Vision & Mission
The norms and practices in academia are shifting towards Open Science (OS). This shift is an ongoing process and involves universities, research funders, public administration and publishers, all across the globe. There is no doubt that OS is the way forward. However, stakeholders have different perspectives on how to implement OS. Hence, the practical implementation of the path towards a more open academic world is still unclear.
We believe that the research community itself is best suited to lead change – those who put OS to practice. That is why local bottom-up Open Science Communities are crucial in this transition. OSCs engage and enable academics to make their workflows more open, and allow them to articulate the opportunities and obstacles they experience, to policy makers and providers of research infrastructure and services (for more info, check out the article on the right).
Towards wide-scale adoption of open science practices: The role of open science communities.
Kristijan Armeni, Loek Brinkman, Rickard Carlssn, Anita Eerland, Tiabbe Fijten, Robin Fondberg, Vera E Heininga, Stephan Heunis, Wei Qi Koh, Maurits Masselink … more…
Science and Public Policy, scab038
Published: 03 July 2021
Our mission is to make INOSC:
BIGGER: increase the number of OSCs around the globe, by providing on-boarding and mentoring;
BETTER: Make local OSCs more successful, by stimulating knowledge exchange amongst local OSCs and facilitating collaboration;
STRONGER: Shaping the international Open Science landscape, by providing input to international research policy, infrastructure and services, on behalf of our community members.
INOSC News
- Call for OSCAWARDS 2024
The OSCAWARDS celebrate the many ways of contributing to open science and transparent research culture. Researchers, educators, support staff and students are invited to submit case studies describing their completed or ongoing projects, contributions by teams are particularly encouraged. Submission deadline: May 16. The Open Science Community Amsterdam (OSCA) is part of OSC-NL a network of coordinators of … - OSC-NL Knowledge exchange day on February 2nd, 2024
On February 2nd, 2024, OSC-NL hosted a knowledge exchange day to kick off the year. Due to the growing awareness that the communities are crucial in the transition to OS, we now also had funding to organise this day and other network events. Representatives from seven Open Science Communities attended the event to connect, socialise, …Continue reading “OSC-NL Knowledge exchange day on February 2nd, 2024”
- Open Research Working Group Drop-In SessionsMembers of the Open Research Working Group will be hosting monthly open research drop-in sessions, on the last Thursday of each month, between 12:15-13:00. These will be hybrid – someone will be around to speak to in person but you can also use the Google Meet links below to speak to someone over the tinterweb. These drop-in sessions …
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- Open Research Conversations – Spring 2024The University of Sheffield is pleased to announce its Spring 2024 schedule for its popular Open Research Conversations. These are free, online and open to all. Each focuses on a specific aspect of open research and features talks from 2-3 speakers followed by questions and discussion. For full details please visit Open Research Conversations – Spring …
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- How to build an open research community: Inter-institutional perspectives
The recording of the following session, part of the ‘Open Research Conversations‘ seminar series at the University of Sheffield (organised by the University Library, Scholarly Communications Team), held on 29 November 2023 is available to view: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.24658950.v1 The abstract of this Open Conversation is: While centrally-led and policy-driven initiatives can be effective in supporting uptake …Continue reading “How to build an open research community: Inter-institutional perspectives”