The ORION Open Science Podcast orionopensci
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From data sharing to citizen science and from peer review to professional development the podcasts will use interviews with interesting people to explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of the current scientific system, and what Open Science practices can do to improve the way we do science.
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Next Steps: How the FDNext Project is Tackling Research Data Management ... and Farewell to Emma
Episode Summary
In this episode we talk to Kerstin Helbig about the research data management (RDM)project FDNext, which is also where our co-host Emma Harris' new role will be based. We discussed what the approach of FDNext is, the challenges of implementing effective RDM, and how it fits into the wider framework of Open and FAIR Data initiatives.
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FDNext (German language)
FDMentor RDM Train-the-Trainer Concept
Kerstin Helbig
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The Choice is Yours? How Algorithm Bias Impacts Fairness and Accessibility of Knowledge
Episode Summary
In this episode we talked about 'almighty' algorithms with Carlos Castillo, Lorenzo Porcaro, Marzieh Karimihaghighi, David Solans, and Francesco Fabbri from the Web Science & Social Computing Research Group, and the department of Engineering in Information & Communication Technologies, in Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. We discussed how bias can enter into algorithm systems, how bias is measured, and what systems are impacted by it.
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Web Science and Social Computing Research Group
Carlos Castillo
Marzieh Karimihaghighi
David Solans
Francesco Fabbri
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Process Not Product: How the Open Life Science Mentoring Program Creates Open Science Ambassadors
Episode Summary
In this episode we talk to Yo Yehudi and Malvika Sharan, two of the co-founders and organisers of the Open Life Science training and mentoring program. We discuss why mentorship and community are so important in encouraging open science, what makes the program unique, and what the future for Open Life Science.
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Open Life Science
Malvika Sharan
Twitter
Yo Yehudi
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Sprint for your eLife! How the eLife Innovation Sprint Helps Drive Forward Open Science Projects
Episode Summary
In this episode we cover the eLife Innovation Sprint 2020, that was held online on September 2nd and 3rd, 2020. The sprint facilitates collaboration between people who are working on tools, services, and other projects that enhance open science and research.
We talk to the organiser Dr Emmy Tsang, who at the time was the Innovation Community Manager for eLife but is now the Community Engagement Manager for TU Delft. As well as participants from two of the projects that took part: Dr Cássio Amorim, creator of SciGen.Report, 'a platform to easily share and view any information that researchers may have on the reproducibility of papers'. And Esha Datta and Daniel Nüst, who who both joined the sprint to work on the Expanding Open Grants project, developed by Dr Hao Ye, which increases accessibility to examples of grants and proposals.
Episode Links:
eLife Sprint
Emmy Tsang: @emmy_ft
@eLifeInnovation
SciGen.Report
@ScigenReport
Expanding Open Grants
@nordholmen
The new GH org for the sprint with latest developments:https://github.com/expanding-open-grants/
The wrap up slides are at:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PlW7Iq5xOKu1kbo_CLvnYXBJ3ldPdd4ulggZJl4F2-Y/edit#slide=id.g96e132450a_0_112
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A Transformative Edge: How Transformative Learning Can Benefit Open Science
In this episode we talk to Ursel Biester and Marylin Mehlmann, two experts in adult education, about what Transformative Learning is and how it can be applied to creating meaningful change in the context of trainings, including those in the Open Science and RRI movement.
Episode Links
The Transformative Edge Book
Hosting Transformation Project
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The COVID Transmission: How Scientists and Science Journalists Are Communicating During the Pandemic
In this episode we talk to Wiebke Hollersen, a science journalist and editor from the German newspaper Welt, and Dr Emanuel Wyler, a molecular biologist at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, about their approaches, collaborations, and concerns about communicating about the Coronavirus and science communication in general.
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Emanuel Wyler
Twitter
Blog (German Language)
Wiebke Hollersen
Twitter