Open Update

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Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Jun 20, 202320:01

Gamification in research (s03e09)

In this episode we talk about gamification in research, specifically open research. You can also find the accompanying blog transcript through the link below

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

Hosts: ⁠Chris Hartgerink⁠ and ⁠Sarahanne Field⁠

Artwork: ⁠Patrick Sobrak-Seaton⁠ as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Jun 06, 202319:58

Alternative forms of peer feedback (s03e08)

In this episode we talk about alternative forms of peer feedback, in an attempt to imagine what it might take to substitute the current peer review systems for something differently altogether.

You can also find the accompanying blog transcript through the link below

https://libscie.org/p/66d1d541-7fb9-4f71-be54-d0862fdd44c4/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libscie.org/p/0122031f-7ab2-4080-ae25-424d297ff878/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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May 23, 202319:33

CVs, narrative CVs, alternative CVs (s03e07)

In this episode we talk about CVs in academia. What are alternatives and who do they work for and against?

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libscie.org/p/aa3c4180-d6dc-4349-b72d-bf84ce8620dd/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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May 09, 202317:56

Accountability & Justice (s03e06)

In this episode we talk about questionable academic practices, and what might be a synonym initiative like Recognition and Rewards was for questionable *research* practices.

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libscie.org/p/193be35c-a0d5-4613-b6c1-35da91f75e7e/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Apr 25, 202318:39

On the return of in-person conferences (s03e05)

In this episode we talk about in-person conferences in times of ongoing crises: The pandemic and the climate. Join us as we scratch the surface of this topic.

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libscie.org/p/1d6da7e8-c0b6-4fa8-b5c8-5ec8b7ce5fe8/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

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Apr 11, 202318:01

The case of professor Susanne Täuber (s03e04)

In this episode, we talk the firing of professor Susanne Täuber because of her work on struggling against sexism at the university.

In the Open Update, we have conversations to continuously update what it means to be open. In season 3, co-hosts Sarahanne Field and Chris Hartgerink, discuss how power imbalances affect efforts to improve research, and the world beyond.

You can also find the accompanying blog transcript through the link below

PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://www.rug.nl/research/young-academy/files/yag-report-harassment-at-the-ug.pdf

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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RESOURCES

Young Academy of Groningen report (2021)

Undoing Gender in Academia: Personal Reflections on Equal Opportunity Schemes

https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12516

Open Letter to reinstate Susanne Täuber

https://openletter.earth/reinstate-susanne-tauber-protect-social-safety-and-academic-freedom-at-the-rug-ed83c085

Crowdfunder for the appeal

https://www.gofundme.com/f/crowdfunding-campaign-to-support-susanne-tauber

Court ruling (in Dutch)

https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/#!/details?id=ECLI:NL:RBNNE:2023:854

Mar 28, 202318:40

How does who you are influence how you explore the world? (s03e03)

In this episode, we talk about how your personal history can shape the way you look at the world, and the questions you ask about it. How does it affect the problems we see and try to tackle? What dimensions may be relevant to you?

You can also find the accompanying blog transcript through the link below

https://libscie.org/p/fdbdac27-412a-4439-8b5f-8ee8936c8290/

PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libscie.org/p/868f794a-b48d-4508-b877-20cab14c77ec/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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SHOWNOTES

Academic wheel of privilege

https://science.nasa.gov/files/styles/background_image_file_size/public/thumbnails/image/academic%20wheel%20of%20privilege.JPG?itok=Jp0QfgtW

Mar 14, 202316:38

A reading of the "Guerilla Open Access Manifesto" (s03e02)

In this episode, we deal with unexpected events by doing a reading of the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto instead.

In this podcast, we have conversations to continuously update what it means to be open. In season 3, co-hosts Sarahanne Field and Chris Hartgerink, discuss how power imbalances affect efforts to improve research, and the world beyond.

You can also find the accompanying blog transcript through the link below

PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libscie.org/p/861e7200-d09a-49d8-8967-d3e75c4ad308/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Feb 28, 202306:39

Getting to know your new co-host! (s03e01)

In this episode, we get to know our new co-host!

You can also find the accompanying transcript through the link below

PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libscie.org/p/0a95abbf-66f2-428d-b4d4-00bbb120e3d1/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Feb 14, 202315:15

Season 3 teaser

We're starting season 3 soon, so we thought we'd let you know what we're planning!

