Access 2 Perspectives – Conversations. All about Open Science Communication

Elliot Lumb is the co-creator of Signals, a product that helps to promote research and publication integrity. In 2018, Elliott completed a PhD in medicinal chemistry at Monash University and the University of Nottingham. Following this, he held several roles at Frontiers, including a role within the Strategy and Planning team. In 2021 Elliott launched PeerRef, journal-independent peer review platf...

Amanda French ORCID: 0000-0002-4325-1809 Dr. Amanda French is the Technical Community Manager for the Research Organization Registry (ROR) at Crossref, where she works to promote the adoption of ROR to make information about research organizations cleaner and easier to exchange between systems. Dr. French is a well-known project director and community manager in digital humanities and scholarly co...

Mark Garlinghouse Director, Business Development @The Lens Mark Garlinghouse is responsible for business development at The Lens. He joined The Lens in 2019 to support its transition to financial sustainability. Mark has over 25 years of experience in the information industry, working with Information Handling Services (now S&P Global Engineering Solution) and the Institute for Scientific Info...

Bosun Obileye ORCID: 0000-0002-1200-0994 Bosun Obileye is the Regional Engagement Specialist -  Africa for DataCite . His career spans the institutionalization of open science from policy development, infrastructural development and implementation, advocacy, engagements and adoption. He has a background in Computer and Information Research Science, Cybersecurity, Research for Development (R4D), an...

At AfricArXiv, we have been working with ScienceOpen since 2020 as one of our affiliate repositories, having set up a collection for African Languages and COVID-19 in Africa. You can easily request journal-independent Peer Review on your submitted works within their system. Stephanie will tell us what else they are doing to support African research dissemination. She is also joined by Andrew Josep...

Peter Nestorov earned his PhD in Genetics from the University of Basel, and he also holds a degree in Biochemistry from the University of Tübingen. With a background in both genetics and biochemistry, Peter has been actively engaged in the emerging field of single-cell analysis since 2015. This involvement has not only provided him with valuable experience but has also sparked his vision to harnes...

John Hammersley is the founder of Overleaf. He joins Jo on this episode to share his journey with the scholarly collaborative writing tool Overleaf and its flexibility in fitting into researchers' workflows, its support for multilingual documents, and the potential for linking data and papers. The conversation also touches on the importance of collaboration between academia and industry, as we...

In this webinar, our speakers were, Peninnah Musangi of Kenya Library and Information Services Consortium (KLISC), Cecile Coulibaly of Universite Virtuelle de Cote d'Ivoire (UVCI), Owen Iyoha of Eko-Konnect and Lombe Tembo of ⁠ORCID⁠ About the webinar series This webinar was co-organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives as part of the ORCID Global Participation Program . ORCID i...

This session is part of a series of live webinars, where we discuss how the persistent identifiers ORCID, ROR, and DOI enable interoperability across scholarly digital services while also ensuring the discoverability of research from and about Africa. The slides are available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8406371 Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are unique and enduring labels assigned to digital...

Rebecca Lawrence is the Managing Director of F1000 Research Ltd. She joins Jo on this episode of our podcast to talk about fostering and upholding research rigor as a scholarly publisher. Rebecca was responsible for the launch of F1000Research in 2013 and has subsequently led the initiative behind the launches of many funder- and institution-based publishing platforms partnering with the European...

Ana Faro is an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), Culture and Workplace Wellbeing specialist, with over 15 years of experience in the Higher Education sector and with the commitment to create positive social impact. She joins Jo on this podcast to talk about mental health and her work as a specialist in Diversity, Equality, & Inclusion (DEI). Ana studied Molecular Biology & Genetic...

In this podcast episode, Ebuka Ezeike shares his insights and experience working as a freelance editor and podcast producer for clients such as Access 2 Perspectives and Africarxiv. He talks about the challenges and rewards of working in this capacity and shares his plans for the future, which include teaching others about podcasting and building his own tech company. The conversation also delves...

Matteo Tardelli, a former research scientist turned life science consultant, shares his experience of transitioning from academia to industry. In this conversation with Jo, he emphasizes the importance of project management and communication skills, which he developed on the job. Matteo also discusses his books, "Salmon's Jumping: The Leaps of Faith PhDs Take to Industry" and "B...

