Workshop on Open science and Inclusion

Open science aims at improving the transparency of knowledge generation and has the potential to address problems of inequity. The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science focuses on the availability and accessibility of science by all who need it, and on equal possibilities of knowledge generation, access, and use. So far, however, scientific knowledge has mainly been generated and is mostly accessible in high-income countries (HICs) while researchers from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are rarely given co-leadership in open science discussions. Our four-day online workshop and training (3 hours per day) will focus on fostering and implementing equal collaborations with research partners in LMICs and address open sciences practices in projects implemented in LMICs. The aim is to offer researchers at all levels from HICs insights on what to expect when preparing for research in LMICs on an equal level and give concrete advice on how to best implement open science practices. The workshop will be interactive. The lecturers will provide practice examples from projects conducted in Kenyan urban, rural and remote settings and guide practice sessions addressing issues such as forming equitable research teams, developing the research grant application, implementing open data, methods and materials, preparing ethic approvals, using and modifying research instruments developed in HICs, preparing participants to receive the study, aspects of collaboratively managing and reporting on grant resources, open access publications, and dissemination of findings both in HICs and LMICs, among other details. The workshop will allow time for participants to seek clarification on aspects of their current or planned projects relevant to the discussion topics. Our sessions will be the following: 1)     First session offered by Mario Schmidt and Ben Eyre (Wednesday, 20th, 2-5 pm EAT): Setting up research teams across the Global North/South divide and acquiring funds This session will share insights into the process of setting up a research team and acquiring funds for a project. It will use as an example an ongoing multidisciplinary and international research project funded by the British Academy. We will talk about several practical issues (including how they vary depending on who you are working with and how). We will speak frankly about recent (even ongoing) examples of opportunities and challenges when trying to work collaboratively across different types of organizations, differences in research cultures, profound enduring inequalities, and information asymmetries. 2)     Second session offered by Pamela Wadende & Henriette Zeidler (Thursday, 21st, 2-5pm EAT): Managing resources and research teams in collaborations between HICs and LMICs This session will offer insights into the details of managing research projects in LMICs. We focus on financial management as well as on ways of bringing local assistants on board to build strong, long-lasting teams on the ground. Our local assistants will provide their practical experience to the training.Our experiences are based on projects which involve multiple sites in LMICs and are led by local researchers: Two projects funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation in Northern Kenya, Ethiopia, and Cameroon (led by Pamela Wadende), a Swedish Research Council project with Linkoping University, and a UKRI-ESRC funded project in collaboration with Aston University, the University of Sheffield, and the University of Zambia. 3)     Third session offered by Joel Wambua and Patrick Forscher (Friday, 22nd, 2-5pm EAT): Acknowledging local ethical requirements: Consent, ethical clearance, and open science in LMCIs Based upon their experiences at a LMIC research organization (Busara, Nairobi), Joel Wambua and Patrick Forscher will share insights into the challenges of acquiring ethical clearances in LMICs and present the complexities of assuring informed consent in political-economic unstable and complex environments, such as informal settlements. Furthermore, they will reflect on research hierarchies between Global North researchers and research participants from the Global South and share their experiences about open science efforts in East Africa. 4)     Forth session bringing together the whole team (Monday, 25th, 2-5pm): Disseminating results in just ways: publishing, open access, feedback to participants (plus general Q&A on the other topics) This session will bring together all workshop participants to share their experience with disseminating research results both to the larger scientific community as well as to local research participants. It is designed as an open discussion between the lecturers and the audience. Depending on the audience, it might, e.g., focus on barriers inhibiting inclusivity and visibility of LMIC scholars as well as on challenges of feeding back scientific results to local communities. About the lecturers Pamela Wadende is a lecturer of Developmental psychology at Kisii University, Kenya. She is interested in childhood education and human flourishing in general and has worked among the Turkana of Northern Kenya surveying mental health literacy among adolescents, conceptualizations, pathways and impediments to human flourishing, character development among children in school and home settings, and with populations in Ethiopia and Zambia. Some funders for her various projects include: Templeton World Charity Foundation for the projects in Northern Kenya, Gondar in Ethiopia and Bamenda in Cameroon for which she is a PI, a UKRI-ESRC project with Aston University, University of Sheffield, UK and University of Zambia and Swedish research council project with Linkoping University surveying flourishing in the face of climate change. Mario Schmidt is a senior research specialist at Busara, Kenya with a background in anthropology. He has over fifteen years of experience working in Kenya and has conducted fieldwork in western Kenya and Nairobi. His research interests include changing notions of masculinity, experiences of stress and financial pressure, and the viability of qualitative methods in the development sector. Henriette Zeidler is a postdoctoral fellow at Sapienza University in Italy and Kisii University in Kenya and has been conducting research on children's social and cognitive development in sub-Saharan Africa since 2011. Supported by a team of local assistants, she recently established a small start-up and has been implementing cross-cultural research projects in Kenya for a wide range of partners from the Global North, including the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Aston University (UK), the University of Bern (Switzerland), and UC Berkeley (USA). Ben Eyre is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of East Anglia in the UK and has been working in East Africa since 2016, focusing on philanthropy, sustainable finance, and research infrastructures. He is also the PI of a British Academy funded project exploring the lived experiences of enumerators working in ‘evidence based development’ and how these relate to data quality. Patrick Forscher is a leading scholar in the international open and meta-science movement. He is director of the only meta-research team in the East African scientific ecosystem, Busara’s meta-research team “CREME” (Culture, Research Methods, and Ethics). His team fuses the methods and perspectives of meta-research with the focus areas of global development. Joel Wambua is a research specialist at Busara. He has been working on how the relationship between research organization and research participants can be improved both ethically and scientifically. His research interest focuses on applied behavioral economics and questions relating to public policy and research ethics, as well as on adapting research measures that are contextually relevant.   The workshop is funded by the Open Science Ambassador Programme of the Berlin University Alliance.