There will be a co-host now, listen to find out who it is 🥹 You can also find the accompanying blog post through the link below

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Feb 07, 202300:55

Interview Kaitlin Thaney - Process of open science

In our final interview of the season, we talk to Kaitlin Thaney about how to start doing the process of open, and walk the talk.

https://libscie.org/p/b55452db-f5a2-4d7a-9343-93743238dbb9/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://investinopen.org/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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RESOURCES

Invest in Open Infrastructure

Jul 26, 202224:33

Interview Meng Liu and Shilaan Alzahawi (FORRT project)

In our eight interview we talk to Meng Liu and Shilaan Alzahawi about team science, and what the UNESCO recommendation means to early-career researchers.

https://libscie.org/p/5023b3a7-2ec0-4834-961d-2393843af350/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://join.slack.com/t/forrt/shared_invite/zt-alobr3z7-NOR0mTBfD1vKXn9qlOKqaQ

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Join FORRT on Slack

Jul 19, 202228:20

Interview Monica Granados - Organizing the open movement

In our seventh interview we talk to Monica Granados about the best practices to organize the open movement.

https://libscie.org/p/3de53da3-630f-4f1b-9523-a38ba6f99137/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

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Jul 12, 202222:09

Interview Wendy Ingram - Improving mental health

In our sixth interview we talk to Wendy Ingram (CEO of Dragonfly Mental Health) about the best practices to improve mental health in academia.

https://libscie.org/interview-transcript-wendy-ingram-open-update/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://www.youtube.com/c/DragonflyMentalHealth

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

RESOURCES

YouTube channel

Scientist's primer on depression

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWx4ihN1Lo

Mental health literacy basics

https://youtu.be/vNbEdkJI2uY

Basics of burnout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2VTuTuPQw4

Dragonfly asks the experts

https://youtu.be/MKlGq3jWZxI

Dragonfly Programs

https://dragonflymentalhealth.org/programs-and-services/

Jul 05, 202222:47

Interview Tamarinde Haven - Improving research cultures

In our fifth interview we talk to Tamarinde Haven about the best practices to improve research cultures.

Transcript available .

https://libscie.org/p/7aa9720e-e169-4bf2-b948-80b93df1d43b/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Jun 28, 202222:51

Interview James Bridle - Ways of Being

In our fourth interview we talk to James Bridle about the an artist’s perspective on science, and how we may make sense of the avalanche of information available to us.

https://libscie.org/p/180828a2-70d7-4a33-935e-04b31300f79f/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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Jun 21, 202225:42

Interview Iryna Kuchma - Undesired limits of open

In our third interview we talk to Iryna Kuchma about the undesired limits of open, in light of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.

https://libscie.org/p/a967f07c-803e-40b8-9a88-3977a4e05f36/

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

https://libsense.ren.africa/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Checklist-for-universities-on-implementing-the-UNESCO-Recommendation-on-Open-Science.pdf

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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RESOURCES

Checklist based on UNESCO Recommendation

LIBSENSE. (2022). A Compendium of Open Access/Open Science Policy Case Studies from African Higher Education Institutions.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6467301

More information on letter from Russian Rectors

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/russian-rectors-union-echoes-kremlin-propaganda-ukraine

Jun 14, 202221:31

Interview Samuel Moore - Limits to openness

In our second interview we talk to Samuel Moore about the desired limits of open, in light of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

http://radicaloa.disruptivemedia.org.uk/

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

RESOURCES

Radical Open Access Collective

Samuel Moore’s blog

https://www.samuelmoore.org/

Jun 07, 202227:37

Interview Brian Nosek - Scientific Utopia

In our first interview of season 2, we talk to Brian Nosek about the past, present, and future utopias of open science, in light of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. For listeners who prefer, we also have a transcript available.

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PEOPLE behind the podcast

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Artwork: Patrick Sobrak-Seaton as adapted by Chris Hartgerink

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May 31, 202230:07

Season 2 teaser

Starting May 31st, the Open Update is back for its second season. In nine interviews we explore the UNESCO recommendation on open science from a variety of perspectives.

