Big Open Science Podcast

In this episode of the Big Open Science Podcast, recorded during a study visit at CSIL – Centre for Industrial Studies in Milan, we explore how the impact of Open Science can be understood, measured, and evaluated from a policy and economic perspective. We speak with Louis Colnot about the PathOS project, a European initiative that developed analytical frameworks and tools to assess what Open Scie...

In this Big Open Science podcast episode, we speak with Silvia Milano and Paul Trauttmansdorff from the Technical University of Munich, who are co-creating the Ethical Data Initiative—a project dedicated to studying and improving research data governance across various academic disciplines. We explore their latest case studies and discuss how their work can help address the growing problem of dist...

In this episode Piotr Wciślik talks to philosophers of science Sabina Leonelli and Richard Williams at the Technical University in Munich. Sabina is Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at the TUM and Richard works with Sabina on the ERC project Philosophy of Open Science for Diverse Research Environments. Together we discuss how philosophy of open science can help us address...

This episode is part of a series which explores the history and the present of open science infrastructures for humanities and social sciences in France through the prism of one of its premier institutions: OpenEdition.  Piotr Wciślik and Magdalena Wnuk visited the OpenEdition headquarters in Marseille to talk to Simon Dumas Primbault, a theorist, historian and anthropologist of open science. Simo...

How can one of Europe’s oldest universities become a leader in Open Science? In this episode of the Big Open Science Podcast , recorded at the University of Coimbra in Portugal , we explore how a historic institution is transforming its research culture and embedding openness into its long-term strategy. Our guests are Licínia Ferreira from the University of Coimbra’s Open Science Office and Loren...

In this episode of the Big Open Science Podcast, recorded during a study visit at the University of Coimbra , we explore how Open Science is being built through projects people and communities in Portugal. We hear from the teams behind TREASURE, a project recognising open and reproducible research practices among early career researchers and ReData, Portugal’s national network for research data ma...

Serving Open Humanities since 2001 – A Conversation with Pierre Mounier In this episode, we sit down with Pierre Mounier, a pioneer of the Open Science movement, to discuss the evolution of digital publishing over the last 25 years. From early experiments in 2001 to the creation of major infrastructures like OpenEdition and OPERAS in recent years, they explore how the landscape of scholarly commun...

In this Vienna-recorded episode, hosts Marta and Gabi talk with Dr. Kasia Makowska (Wikimedia Polska) about how Wikimedia projects — especially Wikidata — are transforming open cultural data and supporting research in the humanities and arts. Continuing our focus on Open Science practices within the SCIROS project, we explore how Wikidata’s structured, multilingual knowledge base helps researchers...

This episode of BIG OS – the Big Open Science Podcast, features a recording from the workshop “Reforming Research Evaluation in SSH: Embracing Open Science for Diversity, Interdisciplinarity and Inclusivity,” held at RESSH 2025 conference in Helsinki. The workshop examined systemic limitations in current evaluation systems and explored how reform efforts—particularly those led by CoARA and the Hel...

In this episode of the podcast, we delve into the world of Open Science and research assessment within the Social Sciences and Humanities, focusing on the RESSH 2025 Conference hosted by the European Network for Research Evaluation in the SSH in Helsinki, Finland. Throughout the episode, we explore pivotal discussions from keynotes, panels, and workshops where researchers and policy experts grappl...

🔊 In the third episode of the Big Open Science podcast, Tomasz Umerle speaks with Tugce Karatas and Sofia Papastamkou from C2DH, University of Luxembourg. The discussion covers challenges in sustaining and innovating open research infrastructure , particularly within the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Topics include data preservation, ethics, institutional support, accessibility, and inter...

In this episode of the Big Open Science Podcast, recorded during a study visit to the University of Luxembourg, we explore innovation in scholarly communication within the Social Sciences and Humanities. Joined by Sy Holsinger and Elena Sokolova from the OPERAS Innovation Lab, we discuss how the lab fosters sustainable, visible, and impactful open science practices. The conversation dives into str...

🔊 Welcome to the first episode of SCIROS TALKS! What is Open Science, and why does it matter for the Social Sciences and Humanities? In this inaugural episode, we introduce SCIROS – Strategic Collaboration for Interdisciplinary Research on Open Science in SSH, an international project led by the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN).Together with our expert gu...