While the EU’s Horizon 2020 research program primarily called for open access publications, the successor program Horizon Europe (2021 – 2027) has significantly expanded the requirements for research proposals. Here …
In this session, we map the research field of science communication and learn about foundational theoretical concepts for science communication. Starting from the outdated deficit model of science communication, which …
This second session will look at empirical trends in science communication, specifically two: 1) Internal communication processes are becoming public, and 2) Many sciences have many publics. With respect to …
In this final session, we look at the basic pillars of a science communication and impact strategy, based on the Research Impact Canvas (Fecher & Kobsda 2018). The Research Impact …
Here you find a list of recommendations on different topics. However, some materials are in German. Khoo, Shaun Yon-Seng (2019): Article Processing Charge Hyperinflation and Price Insensitivity: An Open Access …
Welcome to the last week of the course! Watch this introduction to understand the link between Open Science and the need for communication and dissemination of research.
First, watch the video to get to know your lecturer, Dr. Benedikt Fecher from the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin (Germany). You will furthermore get …
It was the EU commission under Jean-Claude Junker with his research commissioner Carlos Moedas who in 2015 integrated the concept of “Openness” into EU research policy. They coined the vision …
The next video is about publish-or-perish culture, which is built on two rules: Publish as many articles as possible, and publish them in journals with the highest possible impact factor, …
Resources used in week 7 arXiv. arXiv [Online]. Available at: https://arxiv.org/ (Accessed: 29-06-2022). Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. (2003). Berlin Declaration on Open …
Non-commercial licences in academia Not all Creative Commons licences meet the criterion of an open licence, since re-use can be restricted in some ways. If you would like to share …
Open access secures accessibility to all kinds of output and information, including text publications, research data, educational resources, software as well as methods and evaluation processes. By opening up all …
This fourth video discusses a paper by Michael Gibbons from 1999. It’s title is “Science’s new social contract with society.” This paper is probably the starting point of the Open …
The 6 licence options require that appropriate credit is given to the authors by naming them as creators and linking them to the applicable licence. The licences are based on …
The OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE Paris took place in Paris in February 2022. At this conference a number of talks were given that are closely related to what we want to …