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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 as a Stakeholder

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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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Eurodoc as a Stakeholder

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Open Science at the EC

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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

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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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Awareness of practices & initiatives:

Survey on Open Science

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Awareness of institute & funding guidelines:

Survey on Open Science

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Courses general, Open Access, & Open Data:

Survey on Open Science

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Missing support, type, & amount of data:

Survey on Open Science

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Data Management Plan (DMP) & metadata:

Survey on Open Science

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Data storage, archiving, and transference:

Survey on Open Science

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Access to whom, how, and user agreements:

Survey on Open Science

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Motivators for Open Access & Open Data:

Survey on Open Science

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Rewards for Open Science

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Open Science Career Assessment Matrix:

Rewards for Open Science

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Open Science Career Assessment Matrix:

Rewards for Open Science

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Open Science Career Assessment Matrix:

Rewards for Open Science

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Open Science Career Assessment Matrix:

Rewards for Open Science

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Open Science Career Assessment Matrix:

Rewards for Open Science

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Open Science Career Assessment Matrix:

Rewards for Open Science

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Issues for e/Data Scientists

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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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Break-Out Group Discussion

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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● gareth.oneill@eurodoc.net ● http://www.eurodoc.net

Open Science and Researchers at eScience/Data Science Centres

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