The ORION Open Science Podcast: Recent Episodes
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From data sharing to citizen science and from peer review to professional development the podcasts will 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. Now on Season 2!
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
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
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
- Yo Yehudi
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
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
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
- Blog (German Language)
Wiebke Hollersen
Episode Summary:
In this episode we talk to Alex Shkor about his company DEIP which is a peer review platform and blockchain protocol for the evaluation of intellectual capital, research, and innovation. We discussed why Alex created this platform, what the potential for digital research and big data is, and how Open Science can accelerate research.
Episode Links:
DEIP
Episode Summary:
In this episode we talk to Joy Owango, Founding Director at Training Centre in Communication. We discussed how Open Science is democratising research and access to data and publishing in Africa, the importance of ownership in research, and the challenges inherent in widespread change.
Originally we interviewed another two guests who are involved in the Open Science movement on the African continent: Osman Aldirdiri, founding director of Open Sudan initiative and Jo Havemann, co-founder of the AfricArXiv. Due to technical difficulties we can only publish the audio from Joy Owango. However, we do have a transcript of the full interview with all three guests.
Episode Links:
- AfricArXiv
- Joy Owango
- Training Centre in Communication
- Osman Aldirdiri
- Open Sudan's Open Data Day
- Jo Havemann
- Access2Perspectives
Episode Summary:
In this episode we talk to two copyright lawyers, Malcolm Bain and Lucrezia Berto, about what the legal framework of research creation and sharing is. Who owns your research? What needs to be considered before you make it open?
Episode Links:
Across Legal
Malcolm Bain
Lucrezia Berto
Episode Summary:
In this episode we talk to Dylan Roskams-Edris from Open Science Alliance Officer at Tanenbaum Open Science Institute and The Neuro in Canada. We discussed how The Neuro made itself into the worlds first open neuroscience institution, the challenges and opportunities of embracing Open Science at an institutional level, how Open Science itself needs to be more open, and the potential for scientists working in such a system.
Episode Links:
- Dylan Roskams-Edris
- The Neuro
Episode Summary:
In this episode we talk to Professor Stefano Bertozzi, editor-in-chief Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 (RR:C19). This new open access overlay journal from the MIT Press is aiming to publish expert peer reviews of new COVID-19 research which will help validate and accelerate the discovery of high impact, useful studies. We discussed how the journal will work, the role human and AI input will play, and the importance of pan-disciplinary content.
Episode Links:
- Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 Journal
- MIT Press
- Professor Stefano Bertozzi
Episode Summary:
The Coronavirus pandemic has led to many new initiatives to help scientists share resources and data. We talked to, Tobias Opialla and Lisa Rieble who have created a new platform called LabHive. We discussed what LabHive is and how it got started, as well as how Open Science principles and practices relate to the new normal and how communication is key.
Episode Links:
LabHive
WirVsVirus
Impact Hub Berlin
Bonus links regarding Drosten, the Teachers and Kindergarteners and the BILD:
Original tweet from Drosten: https://twitter.com/c_drosten/status/1264934434756755456
Replies from improperly quoted reviewers: https://twitter.com/jdoeschner/status/1264948078790029313 https://twitter.com/domliebl/status/1264935266185293826 https://twitter.com/polenz_r/status/1264946109719379970 https://twitter.com/christoph_rothe/status/1265344225979314177 https://twitter.com/christoph_rothe/status/1264930677306413058
The xkcd regarding preprints: https://xkcd.com/2304/
Regarding renewed interest in Testing: Drosten wanting to test schools and Kindergartens https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/39-Welche-Chancen-neue-Tests-bieten,podcastcoronavirus206.html
Press Release from Berlin Senate regarding test strategy: https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2020/pressemitteilung.935676.php
Episode Summary
In this episode we cover UniStem Day, a pan European outreach event that bring stem cell research and high school students together. We talk to the organisers of UniStem Day at the Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Stefanie Mahler and Dr Daniel Besser, as well as teachers and pupils who attended.
Episode Links
German Stem Cell Network
CC 0, CC BY or CC BY-NC-SA? We talked to Cable Green, the interim CEO and Director of Open Education at Creative Commons. Cable explained the rationale behind the licenses on digital work and provided us with a practical guide to how to use these. Further on, we ventured into the world of Open Education and how it is empowered by Creative Commons licensing. And yes - we did also talk about Covid-19 and how it is changing the way we think about open access and collaboration.
