#41 Open Science (with Robert-Jan Smits, President of TU Eindhoven)
Science Communication Accelerator - scicomX (scicomm, social media, and digital science marketing)
English - September 20, 2022 06:41 - 37 minutes - 68.7 MBScience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The goal of the Science Communication Accelerator Podcast is to increase the visibility of science, so that societies are empowered to make smart decisions. One approach to make it visible is social media. For that reason, I talk a lot about it on this podcast. However, there is one other topic that created and continues to create friction when it comes to sharing scientific knowledge: The practices of publishing scientific content. Often decision makers, policy makers, other researchers, and the open public, have no access to the newest research findings, because these are hidden behind paywalls. To remedy this handed down publishing model, a new model emerged. It is called open science, and within open science open access to scientific result has had a major winning streak in the last years. One of the key people pushing for open science and open access is Robert-Jan Smits. Robert-Jan is the former Director-General of Research and Innovation at the European Commission where he was the architect of major funding programs such as Horizon 2020 and he helped shaping its successor the Horizon Europe program. Furthermore, he was the Open Access Envoy of the European Commission and with plan S, he launched a concrete policy proposal intended to ensure that all publicly financed academic publications are publicly available. Today Robert-Jan is the president of the Technical University of Eindhoven. I am a psyched to have him on the podcast 😊.
Also check out the international open access week which will take place next month between October 24th and October 30th. Find the program by clicking here.
Enjoy the podcast 😊.
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The Science Communication Accelerator Podcast aims to empower scientists, universities, and research organizations to engage publicly and share more science on social media. To do so, the podcast aims to create a knowledge hub for digital science communication by publishing engaging and inspiring episodes with experts in the field of social media and science communication. Please reach out if you are looking for a sparring partner to create your organizational communication or branding strategy ([email protected]). You find me also on Twitter, on LinkedIn, and on Instagram.