44 episodes

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.

The ORION Open Science Podcast orionopensci

    • Education

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.

    Next Steps: How the FDNext Project is Tackling Research Data Management ... and Farewell to Emma

    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. 
    Episode Links
    FDNext (German language)
    FDMentor RDM Train-the-Trainer Concept
    Kerstin Helbig
    Emma Harris

    • 41 min
    The Choice is Yours? How Algorithm Bias Impacts Fairness and Accessibility of Knowledge

    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. 
    Episode Links
    Web Science and Social Computing Research Group
    Carlos Castillo
    Marzieh Karimihaghighi
    David Solans
    Francesco Fabbri
    Lorenzo Porcaro

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Process Not Product: How the Open Life Science Mentoring Program Creates Open Science Ambassadors

    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. 
    Episode Links
    Open Life Science
    Malvika Sharan
    Twitter

    Yo Yehudi
    Twitter

    • 32 min
    Sprint for your eLife! How the eLife Innovation Sprint Helps Drive Forward Open Science Projects

    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 
     

    • 1 hr 7 min
    A Transformative Edge: How Transformative Learning Can Benefit Open Science

    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
     

    • 50 min
    The COVID Transmission: How Scientists and Science Journalists Are Communicating During the Pandemic

    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. 
     
    Episode Links: 
    Emanuel Wyler
    Twitter
    Blog (German Language)
    Wiebke Hollersen
    Twitter
     
     

    • 1 hr 1 min

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