Road to Open Science (R2OS)
46 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -The Road to Open Science Podcast is your guide on everything Open at Utrecht University and beyond. In our monthly podcast we discuss the latest developments in the fields of open acces, open data/software, public engagement and recognition and rewards.
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R2OS - What motivates academics and is #leavingacademia really happening?
September 01, 2022 02:00 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBCaspar and Sicco talk academic careers and what motivates you to stay in academics with Alexandra Vennekens from the Rathenau Institute. Is #LeavingAcademia really happening and what do academics actually value in their own work? And does the university think about that the same way? Some background reading: - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01512-6 Has the great resignation wave hit academia? (Nature) - https://www.mareonline.nl/opinie/waarom-ik-mijn-verloving-met-de-universite...
R2OS - What does Elsevier know about you, and how? with Eiko Fried and Robin Kok
May 24, 2022 03:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBShownotes First, thanks to the great Bianca Kramer we now have a transcript! You can find it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zhpOk-yw8G-xLRCXDNad1zwUaxAe2Wgev77bwPUl5Y8/edit#heading=h.xvuiepf8k4aj From the newsynews: - HELIOS (Higher Education Leadership initiative on Open Scholarship): https://www.heliosopen.org/news/22/3/22 - Discussion series "Publishing in transition". In this edition, researchers will discuss the challenges of a transition to fully open access https://www.uu....
R2OS - Utrecht University Open Science Platform
March 30, 2022 16:49 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBSicco and Sanli talk to the new chair of the Utrecht University open science platform about her vision on promoting good scientific practices, collegiality, and the implementation of the university policy on recognition and rewards based on the TRIPLE criteria. mentioned in this episode: - Polution map of Utrecht measured by UU professors on their outreach trip https://knowyourair.net/prof/ - Dies Natalis 386 https://www.uu.nl/nieuws/dies-natalis-2022-curious-collaborations - Open Science Co...
R2OS - Open Science Monitor with Ruth van Veelen and Judith de Haan
February 16, 2022 08:02 - 56 minutes - 64.7 MBThis episode we talk 'Team Science' and how to really 'Open Up' your science with Ruth van Veelen and Judith de Haan. Together with colleagues they worked on the Utrecht University Open Science Monitor of 2020. In this episode we mentioned: > Sicco's thread on Royal Academy (KNAW) report on recognition and rewards https://twitter.com/SiccodeKnecht/status/1489195279677071360?s=20&t=CUhsBMlHK7YWmUiT4kODqg > Sanli's thread on the Strategic Evaluation Protocol (SEP) https://twitter.com/sanli/s...
R2OS - "Faces of Open Science" with Susanna Bloem and Martijn van der Meer
December 20, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MB“Who are these Open Science people, anyway?” In this special installment Felix and Sicco interview Susanna Bloem and Martijn van der Meer on their project called ‘Faces of Open Science’. These two young researchers in the field of the history and philosophy of science went out to find oral histories – as it happens – for which they spoke to a myriad of Open Science minded colleagues at Utrecht University. From that they distilled a number of typical persona’s, all with their own unique motiva...
R2OS - A closer look at Open Hardware with Jose Urra Llanusa and Santosh Ilamparuthi
November 24, 2021 21:36 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBWe talk to Jose Urra Llanusa and Santosh Ilamparuthi, founders of the open hardware community at Delft Technical University, on promises and pitfalls of open hardware, and how to scale up good quality devices. Show notes: + [Guide to preprints](https://zenodo.org/record/5600535) + [Book launch "Open Science, the Very Idea"](https://www.uu.nl/nieuws/onbeschaamd-activistisch-een-nieuw-boek-over-open-science) + [NWO Open Science fund](https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/open-science/open-s...
R2OS-Open Hardware
November 24, 2021 21:36 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBWe talk to Jose Urra Llanusa and Santosh Ilamparuthi, founders of the open hardware community at Delft Technical University, on promises and pitfalls of open hardware, and how to scale up good quality devices. Show notes: + [Guide to preprints](https://zenodo.org/record/5600535) + [Book launch "Open Science, the Very Idea"](https://www.uu.nl/nieuws/onbeschaamd-activistisch-een-nieuw-boek-over-open-science) + [NWO Open Science fund](https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/open-science/open-s...