Our guests include:

Brian Nosek
Samuel Moore
Iryna Kuchma
James Bridle
Tamarinde Haven
Wendy Ingram
Monica Granados
Shilaan Alzahawi and Meng Liu (from the FORRT project)
Kaitlin Thaney

May 25, 202202:39

Open Update #52 (2022-04-12)

In this week's episode, we talk about the limitations of linking clinical trial registrations to publications and the academic CV of the future.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.annualreviews.org/pb-assets/assets/documents/press-release/S2O_Press_Center.pdf

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

OA Dashboard

https://open.coki.ac/

Annual Reviews goes Open

Military research

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/science-goes-war-western-allies-step-collaboration-military-research

Clinical trial registrations linking

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17407745221087456

Nature Editorial

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00921-x

Rethink CVs

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00928-4

Apr 12, 202208:43

Open Update #51 (2022-04-05)

In this week's episode, we talk about the Cite Black Women collective and two new preprints with hard results for open data.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/UNESCO_Recommendation_on_Open_Science

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

UNESCO - Wikiversity

Google Docs and Markdown

http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/03/compose-with-markdown-in-google-docs-on.html

Arctic climate research

https://sciencebusiness.net/climate-news/news/scientists-fear-excluding-russia-arctic-research-will-derail-climate-change

Publishers on Ukraine war

https://mailchi.mp/4851e2a74119/joint-publisher-statement

Cite Black Women

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00793-1

https://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/

Open data - privacy

https://psyarxiv.com/ybzu9

Open data - reproducibility

https://psyarxiv.com/729qt

Apr 05, 202205:02

Open Update #50 (2022-03-29)

In this week's episode, we talk about financial aid and open science, and a new analysis by the United Nations on vaccine inequities economic effects.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.crossref.org/blog/outage-of-march-24-2022/

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SOURCES

CrossRef outage

WHO Open Source Office

https://socialimpact.github.com/insights/world-health-organization-OSPO-launch/

Russian ties severed

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/germany-sets-out-new-details-scientific-sanctions-against-russia

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-politics-2022-3-uk-cuts-r-d-ties-with-russia-over-ukraine-war/

Financial study aid

https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2022/03/25/invoering-basisbeurs-voor-alle-studenten-in-hoger-onderwijsUNDP vaccine analysis

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114762

Mar 29, 202205:34

Open Update #49 (2022-03-22)

In this week's episode, we talk a bit about a new study on reproducibility of brain association studies and further effects of the war in Ukraine on scientific labor.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.ft.com/content/63cbf209-656f-4f99-9ee3-722755c228ed

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SOURCES

Censored in China

COVID vaccine waiver

https://www.politico.eu/article/compromise-reached-on-covid-19-vaccine-intellectual-property-rights-waiver/

UK Strikes

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2022-3-more-strikes-start-at-38-uk-universities/

Brain association studies

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04492-9

Lab supplies in Russia

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/russian-labs-run-out-equipment-sanctions-begin-bite

Protestware

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/big-sabotage-famous-npm-package-deletes-files-to-protest-ukraine-war/

Russian minister barring international conferences

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/21/22988994/russia-science-publication-database-conferences

Mar 22, 202206:25

Open Update #48 (2022-03-15)

In this week's episode, we talk about further developments in the research relations with Russia, and the strikes at Nigerian universities.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/a-digital-archive-of-hieronymus-boschs-complete-works.html

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Bosch Project

Ableism in the Netherlands

https://www.dub.uu.nl/nl/plussen-en-minnen/cbs-beperking-voel-je-ook-hoger-onderwijs

Queer it up!

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263728

Russian Rectors

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/russian-rectors-support-putin-prompts-uk-universities-cut-links

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/european-university-association-suspends-russian-members-over-pro-war-statement

Boycott Russian manuscripts

https://www.science.org/content/article/few-journals-heed-calls-boycott-russian-papers

Space cooperation

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/ukraine-war-disrupting-east-west-cooperation-space

CERN

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/cern-physics-lab-suspends-ties-russia

https://sciencebusiness.net/viewpoint/viewpoint-russia-relations-academic-freedom-and-universities-do-matter

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/universities-start-scoping-out-how-help-ukrainian-academics-fleeing-war

Nigerian strike

https://africasacountry.com/2022/03/why-are-nigerian-academics-on-strike/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00606-5

Mar 15, 202205:06

Open Update #47 (2022-03-01)

In this week's episode, we talk about the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the newly released IPCC report on climate adaptation.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://internetlanguages.org/en/