Open Science Ambassadors

Roundtable discussion at the online colloquium of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.

Location: Online only: Webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m0466d3732c74f5b5c90907bca1bf530c Meeting-Kennnummer: 2793 425 1621 Passwort: 3AJprf6Kdr8

Lecture: Scholarly Communication

Location: Digital:https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/61518329372 Meeting ID: 615 1832 9372 In Persona: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft Dorotheenstr. 26, 10117 Berlin Room 121

Lecture: Open Research Data and Artificial Intelligence

Location: In-person participation: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft Dorotheenstraße 26, 10117 Berlin Room 121 Remote Participation: Zoom Time: Nov 18, 2024 02:15 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/68986051037 Meeting ID: 689 8605 1037

Superb Supervision - Mentoring your PhD Candidate towards responsible Research Practices

This course is designed to help supervisors of doctoral students not only to develop their supervision skills but also to strengthen their ability to integrate Responsible Research Practices into the supervision process from the very beginning. The goal is not only to strengthen a research culture characterized by openness and communication. It is just as much about creating conditions with which practices of responsible research are established early in the research process. In this way, a sustainable contribution to ensuring the quality of research is to be made.

Location: The event will take place on-site at the Freie Universität Berlin. You will receive all details on the workshop shortly before the event date.

The Narrative CV Format

This event is part of the Colloquium Series of the Objective 3: Advancing Research Quality and Value. It is co-organized by the Objective 4: Promoting Talent, and the Action Research on Research Culture Project (ARRC) at the University of Cambridge, with participation of the German Research Foundation (DFG). 

Location: Online only Webex https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m085daeaa210446008786e0049676c2c4

Review Quality Collector: Reviewing as a source of reputation

Presentation at the online colloquium of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.

Location: Webex https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m0ab12e59459baabdb47e7ef2ccae971f Meeting-Kennnummer (Zugriffscode): 2787 708 5593

STI 2024 - International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators

The aim of the event is to explore the complicated dynamics between concepts of openness and closedness in science, technology and innovation and to highlight their implications for research, policy and practice.

Location: Fraunhofer-Forum Berlin, Anna-Louisa-Karsch Str. 2, 10178 Berlin and Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Spandauer Str. 1, 10178 Berlin .

Bringing light into the thicket of versions

The "Data Versioning" interest group of the Research Data Alliance has developed six principles that can be used to describe versioning. This presentation will introduce the principles of versioning research data and discuss their application in practice.

Location: The colloquium takes place online. You can obtain the access data by sending an informal e-mail to: bbk-des-ibi@hu-berlin.de

Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation

Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086

Workshop "Research data publications between dynamics and persistence"

Location: Robert-Koch-Forum des Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF), Wilhelmstraße 67, 10117 Berlin

Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation

Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086

Current developments in the BUA OpenX initiative

Presentation as part of the online colloquium of Goal 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.

Location: Webex Link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m709f8eb7794fc5356b317a6984f8904f MeetingID: 2733 297 1923 Passwort: ydRTS3BeH75 via video system Dial 27332971923@fu-berlin.webex.com You can also dial 62.109.219.4 and enter your meeting ID. Via Phone +49-619-6781-9736 Germany Toll +49-89-95467578 Germany Toll 2 access code: 2733 297 1923

Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation

Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086

Publish Research Hardware: Why, What, How?

Presentation in the framework of the Online-Colloquium of the Berlin University Alliance's Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value.

Location: Webex: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m613cd422fc24b424023bbd34715d2545 Meeting-Kennnummer: 2790 205 1299 Passwort: CEk5PupRP38

Research Integrity in Practice

Presentation at the online colloquium of the Advancing Research Quality and Value focus area of the Berlin University Alliance.

Location: Webex Meeting-Link: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=m8bd37e3b5c9f80937e05edb4acd59732 Meeting-ID: 2788 947 1278 Meeting Password: BPrxzVgj776

The Pitfalls of Bad Practices in Genetic Big Data and AI

Location: Einstein Center Digital Future Robert-Koch-Forum Wilhelmstraße 67 10117 Berlin

Webinar for BUA-PhD Students: What is the new Open Science mission statement about and how can I engage with it?

Location: Webex (link follows registration)

Meeting of the Journal Club for Diversity and Responsible Research and Innovation

Location: https://zoom.us/j/95761653396?pwd=MGZ6RkYyS1JVV0pKc2tOelJ4b292dz09 Meeting-ID: 957 6165 3396 Kenncode: 487086

Webinar for BUA-Postdocs: What is the new Open Science mission statement about and how can I engage with it?

Location: Webex (link follows registration)

Nanobubbles - Correcting the Scientific Record

Presentation at the online colloquium of the Objective 3 - Advancing Research Quality and Value of the Berlin University Alliance.

Location: Online: Webex https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=mbc41289190d643a4052922af0b069f3a

How to preserve data in a monolingual environment. Introducing the project Closing the Gap in Non-Latin Script Data

Workshop to be held at the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky. 

Workshop: Open Science and Research Quality

(Abstract) In this interactive workshop, we will introduce student and early career participants to concepts of research quality and Open Science. The workshop briefly introduces the science policy context of these two areas and explores the relationship between quality and openness. In addition, participants will be introduced to practical examples of openness and quality assurance in the research process and provided with concrete tools. 

Location: Geschäftsstelle der Berlin University Alliance Kleine Präsidentenstraße 1, 10178 Berlin (S Hackescher Markt)