Open Science

Description

The  course is organized around three themes.

Theme 1. Open science, Participative Science and Citizen Science in perspectives: Context, Principles, Stakes. The topic addresses the guiding principles of “open” in relation to: other semantics as citizen and participative sciences, the different stakeholders and the impact on the production of knowledges and norms.
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Theme 2: Open access to research publications and data as prerequisites to open science. The topic focuses on the main concepts and tools that can help researchers make their work open and maximize the benefits to themselves and other stakeholders.

Theme 3: Open science tools and services in action. The topic provides an overview of the current tools and services accessible for researchers and stimulates a discussion on their benefits and limitations through a case study.

Lecturers

Florence Rudolf (INSA)
Gintare Tautkevičienė (Kaunas University of Technology)

Learning outcomes    

At the end of the course, participants should be able to:

• Reach a shared definition of open science and will be able to describe the ethical, legal, social, economic, and research impact arguments for and against open science;
• Have consolidated knowledge on open access practices as mandated by major funding institutions in the EU and understanding of the related issues;
• Decide which tools and services are most useful for themselves and their community and will develop a personal profile for showcasing their research profile;
• Define project management and use the project management triangle to define the three corner stones of project management: time, resources and people.
  

Format

All sessions will be held online, from 11 to 14 April, and on 21 April, 14.00 – 16.00 CET.

Evaluation

The main deliverable of the workshop will be a personal profile developed after the workshop. To receive a certificate, the participants will be expected to complete self-study tasks before the course (read the selected materials and write a self-reflection), be actively engaged in the discussions during the course and complete/revise a personal profile using a selected tool/platform. 

Registration

20 March – 2 April (only applications received within these dates will be considered)
Fill in the registration form and send it by email to smarter_academy@ua.pt

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Support

smarter_academy@ua.pt