Episode links:
https://creativecommons.org/
Twitter:
@creativecommons
@cgreen
Episode Summary:
One of the issues that gets raised by the Open Science movement is that it has a potential conflict with innovation and commercialisation of research. To explore this topic we talked to Professor Shobita Parthasarathy about how patents actually work, how we understand the idea of science as a public good, and the challenges of inclusive innovative.
Episode Links:
Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
http://shobitap.org/
Twitter: @ShobitaP
Further reading:
Shobita Parthasarathy. Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. (available at Amazon, MIT Press, and wherever books are sold)
Shobita Parthasarathy. Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017 (available at Amazon, University of Chicago Press, and wherever books are sold)
Shobita Parthasarathy. “Use Patents to Regulate Gene Editing.” Nature. October 25, 2018.
Shobita Parthasarathy. “An early expression of democracy, the US patent system is out of step with today’s citizens.” [Updated]. The Conversation. July 4 2018. (reprinted in Business Insider, Associated Press, among other outlets)
Shobita Parthasarathy. “How to make sure we all benefit when nonprofits patent technologies like CRISPR.” The Conversation. July 19, 2017.
Episode Summary:
In this episode we talk to Dr Brian Nosek about the work of the Center for Open Science. We discuss how to shift expectations of what is the norm is science, preregistration, networks, and the impact of a digital society on scientific practice.
Episode Links:
Center for Open Science
@OSFramework
Brian Nosek
@BrianNosek
Episode Summary:
This week we talk to Lara Mangravite, President of Sage Bionetworks 'a nonprofit biomedical research and technology development organization' that facilitates research data sharing in biomedicine, as well as promoting community research and citizen science projects. We discussed the advantages and challenges of dating sharing and what tools Sage BioNetworks are offering*.
Episode Links (provided by Sage Bionetworks):
Synapse is a set of web services and tools created by Sage Bionetworks that make it easier for researchers to aggregate, organize, analyze, and share scientific data, code, and insights. mPower is a free, 2 year digital health research study developed with the goal of understanding the progression of Parkinson’s Disease at the level of the individual. Elements of Informed Consent is a free, downloadable toolkit for researchers that includes basic information and best practices for developing an effective informed consent process. The Open Drug Discovery Center for AD (Open AD) was established to develop and openly distribute experimental tools for use in the evaluation of a diverse set of novel AD targets.
Other Links:
Center for Open Science , NIH All of Us Research Program, Structural Genomics Consortium
*"The thoughts and views expressed in this interview are Lara Mangravite's and not those of Sage Bionetworks or any affiliated organizations."
Episode Summary:
Season 2 is here! We start by looking back at the last year, and talking for the first time about the Open Science project that we are part of ORION. In particular, we consider the aim and impact of Open Science training and interview two participants: Malte Schäfer from TU Braunschweig and Dr Deirdre Winrow from University College Dublin, from our workshop and our MOOC.
Links:
- Enroll in the MOOC 2.0
- ORION Training Materials
- ORION Training Workshops
Quotes:
"He radicalised me"
"It gives them space to reflect on Open Science"
"The system of science has changed"
Episode Summary:
In the last episode of 2019 we talk to Professor Dan Quintana from the University of Oslo about the advantages of sharing preprints and ideas online, fears about getting scooped, and lessons he has learnt about Twitter and time management.
Episode Links:
Dan Quintana
- Dan Quintana Twitter
Everything Hertz Podcast
Physiology & Behavior Podcast
Episode Quotes:
"The great thing about social media is it is a great way to organise a lot of people who are like-minded"
Episode Summary:
In this week's episode we report on a recent symposium: Doing Good: Scientific Practice Under Review. There are interviews and impressions from the organisers and attendees who discuss why Open Science is good science, what the current state of play is, and what researchers need in order to make positive changes for the better.
Episode Links:
Symposium Program and Slides
Symposium Twitter
Episode Quotes:
"Are we doing good? That's the question we are asking in the symposium and asking from different perspectives".
Episode Summary:
Is Science Communication relevant and important to Open Science? Using the events organised by ORION and the MDC as part of the recent Berlin Science Week as a case study of varied science communication events the usual hosts are joined by Dr Christian Popp and Valentin Popescu from the Lifetime Flagship project at the MDC to discuss these topics.
