Open Science Blog

Author Sven Gins (PhD student at the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society) shows how animal trials in premodern Europe shed light on more recent cases about the legal personhood of animals that received global attention.

A recently published series of open science guides help researchers in the Netherlands navigate topics such as pre-prints, open licenses, questionable publication practices (forthcoming) and how to apply open science in practice.

This month we highlight a visual essay written by David Shim (Faculty of Arts), which draws on his experiences working as a food-aid monitor in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Datasets of the GDCC are openly available and some have been downloaded over 100,000 times. We asked Director Prof Robert Inklaar to tell us more about the importance of FAIR data, the GDCC and why he chose to be an Open Science ambassador for his faculty.

Lately, the social media landscape has undergone significant shifts. This has led academic institutions and others to reassess their presence on Twitter. The rise of the so-called Fediverse—a decentralised social network, with Mastodon as the most prominent software—presents a promising alternative.

The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities. In this interview, we look back with Cisca Wijmenga on the development of open science at the university during her time as Rector Magnificus.

The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? Edition nine in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Spatial Sciences.

Open pedagogy is a style of teaching in which students are actively engaged in the learning process. In this blogpost, educational advisor and trainer Frederiek van Rij highlights three benefits.

Valentina Gallo (Campus Fryslân) and her team mapped COVID-19 data availability and accessibility for nine countries. Their research highlights the importance of a transparent and detailed reporting of COVID-19 related variables.

The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? Edition eight in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies.