester in the context of the International Open Access Week.

Peter Kraker,founder and chairman of Open Knowledge Maps, will talk about the role of Open Discovery Infrastructures - #DontLeaveItToGoogle: How the Open Discovery Infrastructure Enables Innovation in Academic Search

You are cordially invited!

For more information and the link to particiapte, click here

Three announcements of Open Science and Research Data related events en bloc

Open Science — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:13:19 +0200

After a longer break, three announcements en bloc. Please share them with your peers:

The seminar "Open Minds for Open Science - an interdisciplinary introduction to Open Science" will be offered again this winter semester. It will take place weekly on Tuesdays, 4-6 pm in room U2-135. The seminar is especially aimed at undergraduate and graduate students. Further details and registration via the EKVV
Safe-the-date: On October 24, 2022, from 2 - 3 p.m., the semester kickoff of the open science network Bielefeld will take place online as part of the International Open Access Week. Details and link will appear shortly
From 07.11.2022 to 11.11.2022, the "Week of Research Competencies 2022" will take place online, organized by the Competence Center Research Data and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG), program

Open Minds for Open Science

Open Science — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:05:24 +0100

The Open Science Network will launch a seminar for undergraduate students during the forthcoming summer semester, titled “Open Minds for Open Science”

About OSN

The Open Science Network (OSN) Bielefeld, coordinated by Bielefeld Center for Data Science and Bielefeld University Library, is a group of researchers from several faculties that are interested in conducting research that is transparent, reproducible, and trustworthy. Researchers in the network share their experiences, best practices, resources, and tools. In addition, the OSN is involved in a variety of projects at the institution that promote Open Science.

Open Science

Open Science is an interdisciplinary topic of growing importance – even during your studies. There is often little time in everyday research for open science and/or elements such as open access or open data, yet open science is becoming more politically desirable. With the well-founded public demands for transparency in research, efficient use of research funds and disclosure of publicly funded research products (e.g. data, code, etc.) in the background, research funds are increasingly dependent on these conditions.

Why Open Science?

For a growing generation of researchers, understanding the fundamental ideas of Open Science, the problems that Open Science addresses, the sub-topics and methods of Open Science, and the similarities and differences in the Open Science culture between different disciplines will be critical competencies. While young researchers have been informed in the past that investing time in open science was a waste of time for their careers, no researcher will be able to build a career in publically financed research without practicing Open Science in the future. The adage "Open Science is just Science done right!" expresses this sentiment.

What subjects will be discussed at the seminar?

The seminar's weekly schedule approximately follows the research cycle, starting at a research question, experiment planning and conduction, data analysis, to publication. Topics covered include , preregistration, open licensing, finding open access publications and data, data management, open source, version control, infrastructure, data publication, privacy and research data, open access publishing and open educational resources.

Who may benefit from this seminar?

The lecture is intended for all students who are interested in the issue of Open Science, especially those who are thinking about pursuing a career in science. Whether it's by direct participation in research, research financing, science administration, or scientific policy. However, the seminar is equally important for students who are interested in research but do not want to conduct their own study. Understanding how Open Science makes research more visible allows for a much deeper dive into freely released findings.

Who will be in charge of instructing the seminar?

The seminar will be delivered by an interdisciplinary team of lecturers, with a new lecturer leading each session.

Which language will the seminar be taught in?

The seminar will be conducted in German. Due to the international team of lecturers some session might exceptionally be taught in English.

How can I elect the seminar?

The seminar can be elected in the Data Literacy Module and it is not restricted to certain academic programs. In order to attend this seminar you can add the seminar to your EKVV.

When and where will the seminar be held?

From 04/06/2022 until 07/13/2022, the seminar will be held weekly on Wednesdays from 14-16 in X-E1-107.

For more information about the seminar you can contact: mailto:osn@uni-bielefeld.de

By Maryam Alizadeh

Summary of our Semester Kick-off - "Open Science is more than just Open Access - it's time to change traditional practices"

Open Science — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 09:31:56 +0100

On 28 October 2021, the Open Science Network Bielefeld had invited to its online semester kick-off event, which was attended by around 35 interested participants. During the virtual panel discussion, differences and similarities regarding the topic of "Open Science" were highlighted from the perspective of representatives from four different disciplines:
Prof. Sebastian Kuhn for medicine, Prof. Silke Schwandt for digital humanities, Dr. Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar for biology and Martin Wegrzyn for psychology.