Episode Links:
Lifetime Project
- Lifetime Twitter
Berlin Science Week
Brain City Berlin Trailer ft. Open Science Workshop event
The Bear: Storytelling Workshop on the theme of Eureka! moments
Episode Quotes:
"Science is amazing and I don't understand it but I want to know more!"
Episode Summary
In this episode we talk to Dr. Jens Peter von Kries and Dr Katja Herzog from the Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) about their work on the open access technology platform EU Open Screen Project.
Episode Links
EU Open Screen MDC
EU Open Screen
Quotes
"From bench to bedside, this really shows that from academia there is really a chance to help people in the clinics"
Episode Summary:
This week we talk to Dr Emma Dorris, a molecular researchers and Initiative Lead for The Patient Voice in Arthritis Research, about the benefits of public engagement for health and life sciences research. She outlines the challenges of involving the public in research, the benefits for scientists and society, and practical steps for researchers to take.
Links:
- Emma Dorris
- Information about Public Engagement
- ORION Public Dialogues
Episode Quote:
"They are fascinated by what is going on behind the scenes, they really want to know what's happening and what's in the pipeline. and they tend to be far more supportive of it and far more supportive of high risk research than people in academia are".
Episode Summary:
At the Open Science FAIR in Porto we interviewed Paola Masuzzo, one of the key note speakers, about why she wants to shift the conversation on Open Science towards a more radical approach which gets rid of the journals, realigns power structures, and unlocks knowledge for everyone.
Links:
- Paola Masuzzo
- Open Science MOOC
Quotes:
"Knowledge is precious, it is not a commercial good, it cannot be treated as one"
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are highlighting some of the tools on show at the Open Science FAIR 2019 in Porto, Portugal.
Links:
- figshare
- Alan Hyndman
- The Turing Way Book
- The Turing Way GitHub
- Rachael Ainsworth
- Open Science Quest
- Jonathan England
Quotes:
'So two reasons: because you have to and just because it is for the good of society'
'Make reproducible research too easy not to do'
'I wanted to change the way people became aware of Open Science best practices'
Episode Summary:
In this week's episode we talk to Max Caine who has a created a platform called The Science Breaker where scientists can publish summaries of their research which are easy for non-scientists to understand. We asked Max about how the platform works, what he feels the barriers to science communication are, and how to improve public trust in science.
Links:
The Science Breaker
Quotes:
"The spark in our eyes when we are describing the starting question of our experiments, and this is something which engages the public"
Episode Summary:
Our guest this week is the influential skeptic Professor Steven Novella who is the producer and co-host of the very successful podcast A Skeptic's Guide to the Universe and author of a book by the same name. Novella is also an American clinical neurologist and assistant professor at Yale University School of Medicine. In this episode he talks to us about his views on how best to promote Open Science in medicine, the challenges of creating a new publication method, and the importance of communicating science to the public.
Links:
A Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Podcast
A Skeptic's Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake Book
Steven Novella:
- Yale Profile
Episode Quotes:
"They are uncomfortable with anything that is in and of itself pseudoscience because they think it taints them"
"It doesn't really matter what you say your priorities are, your priorities are whatever it is that you promote people for"
"We have an opportunity to completely rethink how we publish science"
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing data sharing and Open Science. Our interview guest will be Stanford University Professor of Medicine: John Ioannidis who has now come to the Berlin Institute of Health as an Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow at the BIH QUEST Center to establish the Meta-Research Innovation Center Berlin (METRIC-Berlin), the European “sister” of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS). We will cover his research and opinions on data sharing, reproducibility, and how to improve research.
Links:
John Ioannidis
BIH Quest Centre
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
Quotes:
'I think that scientists, by themselves, are recognizing that it is important to share [data] and in many fields, like in Genetics, they realize that unless they share they cannot really go very far'
'Clearly over the years we have seen more scientific sharing of data'
Episode Summary:
In this week's episode, Open Science advocate and researcher Björn Brembs talks about his analysis of and radical solutions to the flaws he identifies in the scientific publishing system. Brembs discusses manipulated impact factors, pseudo-competitions, the evolution of the reproducibility crisis, and what we could all do instead!
Links:
Björn Brembs Blog
Björn Brembs Twitter
Article on pseudo-competitions in science (in German)
Quotes:
'People strive not to find the next interesting discovery, but to find the next paper'
'Our institutions need to realise that the journal system harms science'
'The publication services the journal system currently provides, when we do it ourselves would be about 10% of what we are currently paying'
Episode Summary:
Our guest Dr Christian Busse spoke to us about the Free Software Foundation Europe and the challenges and opportunities connected to Open and Free Software...and what the differences between those two things might be. Christian has very kindly supplied some notes for us to add this week.