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SOURCES

State of the Internet’s Language

FORRT Glossary

https://forrt.org/glossary/

OJS

https://pkp.sfu.ca/2022/02/23/its-time-to-upgrade-ojs/

Ukraine situation

https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disruptions-registered-as-russia-moves-in-on-ukraine-W80p4k8K

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/ukrainian-universities-suspend-activities-their-campuses-wake-russian-invasion

https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6

https://twitter.com/ilyamatveev_/status/1498404492009689091?s=12

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/discussion-begins-brussels-over-science-sanctions-russia

https://twitter.com/Richvn/status/1498278233279803394

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/eu-should-sever-scientific-ties-russia-says-leading-german-mep

IPCC Report

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/

https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/ipcc-wgii-report

https://www.science.org/content/article/un-panel-warns-of-global-warmings-toll-on-humans-and-nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00560-2

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1112852

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/climate/climate-change-ipcc-report.html

Mar 01, 202205:42

Open Update #46 (2022-02-22)

In this week's episode, we talk about the threat of a looming war in Ukraine, a happy accident of publishers trying to circumvent open access mandates, and the vagueness of tenure decisions.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://blog.arxiv.org/2022/02/17/new-arxiv-articles-are-now-automatically-assigned-dois/

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SOURCES

DOIs on Arxiv

South Africa draft open science policy

https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-africa-south-2022-2-south-africa-s-draft-open-science-policy-promises-shake-up/

US NIH open data policy

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00402-1

OpenEditors 2022

https://github.com/andreaspacher/openeditors/releases/tag/v2.0.0

Ukrainian looming war

https://netblocks.org/reports/mobile-internet-disrupted-in-luhansk-ukraine-amid-heightened-tensions-with-russia-l8Wx7LAO

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00505-9

APCs fee waivers

https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/2/4/1123/107612/Assessing-the-effect-of-article-processing-charges

Dr. Kraus denied tenure

https://twitter.com/mwkraus/status/1493749366925893633

https://psyarxiv.com/b5jpr/

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.05.475103v1

Feb 22, 202205:28

Open Update #45 (2022-02-15)

In this week's episode, we talk about renewed academic strikes in the UK and the lawsuit against Harvard and it’s alleged ignoring of decades of sexual harassment within its walls.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

http://www.niso.org/press-releases/contributor-roles-taxonomy-credit-formalized-ansiniso-standard

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

CRediT as ANSI/NISO

Einstein Foundation Award

https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/award/

Collabra call on Replicability

https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/pages/has_replicability_improved

Google Analytics illegal in france

https://matomo.org/blog/2022/02/france-google-analytics-gdpr-breach/

UCU Strike

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/12100/Ten-days-of-strike-action-begins-at-UK-universities

Lawsuit Harvard

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/harvard-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.html

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wEJiBwUe99QHqFAXaA-7DrMqSsUTfigG/view

Tips by Dr Bedera

https://twitter.com/nbedera/status/1491098629586956288?s=12

Feb 15, 202207:23

Open Update #44 (2022-02-08)

In this week's episode, we talk about reading research safely, the new European clinical trial registry, and the unintended consequences of moving research and education online.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/01-22-Protecting_the_Integrity_of_Government_Science.pdf

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

WHOSTP Science integrity

WHOSTP Head resigns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/07/lander-white-house-apologizes/

W3c nominated for Emmy

https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9400

Preprints indiaRxiv

https://indiarxiv.in/preprints-will-soon-be-accepted-on-indiarxiv/

Tracking PDFs

https://twitter.com/json_dirs/status/1486120144141123584

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4aw48g/academic-journal-claims-it-fingerprints-pdfs-for-ransomware-not-surveillance

EU Clinical Registry

https://euclinicaltrials.eu/home

https://www.transparimed.org/single-post/ctis-euctr-penalties

Online teaching and gender bias

https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/14787/online-teaching-and-gender-bias

Online conferences and inclusion

https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/when-scientific-conferences-went-online-diversity-and-inclusion-soared/4015040.article

Feb 08, 202205:57

Open Update #43 (2022-01-25)

In this week's episode, we talk about developments in the area of patents, and how they relate to some of our biggest societal issues yet.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Doomsday Clock

CORE APIv3

https://research.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2022/01/19/access-the-worlds-research-outputs-through-the-core-api/

Yemen internet disrupted

https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-connectivity-knocked-out-in-yemen-after-airstrike-PAYbNoBe

