Check out what happened at the Open Science Retreat 2024!
The Open Science Retreat 2024 was a full success. We co-created so many things and had a wonderful time at the Dutch dunes. Read on to learn what came out of the retreat.
The Open Science Retreat follows an unconference model. Except for the plenary sessions, all activities are optional. The edition 2024 was mainly organised by OSC-NL. Here’s a few of the things we did:
- Unconference sessions: Collaborate on diverse topics from measuring open science to FAIR code (more below)
- Walks: Whether alone, with a mentor, or in a group.
- Evening fun: Science karaoke, a bar with amazing barkeepers, silent disco, Open Science games, and more.
- So much more: Old dutch games, free bikes 🚲, deep conversations, spontaneous collaborations, creative outbursts, …
View Open Science Retreat 2024 website
It is incredible, how inspiring, productive and at the same time enjoyable and uplifting this week was for me (and I think for many of us).
Outcomes
Let’s look at some of the outcomes we generated! There are so many that I am listing only some of them here.
Bot that shares learning resources
This new Mastodon bot highlights resources, syllabi, and courses about Open Science and related subjects.
Supporting University Change
Lessons learned from the Open Science community
9 pages packed with helpful infos
Research in 2050
Speculative fiction on research in 2050 and a Wikipedia draft page for research cooperatives.
Fairly FAIR code in 10 steps
A simple checklist to make code fairly FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
Measuring Open Science
Interactive overview of open science surveys, which may be used e.g. to reuse questionnaire items on different open science practices.
Open Science practices in staff assessment
Guidance document to encourage and take into account Open Science practices during assessment interviews, such as annual reviews.
Further outputs are still being finalized and will be uploaded to our output collection.
Thanks to everyone who came and who supported this year’s retreat. It was incredible!
All the best,
Heidi
