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Despite advances in open data, crucial questions remain about how data are being used and for what purposes. The Make Data Count initiative is driving progress on this front by building tools and community practices that help better measure, understand, and recognize the use and impact of data as an important research output. In this webinar, Make Data Count shared key updates from its ongoing pro...

This session provides an overview of the history of African Journals Online (AJOL), highlighting key milestones and lessons learned from supporting scholarly publishing across Africa. Participants are expected to gain insight into the Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) framework and its role in strengthening quality assurance, transparency, and best practices in scholarly publishing...

In this session, we explore how persistent identifiers and open research infrastructure are transforming research visibility and discoverability across Africa. Mohamad Mostafa (DataCite) opens with an overview of the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, particularly its second pillar on open research infrastructure and explains how tools like DOIs, ORCID IDs, and ROR IDs work together to ma...

In a world where scientific progress holds the key to solving humanity’s most pressing challenges, Henri Max Deda , co-founder of scienceOS.ai , shares his journey from molecular biologist to science communicator and entrepreneur. Speaking with Jo Havemann , Henri reflects on how his diverse background and a pivotal lecture on the “Network Effect” inspired him to co-create a platform that empowers...

Sergio Santamarina works as a librarian in Argentina at the National University José Clemente Paz (UNPAZ) and has a focus on open science practices and challenges in Latin America. Together with Jo, he explores issues around open access publishing requirements, the cost barriers for obtaining Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) in Latin American universities, and the importance of decentralized netw...

Hülya Afat and Jo Havemann explored the intersection of politics, education, and sustainability, offering valuable insights into how collaboration and community-building can drive positive change. Hülya highlighted the challenges facing higher education in Turkey, emphasizing the need for collective action to address political and social issues. Her work with Oikos, an organization dedicated to su...

In this episode, Tom Mosterd - co-founder of Sylla , talks about his journey in the open-access movement and the vision behind Sylla’s innovative approach to scholarly publishing. The team at Sylla works with educators and university librarians to adopt open and affordable scholarly resources. LinkedIn: /in/tom-mosterd-667497a4 With experience at Knowledge Unlatched and the OAPEN Foundation , Tom...

Beth Bayley is the Open Science Manager at Karger Publishers, a health sciences publisher based in Switzerland. She co-leads Karger’s Open Science Task Force as well as the Karger Ambassadors Program. Specializing in Open Access since 2010, Beth is engaged with strategy, policy, and communications to support Karger's “open for Open“ drive toward a sustainable transition to Open Access that wil...

Dr Friederike Rohde is a sustainability researcher with a background in science and technology studies. She is committed to the sustainable shaping of digital change and the responsible use of technology. She is particularly interested in the interactions between digitalisation, AI, and sustainability and further societal debates surrounding new technologies. She holds a PhD in Science and Technol...

A couple of days ago, Matthieu Boisgontier shared a post on Linkedin, mentioning that he had just published his 100th paper. While this seems to be quite the achievement for many scholars these days, he questioned if that was even something that should be celebrated. You can read the original post in French (or a translation into your preferred language) at https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn...

Dr. Amarachi Paschaline Onyena is a dedicated Lecturer and Marine Science Researcher with a deep passion for tackling critical global challenges in water and environmental management. Specializing in the investigation of water and environmental contamination, her work focuses on understanding and mitigating the impact of emerging contaminants using cutting-edge research techniques. With a commitme...

Dr. Mark Young, the founder of Rational Games , is an independent author, trainer and consultant with many years´ practical and academic experience in the area of negotiation, mediation and conflict management skills. His theoretical work is tempered by practical lessons learned as a negotiator in government (US Department of Commerce) and in the field of corporate finance and mergers and acquisit...

Tony Alves is the Senior Vice President of Product Management at HighWire Press, Inc. With 30 years of experience in scholarly publishing, Tony has developed expertise in areas such as product development, software design, content acquisition, and international client management. He has a deep understanding of the publishing process, especially for scientific journals, scholarly communications, pr...