Burkina Faso internet disrupted

https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-burkina-faso-amid-reports-of-coup-attempt-oy9Y9Qy3

ORCID pronunciation

https://twitter.com/ObserveIR/status/1485567411562635264

CORBEVAX - patent free

https://theconversation.com/corbevax-a-new-patent-free-covid-19-vaccine-could-be-a-pandemic-game-changer-globally-174672

EU Unitary Patent

https://sciencebusiness.net/news/after-almost-50-years-eu-unitary-patent-edges-closer-becoming-reality

Solar Geoengineering Non-use agreement

https://www.solargeoeng.org/

https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.754

Jan 25, 202208:03

Open Update #42 (2022-01-18)

In this week's episode, we talk about the Elsevier negotiations in Cambridge and a European court ruling that may see Google Analytics become illegal.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://scholar.googleblog.com/2022/01/save-papers-to-read-later.html

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Google scholar library

OJS-ORCID

https://github.com/pkp/orcidProfile/issues/181

Nature Neuroscience APC

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00995-2

Elsvier - Cambridge uni

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bH7WjbMc3pGVU0Hh_gE_WnHZVR6UJhOE7rsHs0k-aR4/edit#

Google Analytics illegal?

https://noyb.eu/en/austrian-dsb-eu-us-data-transfers-google-analytics-illegal

Jan 18, 202204:08

Open Update #41 (2022-01-11)

In this week's episode, we talk about a peer review business model, sexual violence at academic institutions, and how preprints may affect patentability.

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Intro

(00:30) Quick updates

(02:03) Peer review business model

(03:58) Sexual violence at academic institutions

(05:38) Preprints and patents

(06:55) Outro

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-loses-77tb-of-research-data-due-to-backup-error/

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

77TB lost

Internet disruption Kazachstan

https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-kazakhstan-amid-energy-price-protests-oy9YQgy3

Public Domain Day 2022

https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2022/

OpenAlex launched

https://blog.ourresearch.org/openalex-launch/

Accelerated publication

https://taylorandfrancis.com/partnership/commercial/accelerated-publication/

https://www.science.org/content/article/updated-editor-quits-journal-over-pay-expedited-peer-review-offer

Sexual violence endemic at UK institutions

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11937/Sexual-violence-endemic-at-UK-universities-and-colleges

Preprints and patents

https://www.embopress.org/doi/epdf/10.15252/embr.202154439

Jan 11, 202207:14

Open Update #40 (2021-12-21)

In this week's episode, we review the open science news of the year 2021.

https://www.ajiunit.com/investigation/degrees-of-abuse/

Holiday tip: Podcast “Degrees of Abuse”

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

Music: StreamBeats

(00:26) Intro

(00:55) People of open

(01:55) Transgender rights in publishing

(03:20) Acquisitions, consolidation, and closures

(04:43) Cybersecurity and data tracking

(06:09) Open vaccine patents

(08:24) Open science policies

(09:54) Sci-Hub's court case

(10:38) Outro

Dec 22, 202111:49

Open Update #39 (2021-12-14)

In this week's episode, we talk about surveillance publishing, data tracking, and the art of creating a good lab research culture for everyone.

Humane Labs Project

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://retractionwatch.com/2021/12/07/researchers-sound-alarm-on-predatory-rankings/

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Deceptive rankings

TOP Guidelines critique

https://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2022/01000/Getting_Over_TOP.1.aspx

Journal Transfers

https://journaltransfer.issn.org/statistics

Economic Science Association

https://t.co/lIT0tdf0Iu

DGPs on data tracking

https://www.dgps.de/aktuelles/details/dgps-vorstand-und-kommission-open-science-unterstuetzen-stop-tracking-science-initiative/

Wikimedia on data tracking

https://blog.wikimedia.de/2021/12/07/datentracking-die-schoene-neue-welt-der-wissenschaftsverlage/

Scholarly Kitchen blog

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/12/09/new-clarivate-science/

Lab values

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.06.471498v1?rss=1

Mentoring

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.12.08.471870v1?rss=1

Dec 14, 202107:02

Interview Eleanor Haine - Open Update #38 (2021-12-07)

In this week's episode, we talk about a new initiative in the struggle against ableism in academia, and further consolidation of the publishing market through acquisitions.

Dr. Eleanor Haine joins us for this special edition of the Open Update to help us make sense of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.

