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CERN/NASA “Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science”, from July 10th-14th at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland https://indico.cern.ch/event/1254282/ 11 July 2023 (Day 2) Open Data Sharing

CERN/NASA “Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science”, from July 10th-14th at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland https://indico.cern.ch/event/1254282/ 13July 2023 (Day 4)Reproducibility, Reusability and Reward Systems in Practice Slides

CERN/NASA “Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science”, from July 10th-14th at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland https://indico.cern.ch/event/1254282/ 11 July 2023 (Day 2) Open Data Policies and Practices

This panel at the annual conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) explored the roles research managers and administrators (RMAs) have assumed in the Open Science space. We also considered the knowledge and skills RMAs bring to the Open Science space and discussedthe skills and support RMAs need to succeed in Open Science roles. The panel included 3 lightening talks by co-authors Daniel Spichtinger,NúriaBenítez Monforte, and Tadeu Fernando Nogueira. The lightening talks were interspersed by polls that engaged the audiencein the conference room (c. 100 RMAs). Following the lightening talks, we had an extended discussion and a Q&A session about the role of RMAs in the Open Science space. The main conclusions included that RMAs playa crucial role in coordinating Open Science implementation and practice and ensuring Open Science across the research project life cycle. RMAs often collaborate with other professionals in the Open Science space and act as translators/facilitators between the different stakeholders in the Open Science space. This record includes all materials produced by the panel, including the panel abstract, slides for the 3 lightening talks, and results of the 3 polls.&nbsp

A collection of presentations from the first day of the "Open Science Days in Greece" event, organized by ATHENA Research Centerin the context of theHELIXproject ending its implementation phase and theHellenic Data Serviceentering operations in the Greek Research and Innovation area. Recordings of the event can be found in theATHENA YouTube Channel. The event was support by theOpenAIRE NOAD in GreeceandNational Library of Greece.

Der Blick auf internationale Aktivitäten zu Open Science zeigt ein breites Spektrum von einzelnen institutionellen Policies bis hin zu nationalen Aktionsplänen. Die vorliegenden Empfehlungen für eine nationale Open Science Strategie in Österreich orientieren sich an diesen internationalen Initiativen und stellen praktische Überlegungen für ihre koordinierte Implementierung im Hinblick auf strategische Entwicklungen in Forschung, Technologie und Innovation (FTI) bis 2030 in Österreich dar. Dabei richten sie sich an alle relevanten Akteur*innen im FTI System, im Besonderen an Forschungsstätten, Forschungsförderer, Forschungspolitik, Gedächtnisinstitutionen wie Bibliotheken und Wissenschafter*innen. Das Empfehlungspapier wurde von 2018 bis 2020 von der OANA-Arbeitsgruppe "Open Science Strategie" entwickelt und im Frühling 2020 das erste Mal für eine öffentliche Konsultation veröffentlicht. Die nun vorliegende finale Version des Empfehlungsdokuments, die Feedback und Kommentare aus der Konsultation enthält, soll ein Anstoß für die weitere Diskussion und Umsetzung von Open Science in Österreich sein und als Beitrag und Grundlage einer potentiellen nationalen Open Science Strategie in Österreich dienen. Das Dokument baut auf der vielfältigen Expertise der Autor*innen auf (Wissenschaft, Administration, Bibliothek und Archiv, Informationstechnologie, Wissenschaftspolitik, Förderwesen etc.) und spiegelt deren persönliche Erfahrungen und Meinung wider. A look at international activities on Open Science reveals a broad spectrum from individual institutional policies to national action plans. The present Recommendations for a National Open Science Strategy in Austria are based on these international initiatives and present practical considerations for their coordinated implementation with regard to strategic developments in research, technology and innovation (RTI) in Austria until 2030. They are addressed to all relevant actors in the RTI system, in particular to Research Performing Organisations, Research Funding Organisations, Research Policy, memory institutions such as Libraries and Researchers. The recommendation paper was developed from 2018 to 2020 by the OANA working group "Open Science Strategy" and published for the first time in spring 2020 for a public consultation. The now available final version of the recommendation document, which contains feedback and comments from the consultation, is intended to provide an impetus for further discussion and implementation of Open Science in Austria and serves as a contribution and basis for a potential national Open Science Strategy in Austria. The document builds on the diverse expertise of the authors (academia, administration, library and archive, information technology, science policy, funding system, etc.) and reflects their personal experiences and opinions.