Welcome to our bonus episode featuring the end-of-year event of the Rwanda Preprint Club currently known as the Review and Curate Club.  Dine Roseline Dzekem ( ORCID : 0000-0002-8210-9258 ) created the Review and Curate Club, an open-science and open-access club in Africa, which is operated by an enthusiastic committee. It aims to promote open science by boosting awareness of preprints, scientific...

Monica Gonzalez-Marquez is passionate about improving how scientific information is documented and understood. She works closely with researchers and experts to make scientific documents clearer, more accurate, and easier to access by following the best practices. She also uses creative methods to simplify complex scientific ideas, designing user-friendly tools and organizing information in a way...

Speaker's Profile:  Ina Smith, DOAJ Ambassador Southern Africa ORCID ID: ⁠ 0000-0002-9710-3668 ⁠ Ina Smith is a strong advocate for open science, especially in Africa and South Africa. With over 20 years of experience, she has worked at universities like the University of Pretoria and Stellenbosch University, focusing on repositories and journal publishing. She has a Master’s in Computer Integrate...

Dr Haseeb Md. Irfanullah is a biologist-turned-development facilitator, who often introduces himself as a research enthusiast. Over the past 25 years, Haseeb has been working for different international environment/ development organizations, academic/ research institutions, funders, and government agencies in different capacities. Currently a Council Member of European Association of Science Edit...

Speaker's Profile: Angelique Trusler, Community Manager at The Carpentries ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2340-8538    Dr. Angelique Trusler, with a Ph. D. in Educational Psychology, is the Community Manager at The Carpentries in Africa and a Researcher at North-West University in South Africa. She leads efforts to enhance researchers' data science skills across Africa, organizing workshops and training prog...

Anja Harrison , PhD Dipl.-Psych is a Lecturer and Applied Neuroscience Programme lead at King's College London , Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and CEO at The Collaborative Library   - an online platform dedicated to bringing scientific knowledge to the masses by providing a space for people to share plain language summaries of research articles. Anja’s background and research training are...

Speakers’ profile Roseline Dzekem Dine Founder, Rwanda Preprint Club ORCID ID:  0000-0002-8210-9258 Miss Dine Roseline Dzekem is a public health professional and social scientist in her early career. She has a background in sociology and anthropology from the University of Buea-Cameroon (2016) and a Master’s degree in public health from the University of Rwanda (2019). Her areas of interest have b...

Speakers’ Profiles Vanessa Fairhurst (she/her) – Head of Community, PREreview ORCID ID: ⁠ 0000-0001-8511-8689 ⁠ Vanessa joined the PREreview team in November 2022. She studied her undergraduate degree in European Languages and Business Management before going on to study her Master’s in Applied and Professional Ethics. Chad Sansing (he/him) –  Head of Product, PREreview ORCID ID: ⁠ 0000-0002-1472-...

Welcome to this BONUS episode featuring the inaugural Translate Science Panel Discussion. About Translate Science Translate Science is an all-volunteer community of interest for multilingual open science. The community supports gatherings of its members to share opportunities and perspectives about the many ways in which a more multilingual and open scientific enterprise can be achieved. For more...

Laetitia Bracco is a curator in the Research Support Mission of the Université de Lorraine libraries. She is in charge of the "ADOC Lorraine" data workshop, the support service for research data, as well as the Bibliometrics unit. At the national level, she leads the research data working group of the Couperin consortium. She is also the project leader for the French Open Science Monitor...

Julie Wren is an experienced wellness consultant, nutritionist and self-care expert who offers transformative wellbeing solutions to individuals and organizations, so they can lead their best healthiest and happiest lives.   With over 20 years of experience in the health and wellness industry, she uses her expertise to design healthy routines to meet the uniqueness of her clients. Julie joins Jo o...

Speakers' Profile: Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2064-3439 Iryna Kuchma has been managing the EIFL Open Access Programme (EIFL-OA) since 2008. Working in collaboration with libraries and library consortia in more than 60 countries in Africa, Asia and Europe, she advocates for open access to research results, facilitates the development and implementation...