Flavio Azevedo shares with Jo about his work with the FORRT community , which focuses on open scholarship, diversity, equity, and inclusion. The members of the FORRT community have developed several initiatives, including a glossary of open scholarship terms , lesson plans , and a project on replications and reversals . They also have a team advocating for neurodiversity and its connection to open...

In this episode, Kerstin and Jo discuss sustainable research practices, including reducing energy consumption, minimizing plastic waste, and optimizing data management. They also discuss the importance of equity in global research and provide tips for researchers to make small changes in their daily practices to reduce their carbon footprint. Kerstin introduces the Ecomapping ™ method as a tool fo...

Rob Johnson is the Managing Director of Research Consulting, a mission-driven business which works to improve the effectiveness and impact of research and scholarly communication. On this episode of our podcast, Rob and Jo discuss the scholarly publishing system and the different sides of Open Access. More details at ⁠⁠https://access2perspectives.pubpub.org/pub/a-conversation-with-rob-johnson/⁠⁠ H...

In this podcast episode, Anyse Sofia Fernandes Pereira discusses the importance of combining traditional and scientific knowledge to address issues like climate change and food security. She emphasizes the need to acknowledge and respect existing solutions within local communities and to engage in knowledge-sharing with humility and mutual respect. Anyse and Jo provide examples of successful colla...

Özgün Ünver joins Jo on this podcast to share her experience with burnout in academia and discuss how she now supports researchers in data management as a data steward. More details at ⁠https://access2perspectives.pubpub.org/pub/a-conversation-with-ozgun-unver/ Host: ⁠ Dr Jo Havemann⁠ , ORCID iD ⁠0000-0002-6157-1494 ⁠ Editing: ⁠Ebuka Ezeike⁠ Music: ⁠ Alex Lustig⁠ , produced by ⁠ Kitty Kat ⁠ Licens...

Jeffrey and Jo discuss the challenges facing academia and the need for a shift in focus towards incubating ideas and conducting basic and applied research. They suggest that corporations should be encouraged to do more research and that funding agencies should prioritize long-term progress over short-term metrics. They also discuss the need for researchers to consider the stakeholders and potentia...

Dana Williams and Jo discuss the importance of self-assessment and identifying one's strengths, core values, and mission in order to create a fulfilling career. They also touch on the need for marketing and defining the purpose behind research projects. They encourage listeners to reflect on what makes them happy about their work and to consider making changes if necessary. Dana Williams can b...

Joining Jo on this podcast episode, Eleonora shares her insights on publishing in a multilingual world, drawing from her previous experience in the field of research and academic publishing. More details at ⁠ https://access2perspectives.pubpub.org/pub/a-conversation-with-eleonora-colangelo/ Host: ⁠ Dr Jo Havemann⁠ , ORCID iD ⁠0000-0002-6157-1494 ⁠ Editing: ⁠Ebuka Ezeike⁠ Music: ⁠ Alex Lustig⁠ , pr...

Joyce, Harini, and Devmini from ‘Open Innovation in Life Sciences’ (OILS) join Jo to talk about the activities of OILS and how they help life scientists in making their work more transparent and efficient. They discuss the mindset change required to embrace open science, the fear of being open, and the need for incentives to encourage researchers to practice open science. They also discuss the gro...

Richard Poynder has been observing and reporting on the evolution of the open access (OA) movement for twenty two years by now; see https://richardpoynder.co.uk/A_mission_to_free%20scientific_ideas.htm . Richard and Jo discuss various topics of Open Science and Open Access, including the challenges of funding open access, the role of government in promoting open access, and the need for more trans...

Claudia Frick is Professor of Information Services, Science, and Scholarly Communication at TH Köln . After her doctorate in meteorology, she completed a Master's degree in library and information science. Claudia and Jo discuss open science, including concerns around data sensitivity, the relationship between data sets and publications, and the importance of collaboration and metadata. They a...

Vinodh Ilangovan and Jennifer D'Souza work on the Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG) aiming to describe research papers in a structured manner and make them easier to find and compare. They join Jo on this podcast to give more insight into the tool and their organization. The Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG) is a tool designed to make research outputs more discoverable and machine-action...