R2OS Reanimation of the Scientific Debate with Michael Bon
October 21, 2021 18:52 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBWe talk to Michael Bon, founder of the Collective Science Platform (CoScience) on his take on the big sin of academia and how reviving the scientific debate in the digital age make science great again. Show notes: + Climate Helpdesk: https://www.klimaathelpdesk.org/ + National measures to combat threats against scientists: https://www.vsnu.nl/en_GB/news-items.html/nieuwsbericht/788-universiteiten-nemen-landelijke-maatregelen-tegen-bedreiging-wetenschappers + Elisabeth Bik: https://scienceint...
R2OS - A Seat at the Table for Early Career Researchers, with Charisma Hehakaya
September 08, 2021 17:30 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBThe recognition and reward discussion surged during the summer. Charisma Hehakaya (PhD candidate at the UMC) had co-authored a opinion piece about including early career academics, because the decisions affect them the most. She talks with us about the background of this discussion and why she is active in the Young Science In Transition. Show notes: Article of Charisma and Sander Bosch: https://www.scienceguide.nl/2021/06/jonge-wetenschappers-worden-soms-nog-vergeten-in-erkennen-en-waarderen...
R2OS - Diversity and inclusion with Gönül Dilaver
July 15, 2021 07:50 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBCan science be truly open if it doesn't allow for all perspectives? In this episode we talk diversity and inclusion with associate professor at the UMC Utrecht Gönül Dilaver. Also, we touch base on the newsynews and talk education with Gönül. Shownotes: - Interview Paul Boselie on not using the Journal Impact Factor: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01759-5?fbclid=IwAR14xtmGL5yCfesD5ziYSbkdrB99lPcDidEAl1e4sVZDUWaodj0d9JNofag - Ovrir le Science, The French Government's bold Open S...
R2OS - The Rise of the Research Software Engineer
May 27, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB"Code often isn't your project, the research question is your project." Research software is a major component of modern science, but not everyone is a specialist in this regard. Barbara Vreede and Lieke de Boer from the Netherlands eScience center talk about the increasing importance of version control and the role of the research software engineer. Shownotes: Tweede Werksessie Erkennen en Waarderen: hoe dichten we de kloof tussen OBP en WP? https://www.uu.nl/agenda/tweede-werksessie-erken...
R2OS - The Rise of the Research Software Engineer with Barbara Vreede and Lieke de Boer
May 27, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB"Code often isn't your project, the research question is your project." Research software is a major component of modern science, but not everyone is a specialist in this regard. Barbara Vreede and Lieke de Boer from the Netherlands eScience center talk about the increasing importance of version control and the role of the research software engineer. Shownotes: Tweede Werksessie Erkennen en Waarderen: hoe dichten we de kloof tussen OBP en WP? https://www.uu.nl/agenda/tweede-werksessie-erken...
R2OS - Replicating History (not the Past) with Pim Huijnen and Pieter Huistra
April 29, 2021 03:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBHow do you replicate history? No, this is not a rhetorical question but an actual ongoing open science project by historians from Utrecht University. Together with a group of students Pim Huijnen and Pieter Huistra are shaping an entirely novel approach to historical research. Also, your shownotes: Innovation is overvalued, hail the maintainers!: https://aeon.co/essays/innovation-is-overvalued-maintenance-often-matters-more Fieldlabs criticism: https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/na-kriti...
R2OS - Automated Systematic Reviews ft. Rens van de Schoot
March 30, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBYet another installment of the Road to Open Science podcast where we tackle the question of how to find a needle in an ever growing haystack: Automated Systematic Reviews (ASReviews). With Rens van de Schoot we discuss what drives him and his team to run this project, and why they opted for the 'open' approach. SHOWNOTES Sanli introduces himself as a new member of De Jonge Akademie: https://vimeo.com/524195598 More on the Open Access and Diamond study: https://www.vsnu.nl/files/documenten...
R2OS - Recognition and Reward ft. Marieke Adriaanse & Paul Boselie
February 25, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBIn this episode, Sicco and Sanli review some open-science-related projects and events. They talk to dr. Marieke Adriaanse and prof. Paul Boselie, co-chairs of the “Recognition and Rewards” workgroup at Utrecht University, about their vision document. This document, recently approved by the University board, will set the basis for transformation of the evaluation and appreciation procedures at Utrecht University. Mentioned in this episode: • Twitter memes of Oded Rechavi - https://twitter.co...
