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1. News from the Open Science Center
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Volkswagen Foundation Pioneer Project
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To co-lead the implementation of the innovative programs of the VW foundation's project “From local to systemic implementation:
Embedding open research in institutional practices” the OSC is seeking to fill a full-time or two part-time temporary position(s) from
1st
January 2025 to 31st December 2027, as a Scientific Coordinator for Open Science.
For a more detailed description of the job position visit:
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The deadline for application is July 15. Please share widely!
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We will support research groups desiring to switch from closed to open research workflows by creating, together with them, a standard open research practice guide adapted to their
needs. The guide will be useful for onboarding new members and adaptable by other groups in the same department. If you are interested in benefiting from this service already this year, please contact Malika at
malika.ihle@lmu.de.
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Train-the-Trainer program
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We will empower researchers to become trainers of open research practices to increase the adoption of these standards in their discipline.
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LMU-MPG Open Science Summer School 09. - 13.09.2024
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We are collaborating with the
Max Planck Digital Library
to host a hybrid Open Science Summer School. This 5-day event offers a rich program of lectures and workshops centered around open science designed to help early-career
researchers build greater confidence in their work and enhance its credibility. Check the full programme on the
website of the summer school!
Apply
before July 15 to take part in the whole summer school.
Register at any time to attend one, multiple, or all public lectures online.
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Two new funding institutional members
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We are happy to announce that the number of affiliated and funding institutional members has grown to 15. To learn more about the benefits of becoming a funding institutional member,
please consult
our website.
We are looking forward to work more closely with the researchers of our new institutional members:
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funding institutional member
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funding institutional member
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First Advisory Board meeting
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We held our first advisory board meeting on April 29 with
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They report: "The LMU Open Science Center shows impressive achievements for a grassroot initiative and contributes greatly to the LMU research environment and its reputation. To build
on this strength, the LMU now has the opportunity to anchor this researcher-led initiative into an institutional strategy to achieve excellence at scale."
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META-REP Conference 28.-31.10.2024
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The DFG-funded META-REP consortium organizes a conference on replicability, reproducibility, research validity and strategies for enhancing the robustness of research in social,
behavioral and cognitive sciences from 28-31.10.2024 in Munich.
Learn more.
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Interview about transparency in science
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Two of our members,
Prof. Dr. Mario Gollwitzer and
Dr. Andreas Schneck, were interviewed about the challenges of replicating scientific studies, particularly in psychology. For more details, you can read the full interview on the LMU website:
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Issue about “Reproducibility and Replication in Research Communication”
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Education Paper on teaching concept about replicable research practice
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Sharing insights on social media
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We plan to share our members’ perspectives and experiences with open science on social media. If you’re keen to share your views, we invite you to contribute. Your insights will
be featured across LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon. Interested? Please get in touch at
gracia.pruem@campus.lmu.de.
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3. Events and regular meet-ups
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Hacky Hour: Last Monday of the month, 16:30-18:00, in person, Wikiedia
Munich, Angertorstraße 3. Primary target audience: researchers who want to resolve their computing skills implementation challenges. No registration needed, mailing list to get notified:
https://lists.lrz.de/mailman/listinfo/hackyhour
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4. Welcome to our new members!
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🎉The Open Science Center has reached the milestone of 100 individual members! To celebrate,
our 100th member, Dr. Renata Topkinova, will be offered a free reproducibility check for her next manuscript.
Please consult the
list of all our members to find potential
collaborators!
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We are happy to introduce our latest members to you:
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Welcome to our new OSC Fellows!
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Additionally, the count of OSC Fellows continues to rise. We acknowledge and value their voluntary work in leading grassroots initiatives as early career researchers. We will continue
to share further leadership development opportunities with them. Thanks for your contributions and welcome!
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Psychology
Co-organizer of RPsyche
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Mathematics
Carpentry Instructor
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University Library
Carpentry Instructor
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Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Carpentry Instructor
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