Open Science Bites University of Groningen

In this episode, Stefano Bertorini, PhD student at the Campus Fryslân at the University of Groningen, shares his views on and experiences with public engagement. For his research project, Stefano developed workshops to engage with Dutch farmers, to listen to their experiences and to accompany them develop new business models in regenerative agriculture.
Learn more:
Centre for Sustainable Agriculture TransitionDoughnut Economics Action Lab workshopPublic Engagement Seed Fund (now closed)TED talk about "Doughnut Economics"

Alberto Godioli, Associate Professor in European Culture and Literature at the University of Groningen, shares his views on and experiences with public engagement. For his NWO-funded research project "Humor in Court'', Alberto is developing a policy-oriented toolkit for judges, a cartoon exhibition and a website with accessible analyses of recent humor-related legal cases.
More information
Online platform about the relationship between humor and the law: https://www.forhum.org/
NWO project "Humor in Court": https://www.rug.nl/staff/a.godioli/projects
Public engagement at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/practices-support/public-engagement/

Mira Buist-Zhuk is an academic information specialist at the University of Groningen Library specializing in open educational resources. In this episode, she shares tips and advice for teaching staff on how to get started with open educational resources.
Listen to the episode and learn how to use, create, share and benefit from open educational resources on a practical level.
More information:
Slides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhgOpen education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oerLibrary Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER
Contact:
oer-library@rug.nl

Rashid Gabdulhakov, assistant professor at the Centre for Media and
Journalism Studies at the Faculty of Arts, developed two fully open
online courses in collaboration with IWPR, the Institute for War and
Peace Reporting. The courses aim to help non-Western scholars to
navigate the Western system of academic knowledge production. Rashid
shares his experiences with open educational resources and he also
reflects on how inclusive and diverse the knowledge creation process is.
More information: 
Online course: The ins and outs of academic publishing: https://school.cabar.asia/en/course/the-ins-and-outs-of-academic-publishing/Online course: Online research methods: https://school.cabar.asia/en/course/online-research-methods/Slides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhgOpen education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oerLibrary Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER

Sander van Lanen, Assistant Professor in cultural geography at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences, developed the open textbook ‘Introduction to academic research’ by reusing texts that were already openly available. In this episode, Sander shares his experiences with creating open educational material. He also reflects on the purpose of open education and the benefit for students. Is it a means of connecting with society or preparing students for the workforce?
More information: 
Text book ‘Introduction to academic research’: https://edu.nl/mhaemSlides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhgOpen education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oerLibrary Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER

Anoek Sluiter-Oerlemans, Assistant Professor in Youth Studies at the University of Groningen, shares her views on and experiences with open education.
Anoek recently decided to start implementing open educational resources. She involved students in co-creating teaching materials for a course on research methods for the MA programmes in Youth, Society and Policy and Deafblindness.
More information:
Slides workshop on open educational resources: https://edu.nl/umdhgOpen education at the University of Groningen: https://www.rug.nl/library/oerLibrary Guide on open educational resources: https://libguides.rug.nl/OER