Heidi SeiboldThe end of the year and the beginning of the new year are good times to reflect.
Good times for the #OpenScienceChallenge
Egon Willighagenon my previous account, I posted conference coverage for a few meetings (with a mixed number of posts; I do not know how to list just my posts):
- #epiLipidNet https://akademienl.social/tags/epiLipidNet
- #maasosf23 https://akademienl.social/tags/maasosf23
- #srd23 https://akademienl.social/tags/srd23
- #iwomi2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/iwomi2023
- #DMCM2023 https://akademienl.social/tags/DMCM2023
- the #OpenScienceChallenge https://akademienl.social/tags/OpenScienceChallenge
- #NanoInformaTIX https://akademienl.social/tags/NanoInformaTIX
- #BioHackEU22 https://akademienl.social/tags/BioHackEU22
Egon Willighagen@HeidiSeibold, I am looking forward to reading your summary and reflection on all the #OpenScienceChallenge participation you have seen.
And a huge thanks for setting this up!
I get quite upset about these practices. Why? Because we need new, better ideas. Continuously. And when big players push out small ideas, then we do not make the progress we need to make.
If #OpenScience has as goal to celebrate the diversity, to allow everyone to participate, to give room to all great new ideas, then this power grabbing must be battled.
This is the #OpenScienceChallenge we all face in the next five years!
so, a major takeaway:
- #OpenScience must put more effort in educating people in the legal aspects of doing science. Copyright (among other laws) is an essential part of doing research, just like ethics.
This is a huge elephant in the room. Scholars (expect that have it as their main topic, of course) generally do not get educated in legal matters.
That is one huge #OpenScienceChallenge there!
a second reflection is on #OpenScienceChallenge
While many people have participated (see https://fosstodon.org/@HeidiSeibold/109699716965675268), when I search for the hashtag on two servers, I only see my own posts and an occasional post by @toothFAIRy, like this one: https://scholar.social/@toothFAIRy/109791144829355394
But that's it! Is the #hashtag thing on #Mastodon not working? Is it just this hashtag that is not (it seems to work fine for #wikidata
But it makes it hard to see responses by others :(
Heidi Seibold (@[email protected])
Wow! π π€© >100 people are taking the #OpenScienceChallenge already π€© π One month, an email with tasks every second day (Mo-Fr) to achieve an #OpenScience mindset. Want to join in, too? π€ https://heidiseibold.ck.page/opensciencechallenge
okay, on the 12th day, it is time to wrap-up #OpenScienceChallenge
It should have taken about a month, but it actually took me three, see https://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/2023/01/doing-open-science-challenge.html
I am (t)asked: "Reflect on the #OpenScienceChallenge month: what did you take away from it?"
Well, first of all: why does everything have to be quick, quick, quick? Instead of at the pace it takes?
I realized that #OpenScience takes time. We are still waiting for adoption of things suggested 20 years ago.
This is the way. 1/
That's it for Day #11 of the #OpenScienceChallenge on Ethics and Research
I am looking forward to reading all your comments on this topic.
#OpenScienceChallenge Day #11: Ethics and Research
Here I am asked about ethics and research. This is not my field of research and have only rudimentary training.
In fact, after watching 'The Good Place', this is even harder.
The first question is: When do you consider research to be unethical?
There are so many angles to this. What research and research/knowledge dissemination is ill defined. How to define ethics then beyond the fluent obvious?
#OpenScienceChallenge Day #10: Open Access
Ah, indeed, some Open Access is Open Science too. Just remember, not all. The term "Open Access" is also used for "you can look at it" which is not enough for open science. Walking around in Cannes and openly see all the open cars does not make it inclusive.
Okay, let's see what today's challenge is: 1/