R2OS Relaunch - Open Science Festival
January 27, 2021 04:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode, cohosts Sicco and Sanli share their personal takes on the essence of open science and how it benefits the academic community and the society at large taking examples from the hot debates around handling of the Covid19 pandemic by national health agencies. They review the recent announcements and news. They talk to Melanie Imming about her 6 years of advocating for Open Science in the Netherlands and the upcoming open science festival. Mentioned in this episode: Covid vacci...
The University Cooperative Workshop, Interviews with Participants
May 29, 2019 20:36 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBIn the first University Cooperative workshop on May 14th 2019, at Utrecht University, participants were introduced to the issues, the concepts, and successful examples of governing common resources. They also investigated two cases related to the university and knowledge dissemination. In this podcast some of the participants reflect on the program of the day. [more info](https://openscience-utrecht.com/workshop-the-university-cooperative/)
The University Cooperative Workshop
May 29, 2019 20:18 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBNearly thirty years ago, Elinor Ostrom published her groundbreaking book Governing the Commons, in which she showed that users of natural and agricultural resources can and do govern such resources themselves. They do not have to rely on hierarchical state or corporate regulation, nor on a pricing mechanism to overcome the collective action problems that may arise. By setting up rules together, and monitoring compliance with these rules, commoners are able to manage resources themselves. Ostr...
The Road to Open Science, Newschat May 2019
May 29, 2019 19:05 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBIn the May episode of the Road to Open Science newschat, Melanie Imming and Loek Brinkman talk with Jeroen Bosman and Bianca Kramer about some of the latest developments in Open Science in Utrecht and beyond. Topics discussed include recent activities of the Open Science Community, developments within the National Platform Open Science (NPOS), and a workshop on University Cooperatives building on the idea of the university as a commons. We also discuss how the current discourse around Open Sc...
The Road to Open Science, Newschat April 2019
March 31, 2019 13:38 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MB[Bianca Kramer](twitter.com/MsPhelps) and [Jeroen Sondervan](twitter.com/jeroenson) share recent development with open science activities in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and the EU. We also discuss a recent report from the Horizon 2020 expert group on Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication provided to the European Commission .
The Road to Open Science, Newschat February 2019
March 02, 2019 13:14 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MB[Anita Eerland](twitter.com/AnitaEerland) and [Jeroen Bosman](twitter.com/jeroenbosman) share some hot news about open access publishing. We also discuss the recent growth of the Open Science communities in The Netherlands and formation of the Open Science platform at Utrecht University with an ambitious plan.
The Road to Open Science, Interview with Micah Vandegrift, Open Knowledge Librarian
January 20, 2019 16:36 - 23 minutes - 32 MBMicah Vandegrift is Open Knowledge Librarian at North Carolina State University, and recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to study the state of Open Science in two European Countries, Denmark and The Netherlands. He tells us about his observations in Europe and his vision on the future position of libraries in the "discovery" decade of open science.
The Road to Open Science, Newschat December 2018
December 19, 2018 10:35 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MB[Bianca Kramer](https://twitter.com/MsPhelps) and [Barbara Vreede](https://twitter.com/barbaravreede) tell us some good news and we review the newly released information about the execution of planS and the discussions around it.
The Road to Open Science, Newschat November 2018
November 25, 2018 19:54 - 17 minutes - 24.1 MBJeroen Sondervan reports from the KNAW- organized meeting on Plan S and publishing open access books
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 6, Commons Is the Name
November 21, 2018 20:30 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBWe hear from Marleen Stikker and Bianca Kramer on governing scholarly work like creative commons. Marleen Stikker is founder of Waag. She is also founder of De Digitale Stad (The Digital City) in 1993, the first virtual community introducing free public access to the Internet. She leads Waag, a social enterprise that consists of a research institute for creative technologies and social innovation. She is also member of the European H2020 Commission High-level Expert Group for SRIA on innovat...
The Road to Open Science, Newschat October 2018
October 25, 2018 10:42 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MBBarbara Vreede and Jeroen Bosman talk about Plan S and the Force2018 conference in Montreal
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 5, with Cameron Neylon on Collective Action
October 24, 2018 12:21 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBIn episode 5 of the Road to Open Science podcast we talk to Cameron Neylon. David Cameron Neylon is an advocate for open access and Professor of Research Communications at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University. From 2012 - 2015 he was the Advocacy Director at the Public Library of Science. Cameron is one of the four authors of The Panton Principles, a set of principles which were written to promote open science. In this converstaion, we focused on two of his recent pap...
