Open Science Blog

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.

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.

Researchers are increasingly asked to share their research data openly with the world. The UG's Digital Competence Centre facilitates this by managing data repository DataverseNL. Three data stewards from the DCC tell us more about this service.

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) employs random selection in grant decisions. Dr. Marco Bieri from the SNSF explains the rationale behind this and reflects on the experiences so far.

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? In this edition: the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences.

The newly established MSc programme in Voice Technology at Campus Fryslân is not only unique because of its cutting-edge and interdisciplinary approach of speech technologies, but also because it integrates open science practices in its curriculum.

Alma Erenstein works as a Funding Officer at the Faculty of Law. In her role she supports and advises researchers who are preparing funding applications. We asked her about her role as a funding officer how developments in the field of open science affect the grant application process. 

Dr Rose Harris-Birtill serves as Managing Editor across the Open Library of Humanities platform of 28 Open Access scholarly journals, and Editor of its flagship journal OLH, based at Birkbeck, University of London. In this interview, she discusses the benefits and challenges of open access publishing in the humanities and describes the publishing model of the Open Library of the Humanities.

“Whenever I make something open – be it my data or methodology – I am always a bit nervous before I click the button." Interview with Dr Ineke Wessel, associate professor in Experimental Psychopathology at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences.

We interviewed Dr Canan Çakirlar, assistant professor of Zooarcheology at the Faculty of Arts. Canan explains what open science means in archaeology and what the benefits of adopting open research practices are in her field.