Day 3

New academic practices discussed under the term Open Science are receiving increasing attention. However, after more than two decades of experimentation with new forms of openness in science, broadly effective anchoring in scientific practice remains pending (Mendez et al., 2020). This leads to the overarching question of how it can be explained that the new possibilities of digital technologies combined with the stringently presented and generally comprehensible science policy rationale for Open Science have so far only hesitantly translated into changed scientific practices on a broad scale.

This is also related to the question of why individual scientists and scientific communities have continued to implement Open Science practices – what drives them to do so and what tensions come into play while opening up their scientific knowledge production and dissemination? For a better understanding of scientists’ motives for engaging in Open Science practices, this talk presents the findings of an empirical study concentrating on scientists who actively anchor Open Science.

The qualitative analysis builds on 13 in-depth interviews with Open Science award winners in Germany. Based on methodological triangulation, narrative interviews in combination with visual forms of hierarchical value maps, the findings outline a holistic spectrum of open science motives. The resulting motive wheel with individual, scientific and societal benefits of Open Science offers diverse future perspectives for science on science and science policy to contribute to the path towards a further “full and fair implementation” (Frank et al., 2023) of Open Science on the basis of a deeper empirical understanding.

Authors:
Ronny Röwert
Organisation(s): Hamburg University of Technology

Jo Havemann

Organisation(s): Access 2 Perspectives

Global equity in scholarly participation is the opportunity for researchers from around the world to be able to consume and share research output based on Open Science, FAIR and CARE principles. Since research capacity varies drastically within and across world regions, local conditions such as available funding, research infrastructure, or internet connectivity should not interfere with the potential of academic success. Imbalances in the accessibility and availability of research resources prevent or enable research effectiveness, provided that a certain number of resources and capacity is present. Effectiveness means societal impact, as a result of research findings and being able to make research output available to other stakeholders (industry, the general public, other researchers, etc.)

Research institutions with limited access to resources cannot be effective in their research. However, embracing Open Science practices (publishing green OA via preprint servers, choosing affordable journals or those that provide diamond OA, as well as Open Peer Review) can compensate for the lack of resources and therefore provide effectiveness for research even in resource-poor settings, if combined with an uptake of investments and capacity building in resource poor research settings.
This workshop provides a space for knowledge and experience sharing about effective measures to take in enabling global research equity across the research workflow and through scholarly publishing pathways, guided by the Open Science principles. We will address questions around data ownership, ethical aspects in research planning and implementation that lead to multiple possible pathways to disseminate the knowledge gained in an equitable and beneficial manner for all contributing parties involved.

Participants will identify and discuss existing barriers as well as tangible approaches to take for equitable participation in research practices in a given research context while ensuring knowledge exchange also on a global level.

We aim for a balanced regional and stakeholder representation amongst the participants and will publish the workshop report in a standardized repository for dissemination in relevant fora.

Kim Ferguson, Maaike Verburg

Organisation(s): DANS-KNAW

To better support the wider sharing and reuse of research data, many organisations and research groups are developing strategies to foster a FAIR data culture – i.e., one where data are findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. Though FAIR data need not always be open, Open Data that is FAIR is better suited to be reused, reproduced, and accessed. To facilitate innovations in FAIR data culture, education and training are an important first step towards applying principles and practices to data that is created throughout the research cycle. In this workshop, participants will gain hands-on experience with developing training exercises that will facilitate increased awareness and application of the FAIR principles in the context that is personally relevant to them

The workshop will focus specifically on the FAIR-Aware tool (https://fairaware.dans.knaw.nl/), an online self-assessment tool. Created in the FAIRsFAIR project and now further developed in the FAIR-IMPACT project, FAIR-Aware is a versatile and flexible tool to use in education and training. Participants will get to know the tool and develop training based on it that is relevant to their own context. Participants will be encouraged to work collaboratively and interact with each other as well as the trainers via text, voice, shared documents and polling inputs – no break-out rooms here. At the end of this workshop, participants will have a better understanding of designing training on the FAIR-Aware Tool as well as access to a rich list of materials to reuse. This workshop is tailored to trainers, educators, and data professionals. Researchers and data stewards are also welcome to see a more in-depth use of the FAIR-Aware tool. If additional accommodations are needed, participants are encouraged to get in touch in advance. All materials will be publicly available and shared shortly before the workshop.