Links:
First, the main website of the "Public Money, Public Code" campaign is: https://publiccode.eu
Second, the "Legal activities" section of the FSFE website, which includes further links for licensing questions, workshops and the Legal Network, can be accessed via https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/activities.en.html
Finally, there is an position paper by the FSFE on Free Software in Horizon2020: https://fsfe.org/activities/ftf/activities.en.html
Quotes:
'Free as in freedom and free as in beer'
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing the relationship between science and being funny. Science communication relies on grabbing attention, making science relatable and exciting, and humanising scientists, we talked to Marc Abrahams founder and emcee of the Ig Nobel Prize and editor of Annals of Improbable Research about the role humour plays in this.
Resources and Links:
- Marc Abrahams
- Ig Nobel Prize
- Public engagement factsheet
Episode Quotes:
‘If you spend five seconds really looking at it, there’s something funny about it, and that’s what makes it interesting, and once you're interested, if only for five seconds, now you’re paying attention’
‘All of us were looking at each other and thinking: at any moment now some ‘grown up’ person is going to stop us’
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are talking to Dr Guillaume Filion from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona about his decision to put his name on all his peer reviews, why he feels this makes him more accountable, and what choices researchers need to make about whether their values align with those who they will work with.
Resources and Links:
- Factsheets
- Dr Guillaume Filion
- Twitter Page
- Original Blog Post by Dr Guillaume Filion
- FOSTER+ Information on Open Peer Review
Episode Quotes:
“I had the feeling I would do a better job as a reviewer, if I put my name on it, if I put my name on the line then it would force me not to do a bad job”
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing what metadata is, the obstacles to sharing research data, and how Open Science recommendations are being transformed into actions. Our interview guest will be Professor Eva Mendez from Universidad Carlos III in Madrid who is the Chair of the European Open Science Policy Platform.
Links:
Factsheets (Open Data and Data Management)
Professor Eva Mendez
Open Science Policy Platform
Quotes:
'Open doesn't necessarily mean FAIR'
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing a range of topics relating to the good and bad of research practices with our interview guest Ivan Oransky the co-founder of Retraction Watch. We will discuss the issue of paper retractions, and their wider implications for research integrity, peer review, and science journalism.
Links:
Retraction Watch
Research Integrity Information
Article on Issues in Peer Review
Quotes:
'I don't think it is great to cover single studies every week'
Episode Summary:
In this episode we interview Dr Aubrey De Grey, founder of the SENS Research Foundation which aims to develop a cure for aging! De Gray works outside mainstream science and we talked to him about his controversial theories, views on citizen science, and rewarding radical ideas in science.
Links:
SENS Foundation
Would You Want to Live Forever? Video on Emilia Tikka's Speculative Art Piece (Turn on subtitles)
Quotes:
"It took us 10 years to get our 1st publication”
"I'm not planning to die"
Episode Summary:
In Part 2 of the episode on communicating animal research we bring you excerpts from an EARA event at the MDC at which scientists and science communicators discussed their views on how and why animal research should be communicated more openly.
Links:
Factsheets
Full talks: Improving openness in animal research in Germany – watch the videos
Quotes:
'Only if scientists openly discuss animal research we can reach our goal: a consensus that the majority of society can support. We need to defend the middle ground'
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing the issues connected to communicating animal research. Open Science is based on making science more transparent and accessible, but what does that mean for those who do more controversial research? We will cover what fears scientists might have, and the arguments for and against animal research that scientists often hear. In Part 1, Luiza gives her perspective as a former lab scientist and Emma talks about her ideological change from animal rights activist to science communicator.
Links:
- Factsheets
- European Animal Research Association (EARA)
- Openness in Animal Research Public Dialogue
Quotes:
'If one scientist feels they can talk about this a bit more then that's good, right?'
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing preprints and how they fit into Open Access publishing. Our interview guests will be Dr Manvendra Singh, a post-doc, and Elias Lowenstein, a PhD researcher, both from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC). We will cover what pre-prints are, what possible benefits they bring, and how they can help promote open access more widely.