Send us an email 📬

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Intro

(01:00) Headlines

(02:12) Main stories

(02:16) Main stories - Accessible Academia

(04:15) Main stories - Publisher acquisitions

(05:38) Interview Dr. Eleanor Haine

(33:38) Outro

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.wired.com/story/ex-googler-timnit-gebru-starts-ai-research-center/

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

DAIR established

Preprint removal, withdrawal

http://blog.europepmc.org/2021/12/transparency-for-preprints.html

OSF Preregistration updates

https://twitter.com/briannosek/status/1466814366469218317?s=12

Strike UCU

https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11896/Why-were-taking-action

Accessible Academia

https://www.accessible-academia.nl/en/ableism-alerts/

Clarivate acquires ProQuest

https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-successfully-completes-acquisition-of-proquest/

Wiley acquires KU

https://openresearch.community/posts/wiley-acquires-open-access-innovator-knowledge-unlatched

Martin Paul Eve on KU

https://twitter.com/martin_eve/status/1466513937680195592?s=12

Dec 07, 202134:13

Open Update #37 (2021-11-30)

In this week's episode, we talk about two new reports by the European Commission and the newly launched Peer Community Journal.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/koalitionsvertrag-der-ampel-parteien-im-wortlaut-darauf-haben-sich-spd-gruene-und-fdp-geeinigt-a-3e25c4da-088a-4971-8a4d-4797a4ecf089

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

Disclaimer: Liberate Science GmbH is behind this podcast. We explicitly do not report about products made by Liberate Science GmbH, even if this is part of that week's newscycle.

SOURCES

New German coalition government

https://twitter.com/amreibahr/status/1463511083637956611?s=12

https://twitter.com/GoodTransNews/status/1463574690493042689

Dutch gov apologizes to transgenders

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/11/27/met-excuses-aan-transgenders-maakt-demissionair-kabinet-belangrijk-gebaar-a4067078

FORCE11 launches Upstream blog

https://upstream.force11.org/posts/welcome-to-upstream

WTO postpones meeting

https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/mc12_26nov21_e.htm

EC - Reforming research assessment

https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/36ebb96c-50c5-11ec-91ac-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

EC - She Figures

https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-law-and-publications/publication-detail/-/publication/67d5a207-4da1-11ec-91ac-01aa75ed71a1

Peer Community Journal

https://peercommunityjournal.org/page/submit/

Nov 30, 202105:03

Open Update #36 (2021-11-23)

In this week's episode, we talk about the unpaid labor of reviewers, researchers struggle to retain access to Sci-Hub, and the beta launch of OpenAlex.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://twitter.com/commonify/status/1460421667654717440?s=12

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Silke Helfrich passed away

COVID drug licensing

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1105862

Black students = more debt + fewer grants

https://www.science.org/content/article/blackstudents-take-more-debt-and-get-fewer-slots-grants-data-show

NPOS2030 consultation

https://survey.surf.nl/index.php/493148

Unpaid labor of review? Billions

https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-021-00118-2

Sci-Hub motion against block

https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-researchers-file-intervention-application-to-fight-isp-blocking-211119/

OpenAlex beta

https://openalex.org/

Nov 23, 202104:44

Open Update #35 (2021-11-16)

In this week's episode, we talk about the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, the continued patent disputes in government funded research, and a new university initiative.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://www.crossref.org/blog/event-data-now-with-added-references/

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

CrossRef event data

Malta Open Access Policy

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/113249/malta_launches_first_national_open_access_policy_for_public_consultation

Inflation decreases your debt

https://theintercept.com/2021/11/10/inflation-economy-debt-milk-prices/

Sci-Hub blockade

https://torrentfreak.com/major-publishers-expand-sci-hub-libgen-and-ebook-piracy-blocking-211112/

UNESCO Open Science Policy

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1105762

https://council.science/current/news/unesco-science-commission-adopts-open-science-recommendation/

https://twitter.com/moellerl/status/1460273364770168835

https://twitter.com/tijh/status/1460258973366501380

White House Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/15/fact-sheet-building-a-new-era-of-nation-to-nation-engagement/

NIH-Moderna vaccine fight

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/11/12/headlines/nih_and_moderna_in_legal_battle_over_covid_vaccine_patent_rights

University of Austin

https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/we-cant-wait-for-universities-to

Nov 16, 202106:20

Open Update #34 (2021-11-09)

In this week's episode, we talk about scamming editors and a new data sharing policy at NIH.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1105012 https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1456609942274772994?s=12

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Sudan coup

Open Publishing Fest calendar

https://openpublishingfest.org/calendar.html

Scamming Editors

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03035-y

NIH Data sharing

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-013.html

Nov 09, 202103:46

Open Update #33 (2021-11-02)

In this week's episode, we talk about effects of precarious working conditions at universities, the deceitful use of non-profits, and gatekeeping of ideas in research funding.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://figshare.com/blog/Introducing_Figshare_/643

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Figshare+

Open Science fund projects

https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/26-projects-stimulate-open-science

APA apologies

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2021/10/apology-systemic-racism

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/07/independent-review-release

NHS Open Access repository

https://nhs.iro.bl.uk/about?locale=en

Precarity at universities

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/oct/30/my-students-never-knew-the-lecturer-who-lived-in-a-tent

Facebook → Meta

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxdqxx/zuckerbergs-foundation-kills-meta-science-company-on-day-of-facebook-rebrand

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2344-no-such-thing-as-a-free-gift

Gatekeeping of ideas

https://www.science.org/content/article/funding-agency-s-reviewers-were-biased-against-scientists-novel-ideas

https://academic.oup.com/spp/article-abstract/48/5/635/6296161

Nov 02, 202105:42

Open Update #32 (2021-10-26)

In this week's episode, we talk about ableism in academia, a new investigation by Al Jazeera about sexual misconduct at universities, and Brasil's federal science budgets.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://netblocks.org/reports/internet-disrupted-in-sudan-amid-reports-of-coup-attempt-Q8ov93yn

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Sudan internet disruptions

Elliott Harmon passed away

https://twitter.com/evacide/status/1451990039085289472?s=12

Princeton against rankings

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/i-lead-americas-top-ranked-university-heres-why-these-rankings-are-problem/

Elsevier quadruples prices

http://dana.uvm.edu/news/changes-access-clinicalkey

Brasil's federal science budget

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02882-z

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02886-9

Ableism in academia

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02907-7

https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/123203

Al Jazeera Investigates

https://www.ajiunit.com/investigation/degrees-of-abuse/

https://www.ajiunit.com/podcasts/

Oct 26, 202106:37

Open Update #31 (2021-10-19)

In this week's episode, we talk about discovery and delivery of open access content, threats to researchers, and a manifesto for improved mental health and well being in academia.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

http://openaccessweek.org/events

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Open Access Week 2021

Open Access Checker

http://www.snsf-oa-check.ch/

NASA's open science program

https://science.nasa.gov/open-science/transform-to-open-science

Compounding Sexism (NYTimes; $)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/10/14/opinion/gender-bias.html

Hindawi-ResearchGate

https://www.hindawi.com/post/content-syndication-partnership-advances-discovery-research/

https://twitter.com/lisalibrarian/status/1450103905489141764?s=20

Threats to researchers

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02741-x

https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/788-universiteiten-nemen-landelijke-maatregelen-tegen-bedreiging-wetenschappers

Mental health manifesto

https://zenodo.org/record/5559806

Oct 19, 202105:18

Open Update #30 (2021-10-12)

In this week's episode, we talk about the newly released General Index, the SSRN Author impact reports, and a new inclusivity policy for PLOS publications.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102582

Contact: info@libscie.org or @libscie

SOURCES

Healthy environment = human right

Almost $1,000,000 for Humanities Commons

https://cal.msu.edu/news/humanities-commons-receives-971000-mellon-grant-to-support-its-expansion/

30% open abstracts

https://opencitations.wordpress.com/2021/10/06/the-initiative-for-open-abstracts-celebrating-our-first-anniversary/

The 8TB General Index

https://archive.org/details/GeneralIndex

SSRN $49.95 certificate

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3919917

PLOS Inclusivity in Global Research

https://theplosblog.plos.org/2021/09/announcing-a-new-plos-policy-on-inclusion-in-global-research/

Oct 13, 202105:21

Open Update #29 (2021-10-05)

In this week's episode, we talk about the Internet Archive's 25th anniversary, a toolkit to foster open science practices, and a survey of how institutions assess open science practices.

PEOPLE behind the podcast

Narrator: Chris Hartgerink

Mixing: Bjorn Uyens