Open Science Blog

Marlon de Jong advises UG researchers on how to practice open science while protecting the privacy of research participants. We asked her to tell us more about her role and the most important challenges of dealing with privacy-sensitive research data.

This month’s publication is dedicated to a study of airborne flocks of homing pigeons attacked by a robotic falcon. It was written by various co-authors from the UG’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, and the universities of Exeter and London.

We interviewed editor Mónica López López (Faculty of BSS) about her recent book “Working with LGBTQIA+ youth in the child welfare system” and why she decided to publish this open access with the University of Groningen Press (UGP).

The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities of the next five years. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? The third edition in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Economics and Business.

This month's article presents an analysis of the Buddha Mummy Statue case by UG author Zhen Chen, in which Chinese village committees sued a Dutch collector for the return of a stolen golden statue that contains a mummified Buddha. This brought up the question: is a mummy a person or a property, or in fact neither? 

This month's publication is dedicated to the phenomenon of speech prosody, which is the variation in how we use our voices when we speak. Special about this article is that it was published in Frontiers for Young Minds, which is a journal tailored to a young audience. 

The authors of this month's article in the spotlight argue that soil degradation should be considered the 10th Earth system process in the so-called planetary boundaries framework. It was written by Clarisse Kraamwinkel, Anne Beaulieu (both from Campus Fryslân), Teresa Dias (Universidade de Lisboa) and Ruth Howison (Faculty of Science and Engineering).

During the online event Celebrating Openness, keynote speakers and UG researchers explored the role of open science in the humanities. The three winners of the Open Research Award 2021 gave lightening talks and a panel discussion addressed how the university should recognize and reward open science practices.

The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities of the next five years. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? The second edition in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Philosophy.

This month's publication addresses the intensification of state control over the digital domain in Russia, and what types of online activism are tolerated or even endorsed and why. It was written by Rashid Gabdulhakov, who works at the Faculty of Arts.