The Road to Open Science, Ep4a, Full Interview with Rosanne Hertzberger
October 21, 2018 15:50 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBRosanne Hertzberger is a microbiologist, writer and columnist. She obtained her PhD at the University of Amsterdam and worked at the Washington University in St. Louis at the Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research. She is now a visiting researcher connected to the VU University in Amsterdam. Within the context of open kitchen science, she shares her findings, experiences and experiments on her personal blog REBLAB.org. On this website you can also find the guidelines that define good ...
The Road to Open Science, Ep4b, Full Interview with Egon Willighagen
October 21, 2018 15:35 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBEgon Willighagen is assistant professor at Maastricht University, in the Department of Bioinformatics. Egon is active in various projects and initiatives connected to open science. For example BridgeDb, a framework for finding and mapping equivalent database identifiers, WikiPathways, a database of biological pathways, The Chemistry Development Kit, a collection of modular Java libraries for processing chemical information and Bioclipse, an open source platform for chemo- and bioinformatics.
Voice of UYA - Francien Peterse - One Thousand Sorrows
October 07, 2018 10:32 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBFrancien Peterse is assistant professor of organic geochemistry and a climate scientist. Despite the large body of evidence for the climate disaster we face, in the not-so-distant future, and the confirmation that this is caused by human activities, she sees insufficient efforts are made to save the planet. We talked about the role of scientists in encouraging stronger actions. From talking about collective action, we drift to another issue facing the academics who feel the increasing pressur...
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 4, The Untapped Potential
October 02, 2018 18:59 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBWe spoke with Rosanne Hertzberger and Egon Willighagen. Rosanne Hertzberger is a microbiologist, writer and columnist. After receiving her PhD at the University of Amsterdam and postdoctoral appointment in United States, she continued her research as an independent open scientist next to her professional writing activities. She is now a visiting researcher connected to the VU University in Amsterdam. Egon Willighagen is assistant professor at Maastricht University, in the Department of Bioi...
The Road to Open Science, Ep3b, Full Interview with Jean-Sébastien Caux
August 22, 2018 08:55 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBJean-Sébastien Caux is a professor in theoretical condensed matter physics at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITFA), part of the Institute of Physics within the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam. He is also a ricipient of the ERC-advanced grant for his research. You can read more on his blog and follow his Twitter @jscaux. He is also the founder of the publishing portal SciPost.
The Road to Open Science, Ep3a, Full Interview with Christopher Jackson
July 12, 2018 08:02 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBChristopher Jackson is a professor of basin analysis at the Imperial College in London and a member of the advisory board of EarthArxiv. He shared his views about open access publishing and the use of preprints for more effective dissemination of knowledge.
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 3, Academics In Charge
July 03, 2018 19:27 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBWe had conversations with Christopher Jackson and Jean-Sébastien Caux, two researchers who have started open access publishing platforms. They both told us that academics should be more in charge of the publishing system than they currently are, because publishing is too important for academia to be left at the discretion of the commercial players. Christopher Jackson is a professor of Basin Analysis at Imperial College in London. He has been one of the initiators of EarthArxiv (built on the...
The Road to Open Science, Ep2b, Full Interview with Daniel Lakens
June 24, 2018 19:19 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBWe talked to Daniel Lakens, assistant professor in Applied Cognitive Psychology at Eindhoven University of Technology, and author of the blog 'The 20% Statistician'. In 2017, he recieved the Leamer-Rosenthal prize for Open Social Science as a Leader in Education. He believes science should be a much more collaborative enterprise A shorter version of this interview was used in the second episode, "Collaboration is Key" (https://soundcloud.com/utrechtyoungacademy/the-road-to-open-science-ep-2...
The Road to Open Science, Ep2a, Full Interview with Kirstie Whitaker
June 21, 2018 06:41 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MBWe talked to Kirstie Whitaker. She is a research fellow at the Alan Turing Institute (London) and senior research associate at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. She is also a Mozilla Open Science Fellow. The Mozilla Science Lab is a community of researchers, developers, and librarians making research open and accessible. Kirstie was a member of the first Mozilla Open Leadership cohort and is currently a mentor for the fifth round of this cohort. A shorter version o...
