Road to Open Science (R2OS)

“Who are these Open Science people, anyway?” In this special installment Felix and Sicco interview Susanna Bloem and Martijn van der Meer on their project called ‘Faces of Open Science’. These two young researchers in the field of the history and philosophy of science went out to find oral histories – as it happens – for which they spoke to a myriad of Open Science minded colleagues at Utrecht University. From that they distilled a number of typical persona’s, all with their own unique motivations and ideals drawing them into the movement. We find out that Open Science isn’t a monolith and why we need more internal debates on values.

We talk to Jose Urra Llanusa and Santosh Ilamparuthi, founders of the open hardware community at Delft Technical University, on promises and pitfalls of open hardware, and how to scale up good quality devices.

Show notes:

+ [Guide to preprints](https://zenodo.org/record/5600535)

+ [Book launch "Open Science, the Very Idea"](https://www.uu.nl/nieuws/onbeschaamd-activistisch-een-nieuw-boek-over-open-science)

+ [NWO Open Science fund](https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/open-science/open-science-fund)

+ [OSCU symposium, faculty of Science](https://osf.io/rfzy6/)

We talk to Michael Bon, founder of the Collective Science Platform (CoScience) on his take on the big sin of academia and how reviving the scientific debate in the digital age make science great again.

Show notes:

+ Climate Helpdesk: https://www.klimaathelpdesk.org/

+ National measures to combat threats against scientists: https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/788-universiteiten-nemen-landelijke-maatregelen-tegen-bedreiging-wetenschappers

+ Elisabeth Bik: https://scienceintegritydigest.com/about/

+ Better animal research through Open Science: https://www.uu.nl/en/events/better-animal-research-through-open-science

+ The Collective Science Platform: https://www.sjscience.org/about-sjs

The recognition and reward discussion surged during the summer. Charisma Hehakaya (PhD candidate at the UMC) had co-authored a opinion piece about including early career academics, because the decisions affect them the most. She talks with us about the background of this discussion and why she is active in the Young Science In Transition.

Show notes:

Article of Charisma and Sander Bosch: https://www.scienceguide.nl/2021/06/jonge-wetenschappers-worden-soms-nog-vergeten-in-erkennen-en-waarderen/

Letter with 171 signatures: https://www.scienceguide.nl/2021/07/nieuwe-erkennen-en-waarderen-schaadt-nederlandse-wetenschap/

Response 1 to that letter: https://recognitionrewards.nl/2021/08/03/waarom-het-nieuwe-erkennen-en-waarderen-juist-excellent-onderzoek-bevordert/

Response 2 to that letter: https://www.scienceguide.nl/2021/07/we-moeten-af-van-telzucht-in-de-wetenschap/

Inadequacy of bibliographic metrics: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/reliability-of-researcher-metric-the-h-index-is-in-decline/4014025.article

Preprint Manifesto: https://zenodo.org/record/5345573#.YTH-8dMzaTc

Can science be truly open if it doesn't allow for all perspectives? In this episode we talk diversity and inclusion with associate professor at the UMC Utrecht Gönül Dilaver. Also, we touch base on the newsynews and talk education with Gönül.

Shownotes:

- Interview Paul Boselie on not using the Journal Impact Factor: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01759-5?fbclid=IwAR14xtmGL5yCfesD5ziYSbkdrB99lPcDidEAl1e4sVZDUWaodj0d9JNofag

- Ovrir le Science, The French Government's bold Open Science Plan: https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/second-national-plan-for-open-science/

- Two introductory open science workshops now available for all UU&UMCU groups, https://www.uu.nl/en/news/university-library-helps-research-groups-to-get-started-with-open-science

"Code often isn't your project, the research question is your project." Research software is a major component of modern science, but not everyone is a specialist in this regard. Barbara Vreede and Lieke de Boer from the Netherlands eScience center talk about the increasing importance of version control and the role of the research software engineer.

Shownotes:

Tweede Werksessie Erkennen en Waarderen: hoe dichten we de kloof tussen OBP en WP? https://www.uu.nl/agenda/tweede-werksessie-erkennen-en-waarderen-hoe-dichten-we-de-kloof-tussen-obp-en-wp

The infamous Randall Munroe comic: https://xkcd.com/2456/

Atlantic article by Benjamin Mazer - Scientific publishin is a Joke: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/xkcd-science-paper-meme-nails-academic-publishing/618810/

Paper on the credibility of preprints: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.201520#d1e476

Open grants database https://www.ogrants.org/

Minor revision podcast by Lieke de Boer and her colleague Jeroen: https://pod.link/1559554932

How do you replicate history? No, this is not a rhetorical question but an actual ongoing open science project by historians from Utrecht University. Together with a group of students Pim Huijnen and Pieter Huistra are shaping an entirely novel approach to historical research.