In this article we summarise important arguments from the panel discussion:

Open science is a transdisciplinary topic. However, the diversity of the various scientific communities and their inherent cultures results in different needs, which are also reflected in the topic of open science.

In biology, for example, but also in psychology, studies are increasingly preregistered as part of the research plan, which can improve the quality and transparency of one's research. In more technically oriented subjects, where the processes that generate the research data are often subject to much stronger experimental control, this practice is probably less dominant. In all subjects, the software used to generate and analyse the data must be publicly available (open source) to ensure the reproducibility of the work by third parties.

The Corona pandemic acted as a magnifying glass for the benefits and needs of open science in various disciplines: for the historical science, free access to digitised historical materials of research objects had become immensely important, where direct access to literature in the Libraries often failed due to Corona protection measures. Open access, i.e. free access to scholarly publications, also plays a central role and represents a good introduction to Open science in the humanities. However, it is also clear that Open Science as an overall topic must go beyond.

The circumstances of the pandemic have also acted as an accelerator of existing processes and developments: In medicine, for example, the research on COVID-19 has once again highlighted the importance of free access to scientific publications. In addition, the open and transparent communication of interim results of research projects also experienced a boost during the time of the Corona pandemic, so that reliable results could be achieved more quickly.

More essential than the anchoring of concrete Open Science practices is the development of an Open Science culture and raising awareness about Open Science.

This should be done especially with early career researchers: It is important to address the topics of Open Access and Open Science already in teaching. In this way, besides teaching them concrete tools and methods, Open Science and other aspects of good scientific practice become “the norm” for them.

Initially, the application of Open Science practices will always be associated with additional effort. But in relation to the entire system of science and research, it will produce strong synergy effects. In order to achieve the implementation of Open Science in everyday research for all, incentive and support structures must be further developed. Support is particularly important in the area of training and advice, e.g. in the selection of suitable licences for sharing publications, data and code.

In some disciplines, such as the humanities, there is a need for more data and digital infrastructure, but it is sometimes difficult to communicate such requirements because it still contradicts traditional intuition of those responsible. Good communication and making the needs transparent or plausible is key.

In general, it can be said that the attitude towards open science at the university and among the university administration is open-minded. This is an important and favourable prerequisite for implementing Open Science more and more in practice.

The self-conception of the Open Science Network at Bielefeld University is that of a network of scientists for scientists. It is coordinated by Bielefeld University Library and the Bielefeld Center for Data Science.

For the winter semester 2021/2022, the network is planning and organising the peer format or Hacky Hour. For the summer semester 2022, the organisation of an Open Science Seminar series is in preparation.

Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema “Open Science”

Open Science — Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:30:07 +0200

Offene Wissenschaft (Open Science) hat zum Ziel, den Nutzen wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse und Forschungsdaten für die Wissenschaft und die Gesellschaft zu erhöhen.

Dieses Wintersemester lädt das „Open Science Network“ der Universität Bielefeld zu einer Semster-Kick-off-Veranstaltung in Form einer virtuellen Podiumsdiskussion ein. In der Podiumsdiskussion soll es um Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten von Open Science aus der Perspektive unterschiedlicher Disziplinen gehen. Vier Forschende und Lehrende der Universität werden über die Chancen und Herausforderungen von Open Science diskutieren und Zuschauerfragen beantworten.

An der Podiums-Diskussion werden teilnehmen:

Die Veranstaltung wird in Englischer Sprache abgehalten.

Die Veranstaltung bietet auch die Gelegenheit, die verschiedenen aktiven Open Science Initiativen an der Universität Bielefeld kennenzulernen und sich mit anderen interessierten Personen auszutauschen und zu vernetzen.

Zu der Online-Veranstaltung sind alle Forschenden, Lehrenden und Studierenden der Universität Bielefeld herzlich einladen. Die Veranstaltung findet am 28. Oktober von 12:00 Uhr bis 13:00 Uhr statt. Der Teilnahme-Link wird bald hier verfügbar sein.

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme!

Open Science Weblog eingerichtet

Open Science — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:32:51 +0100

Der Open Science Weblog der Uni Bielefeld informiert über News zu den Themen Open Science und Open Access.