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 2, Collaboration Is Key
June 17, 2018 19:28 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBThe Road to Open Science podcast series follows the path to open science through the perspective of researchers. In the second episodes we had conversations with Kirstie Whitaker, Daniel Lakens, Anita Eerland and Loek Brinkman. We asked our guests, what motivates them personally to advocate for adapting open science practices and what is the most important role the university can play to foster open science. What do you think about the role of university in promoting open science? What pers...
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 1b, Full Interview with Sascha Friesike
June 14, 2018 08:31 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MBWe talked to an expert of digital innovation: Sascha Friesike, assistant professor of Digital Innovation at VU Amsterdam and associated researcher at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. Sascha is one of the editors and writers of the book Opening Science, on the significant impact of internet on research, collaboration and publishing practices. In this episode he tells us more about the various definitions and the barriers to a wider embrace of open scienc...
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 1a, Full Interview with Frank Miedema
June 08, 2018 20:36 - 45 minutes - 62.8 MBFrank Miedema, is a professor of Immunology and dean and vice chairman of the board at the University Medical Center in Utrecht. We talked to him for the first episode of R2OS, "A Social Dilemma". In this interview Miedema states ‘The purpose of the individual is not in sync anymore with the purpose of the system.’ In his opinion, the management of universities and big funding agencies are responsible, in the first instance, to change the current situation and they must add to their efforts ...
The Road to Open Science, Ep. 1, A Social Dilemma
May 30, 2018 03:59 - 41 minutes - 94.9 MBEpisode 1: A social dilemma The Road to Open Science podcast series follows the path to open science through the perspective of researchers. What is open science and what can it do for research? In this first episode, ‘A social dilemma’, we try to answer the first part of this question and will also look into the current contradiction between the goals of the academic system and those of the individual scientist. Sascha Friesike, our first guest, describes this situation as a social dilemma....
Voice of UYA - Let's Talk About Unhealthy Work-habits
April 02, 2018 19:33 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MBFour young researchers from four faculties talk frankly about their unhealthy work habits. They wish to promote a sincere and rational discussion on how to create a healthier working environment at the university.
Voice of UYA - Wim Otte on Purposeful Research
March 04, 2018 21:17 - 42 minutes - 58 MBWim Otto looks differently at the “cure” or career dichotomy. He does so by putting meaning above science, elevating the discussion level so high that talking about the “academic career” will sound naive. Looking from his perspective, the “cure” or career question becomes almost irrelevant. He is a successful neuroscientist with a long publication record (metrics) and inventions that are currently being used by medical doctors in their practices (impact). Despite his high performance, he expr...
Voice of UYA - Borja Martinovic on Nativism and Sociology of Intergroup Prejudices
January 15, 2018 19:36 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBWith the current political climate persisting and war and climate refugees reaching record high numbers, a fundamental discussion on the rights of immigrants and natives is hard to avoid. This area of sociology is a main topic of research for Borja Martinovic, associate professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science/Ercomer at Utrecht University. She has gathered ample empirical evidence on intergroup attitudes in western societies. Her finding underlines the important role o...
Voice of UYA - Ron Dotsch on Making Into and Breaking Away from Academia
November 06, 2017 19:09 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBRon Dotsch is a psychologist that has studied human perception of others' faces for more than a decade. For his research he heavily uses technologies such as virtual reality and computer-generated modelling. He tells me how we adjust our interaction with people based on less than a second of looking at their faces. When meeting strangers, we tend to judge their characteristics, such as trustworthiness, sexual orientation, or political views, based on a very short glance. He also tells me that...
Voice of UYA - Lars Tummers on Policy Alienation
September 24, 2017 19:13 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBIn a pleasantly sunny summer day, I sat with Lars in Sterrenburg in the center of Utrecht and we talked about job autonomy, his research on policy alienation, and his vision on open science.
Voice of UYA - Elaine Mak on New Public Management in the Judiciary System
September 10, 2017 00:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBHow did she become a law professor? What can academics learn from judges in dealing with perils of the new public management? And how can slowness of law be one of its strengths? Hear the answers to these questions in my dialog with Professor Elaine Mak.