Also, your shownotes:

Innovation is overvalued, hail the maintainers!: https://aeon.co/essays/innovation-is-overvalued-maintenance-often-matters-more

Fieldlabs criticism: https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/na-kritiek-uit-samenleving-nu-kritiek-uit-wetenschap-fieldlabs-voldoen-niet-aan-ethische-normen~bb37d048/

Open Science Newsletter: https://www.uu.nl/nieuws/schrijf-je-in-voor-de-open-science-nieuwsbrief

More on the open Science Practice Funds: https://www.uu.nl/en/news/four-teams-have-received-a-contribution-from-the-fund-for-stimulating-open-science-practices

FAIR Software event: https://www.uu.nl/en/events/fair-software

Wilma van Wezenbeek blog on education: https://vu-ntl.nl/index.php/en/2021/04/08/linking-open-education-to-open-science-2/blog-2/

White Paper on Open Education: https://www.uu.nl/sites/default/files/210401%20-%20White%20Paper%20Open%20Science%20Education.pdf

Yet another installment of the Road to Open Science podcast where we tackle the question of how to find a needle in an ever growing haystack: Automated Systematic Reviews (ASReviews). With Rens van de Schoot we discuss what drives him and his team to run this project, and why they opted for the 'open' approach.

SHOWNOTES

Sanli introduces himself as a new member of De Jonge Akademie: https://vimeo.com/524195598

More on the Open Access and Diamond study: https://www.vsnu.nl/files/documenten/Domeinen/Onderzoek/Open%20access/Naar%20100%20procent%20Open%20Access%20-%20tijdschriftartikelen.pdf

Moderna sequence: https://github.com/NAalytics/Assemblies-of-putative-SARS-CoV2-spike-encoding-mRNA-sequences-for-vaccines-BNT-162b2-and-mRNA-1273/blob/main/Assemblies%20of%20putative%20SARS-CoV2-spike-encoding%20mRNA%20sequences%20for%20vaccines%20BNT-162b2%20and%20mRNA-1273.docx.pdf

More on the Corona Field Labs https://fieldlabevenementen.nl/

Paper on Automatic Systematic Reviews by Rens; https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-020-00287-7

Website Rens; https://www.rensvandeschoot.com/

Webinar ASReview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB_QCospiZw

The Kinder app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=global.kinder&hl=nl&gl=US

In this episode, Sicco and Sanli review some open-science-related projects and events. They talk to dr. Marieke Adriaanse and prof. Paul Boselie, co-chairs of the “Recognition and Rewards” workgroup at Utrecht University, about their vision document. This document, recently approved by the University board, will set the basis for transformation of the evaluation and appreciation procedures at Utrecht University.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Twitter memes of Oded Rechavi - https://twitter.com/OdedRechavi

• The KlimaatHelpdesk initiative – www.klimaathelpdesk.org

• Advancing Open Access in the Netherlands after 2020: from quantity to quality, by Jeroen Bosman, Hans de Jonge, Bianca Kramer, and Jeroen Sondervan - https://zenodo.org/record/4455790#.YCJDJDGg-Uk

• Report of the Recognition and Rewards festival, February 2021 https://recognitionrewards.nl/2021/02/11/a-recap-of-the-recognition-rewards-festival/

• Peer-reviewers time for mass rebellion by Richard Smith - https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/02/01/richard-smith-peer-reviewers-time-for-mass-rebellion/

• Open-source flight control software operating the NASA Mars Helicopter deployed by the Perseverance Rover - https://github.com/nasa/fprime

• Utrecht University Recognition and Rewards vision document - https://www.uu.nl/en/news/utrecht-university-presents-new-vision-on-recognition-and-rewards

• Communication illustration (Praatplaat) of the Recognition and Rewards workgroup - https://www.uu.nl/onderzoek/open-science/themas/erkennen-en-waarderen

• DUB interview with Paul Boselie and Marieke Adriaanse - https://www.dub.uu.nl/en/depth/%E2%80%98just-get-started-new-recognition-and-rewards-system%E2%80%99

• Young Science in Transition, PhD competence model - https://phdcompetencemodel.nl/

• Nooit meer een functioneringsgesprek, interview with Paul Boselie in NRC - https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2016/01/30/nooit-meer-een-functioneringsgesprek-1582623-a1164422

• Twitter handles Paul and Marieke: @paulboselie and @mariekeadria

The Road to Open science podcast is made possible with the support of Utrecht University Open Science program. Hosts are Sanli Faez and Sicco de Knecht and sound design is by Lieven Heeremans.

In this episode, cohosts Sicco and Sanli share their personal takes on the essence of open science and how it benefits the academic community and the society at large taking examples from the hot debates around handling of the Covid19 pandemic by national health agencies. They review the recent announcements and news. They talk to Melanie Imming about her 6 years of advocating for Open Science in the Netherlands and the upcoming open science festival.

Mentioned in this episode:

Covid vaccination data - https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations

NWO open science fund - https://www.nwo.nl/calls/open-science-fund-2020/2021

San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)- https://sfdora.org/read/

Open Science Festival - https://www.openscience.nl/the-netherlands-national-open-science-festival

Everything Hertz podcast with Michael Eisen - https://everythinghertz.com/122

SciPost’s peer-witnessed refereeing - https://scipost.org/FAQ#pwr