Resources and Links:
- Factsheets
- Preprint Archive Database
- Preprint-Journal Compatibility List
- Scientists:
- Manvendra Singh
- Elias Lowenstein
Episode Quotes:
“With preprints it is a copyright you have, to the world: you gave this information first”
Episode Summary:
The podcast this episode will report directly from an ‘Edit-a-thon’ that aims to celebrate International Women’s Day 2019 by improving diversity on Wikipedia pages. The podcast will investigate what the challenges to diversity in science are and how the Open Science movement can help.
Organising Institutions:
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Leibniz Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
Interviewees:
Dr Karin Höhne
Dr Jess Wade
Dr Alice White
Dr Wing Ying Chow (Ying)
Steph (Attendee and Science Communicator)
Links:
How to Edit a Wikipedia Page - BBC Article
Wellcome Library
Inferior, Angela Saini (The book that inspired Jess Wade)
Reimagining Open Science Through a Feminist Lens
Quotes:
'We have so many women doing incredible work so we just wanted to make them visible'
'Men's work is more likely to accepted and more likely to be cited'
'One of the things that excites me about Wikipedia is that it is a great gateway for people who might never have clicked on a journal article'
'Anything you can do in your pyjamas is a good thing'
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing whether science is broken or whether it is self-correcting, and whether the Open Science movement is evidence that science does in fact self-correct. Our interview guest will be Daniel Engber who is a science journalist from Slate magazine. We will cover problems and challenges in the practice of science, what can be done to improve the situation, and how Open Science principles are helping to change things.
Resources and Links:
- Factsheets
- Engber Articles
- Science Is Broken. How Much Should We Fix It?
- For Better Science, Bring on the Revolutionaries
- Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real Which means science is broken
- Cancer Research Is Broken
- Discover Magazine article: Is Science Broken, Or Is It Self-Correcting?
- Pressure for Novelty article
Episode Quotes:
“Science is only self-correcting if people take the trouble to correct it”
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing Plan S. Plan S is a new approach to Open Science publishing; an initiative which would require researchers receiving funding from state and EU funding to publish fully open access. Our interview guest will be Professor Sabina Leonelli who is closely involved with researching and advising on Open Science issues, and who has co-authored a statement on Plan S from the Global Young Academy. We will cover what Plan S is, the potential positives and negatives of Plan S, and the difficulties in making changes to research structures.
Resources and Links:
- Factsheets
- Sabina Leonelli Profile Page
- Twitter Page
- Global Young Academy Statement on Plan S
- Coalition S Information on Plan S
- Plan S: key points
- EU Life Response to Plan S
Episode Quotes:
“Plan S is a rather radical way that funders are trying to push the publishing landscape”
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing Unpaywall. Unpaywall is a database and browser extension that legally searches for Open Access versions of research papers. Our interview guest will be Heather Piwowar who co-developed and manages Unpaywall. We will cover how and why Unpaywall was developed, and the issues with current Open Science tools.
Resources and Links:
- Factsheets
- http://unpaywall.org/
- Heather Piwowar Twitter
- Impact Story
- Nature article: How Unpaywall is transforming open science
Episode Quotes:
“It is cool to see the green unlock icon, which if you click it takes you immediately to a free article, right beside a big box on a publisher’s page that says ‘$39 to view’. It feels like we are really unlocking the power of Open Access”.
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing data sharing and who owns research data. Our interview guest will be Dr Daniel Barron from Yale University, who wrote an article on these issues in Scientific American. We will cover the issue of what the priorities for research data are, the Jack Gallant controversy, and should Open Science principles be enforced.
Resources and Links:
- Factsheets
- Daniel Barron
- Daniel Barron Articles
- Daniel Barron Twitter
- Barron’s Scientific American article
- Nature article: Data sharing and the future of science
Episode Quotes:
“Who owns research data?”
Episode Summary:
In this episode we are discussing researcher career options and how open science can have career benefits. Our interview guest will be Dr Janet Metcalfe who is the Head of Vitae, an organisation supporting researcher professional development. We will cover the challenges researchers face in modern academia, the surprising truth about changing career paths, and how Open Science can benefit research career progression.
Resources and Links:
- Factsheets
- Vitae
- Cost of Getting a PhD (Article)
Episode Quotes:
“People, when they are doing their PhD, they tend to measure their PhD in terms of the research results at the end of it, but actually the most important product of a PhD is the person.”