Opening up research data has been linked to a host of benefits, not only for the science system but also for broader processes of economic and social innovation. This is why policymakers and funders have taken steps to promote open data and, more recently, data that is findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). Yet the positive impacts of open/FAIR data can only be realized if such data, once shared, is actually reused. With practices of data citation still in their infancy, reliable measures of the extent and nature of research data reuse remain elusive; too often, it is simply assumed that once a baseline set of conditions are met, reuse will automatically follow. While scholarly studies of reuse practices are becoming more common, they often limit themselves to specific disciplinary contexts and rarely consider business or societal reusers. Efforts to build more general models (e.g., Kim and Yoon 2017) have tended to ground themselves in psychological theories of planned behavior, which emphasize the interplay of attitudes and norms but say little about their formation. As a result, the dynamic, affectively charged process by which different groups of social actors come to see themselves as data reusers is not well understood. Our exploratory qualitative study draws on an extensive literature review as well as interviews with 26 research data reusers and facilitators, which were transcribed and systematically coded. Our findings confirm the importance for reuse of enabling factors such as suitability for purpose, trust, data characteristics (including FAIRness), and capabilities, which we take to include skills, support by data stewards, and infrastructure usability. But our study breaks new ground by drawing on theories of scientific subjectification (Sigl 2019), which focus on the development of particular forms of self-understanding. We argue that this subjectification stage is a precondition for other factors to become relevant in enabling data reuse, as well as a passage point for broader open science advocacy. These results have concrete implications for open science researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike. Researchers may want to undertake qualitative studies of specific subjectification contexts such as trainings and mentoring relationships, as well as quantitative studies of the relative strength of individual, interpersonal, and organizational dynamics. Infrastructure providers and other facilitators need to see these subjectification contexts as integral to their strategies for promoting reuse. Finally, while research organizations and policymakers can encourage data reuse through formal structures of evaluation, they should also socialize these structures by identifying and supporting “data communities” (Cooper and Springer 2019) within which the work of subjectification increasingly takes place.

This article provides an overview of open research data and research data management in Horizon 2020. It describes the open research data pilot in Horizon 2020, which, as of 2017, has been extended to cover all thematic areas of Horizon 2020 (‘open data as the default’). However, the Commission also recognises that there are also good reasons to keep data closed and thus allows individual opt-outs. Good research data management in a broader sense has emerged as a key issue in this context. The link between openness and general management of research data is provided by a key document mandatory for all Horizon 2020 projects which do not opt-out: the data management plan (DMP). In the 2016 update of the Horizon 2020 guidelines on data management it was made clear that the DMP should outline how projects make their data FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable. Initial experience with DMP assessment by research data management (RDM) experts in H2020 reveals that additional guidance on data management is needed for all groups of actors in research projects. Aspects such as data preservation, IPR or standards are too often not well developed in the DMPs that have been submitted so far. However, improved guidance and tools are expected to improve these competences. Nevertheless research projects with excellent RDM performance are not rare. Some high quality DMPs from H2020 projects have already been published online. While costs for data management can be covered by the beneficiaries and are fully eligible for reimbursement in Horizon 2020 many project participants need information about the adequate level of spending for data management in projects. At the moment, those projects opting out of opening their research data do not have to provide a DMP. The authors believe that in the future all projects should produce a DMP, even if they choose to keep some (or even all) of their data closed. In this case, the DMP should still address the curation and preservation of such data.

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This presentation was delivered in the seminar New systems for scientific evaluation, peer-review and open access organised by DIGITAL.CSIC on October 22, 2014 within the framework of the International Open Access Week 2014. More details at https://digital.csic.es/sites/workshop_oa_2014/index_eng.html

This presentation provides an overview of the open access activities of the European Commission as a policy maker and major funder of scientific research through the FP7 and Horizon 2020 framework programmes as well as activities in the European Research Area (ERA). Furthermore the Commission also encourages national policy initiatives on access to, dissemination and preservation of scientific information.

Food scares lead to loss of consumer confidence and trust and to new challenges for industry and policy makers alike. Being able to react fast, efficiently and effectively in times of a (potential) food safety crisis is therefore very important. This article describes some key emerging food safety and quality topics that have been identified by the MoniQA emerging issues working group. These include the 2008 melamine crisis, the detection of dioxin in Irish pork, clenuterol and nanotechnology/nanofoods.

Presentation given at the event 'Open Access: Authors, publishers, investors and institutions for the dissemination of the scientific research's results' that was organised by the Library of EPFL in the context of the Open Access Week 2013. Abstract: We will give an overview of the ERC's approach to Open Access, and how it is reflected in the rules governing the ERC grants under the current 7th EU Research Framework Programme. We will explain how the ERC supports its grantees in providing open access to their research results, and shed some light on the changes to be expected for the new EU Research Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, which will start on 1 January 2014. In doing so, we will also take a look at the different roles of the ERC and the European Commission concerning the promotion of Open Access, and explain some of the differences in approach.