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● Gareth O’Neill● PLAN-E plenary meeting● Oxford eResearch Centre● 11 October 2017
Open Science and Researchers at eScience/Data Science Centres
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● Eurodoc as a Stakeholder ● Open Science at the EC● Survey on Open Science● Rewards for Open Science● Issues for e/Data Scientists● Break-Out Group Discussion
This talk
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● Eurodoc = European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers
● Registered non-profit organisation established in 2002 & based in Brussels
● Federation of 32 national associations for early-career researchers (ECRs) in Europe
● Run exclusively for & by ECRs in Europe on member fees and in voluntary capacity
Eurodoc as a Stakeholder
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(1) Represent ECRs on matters of education, research, & career development in Europe
(2) Advance the quality of doctoral programmes & standards of research activity in Europe
(3) Share information, organise events, join debates, & shape policies for ECRs in Europe
(4) Establish & promote cooperation between national associations for ECRs in Europe
Eurodoc as a Stakeholder
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Policy done in working groups (WGs):● WG Doctoral Training● WG Employment & Careers● WG Equality● WG Interdisciplinarity● WG Mobility● WG Open Science● WG Policy Research
Eurodoc as a Stakeholder
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Three Os of the European Commission (EC):● Open Innovation = more actors in innovation
process for new markets & entrepreneurship● Open Science (OS) = more open research by
digital technologies & collaborative tools● Open to the World = more cooperation &
science diplomacy for societal challenges
Open Science at the EC
Note there are other advisory groups on Open Science at the EC such as the RISE Advisory Group
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Open Science at the EC
Open Science Policy Platform
Expert Groups (EGs) on Open Science European OS Cloud Alternate Metrics Education & Skills Rewards & Incentives Open Access FAIR Open Data Research Integrity Citizen Science
EC
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Open Science at the EC
EG report on European OS Cloud (2016):● Realising the European Open Science Cloud
EG report on Alternate Metrics (2017):● Next-Generation Metrics. Responsible
Metrics and Evaluation for Open Science
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Open Science at the EC
EG report on Rewards & Incentives (2017):● Evaluation of Research Careers fully
Acknowledging Open Science Practices
EG report on Education & Skills (2017):● Providing Researchers with the Skills and
Competencies they Need to Practise Open Science
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Survey on Open Science
The survey was done by the Working Group Education & Skills under Open Science at the EC.
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Respondents per R1-R4, discipline, & sector:
Survey on Open Science
Note the survey was called Survey on Open Science & Career Development for Researchers 2017
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eScience is concerned à la PLAN-E with:● “application, re-use and re-usability of ICT
methods, methodologies, and tools to support solving complex scientific and/or industrial problems and with development where such methods or suitably adapted implementations are lacking”
Issues for e/Data Scientists
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Main activities of e/data scientists (DS) are:● Developing ICT infrastructure & software● Research project management & support● Supporting data creation & management● Developing tools & code for data lifecycle● Training and mentoring for e/data science
Issues for e/Data Scientists
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Some scientists are less equal than others:● Research output is data & code not articles● Not recognised as academics but as support● Not appearing as co-authors in publications● Not easy to cross over or return to academia● Not self-organised as group & stakeholder
Issues for e/Data Scientists
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● Role of PLAN-E as stakeholder for DS?● Get opinions of DS directly via surveys?● How to increase (co-)authorship of DS?● How to reward DS for support activities?● How to increase contact with academia?● Role of DS in data and code management?● Target DS for training as data stewards?
Break-Out Group Discussion
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Thank you for listening!
● Gareth O’Neill● [email protected] ● http://www.eurodoc.net
Open Science and Researchers at eScience/Data Science Centres
Images © EC,Eurodoc, Julien Eichinger, & Oleksandr Berezko