Ready to improve research quality this year?
A new year always comes with the feeling of a new beginning. Let's look at what's to come this year. What are you up to? Do you have any resolutions? Ready to take the next step towards more open and collaborative research? |
On new year's eve, my husband and I have a habit of looking back on the year. It's incredible how my life changed in 2023 compared to the years before, especially my professional life. Yet my professional drivers have stayed the same: improve the quality of research. I am happy to report that I feel like I had more impact on the quality of research in 2023 than any other year. 2024Let's look forward, to 2024: What can we do to go even further? Both you and I. How can we improve the quality of research in 2024? Here are some ideas. YouLearn about ways to make your research better.There is so many ways you can make your research better. There is always something to learn. For example, you could...
Help other people improve their workYou probably already know a thing or two about good research practices.
HeidiOffer possibilities to learn about good research practices.This year I want to support people in research in the fields of open science, reproducible research, research software engineering and data literacy. How? Various ways:
Give others who do good work visibility and possibilities to share.Through the Digital Research Academy we have created the possibility for experts to share their expertise and become part of a trainer network. This year I want to spend a good amount of my energy to giving these wonderful people the visibility and possibilities they deserve. Through our website and social media accounts you'll soon be able to learn more about the types of trainings the DRA trainers offer. An we're onboard even more trainers this year. Our next Train-the-Trainer program starts end of January and we're already planning another for summer. Interested in becoming a trainer? Sign up for this mailing list to not miss any upcoming opportunities! Each training will be bespoke to fit the needs of the respective learners. I am sure this will be a fun endeavor for learners, trainers, as well as us in the core team. Your input neededBefore I close this post, let me ask you for your help. In one of the upcoming newsletter posts, I want to write about code clubs and hacky hours. Do you have any experience, know of any (besides the ones listed here), or know of good resources on how to organize them? Please message me or respond to this toot on Mastodon. Thank you! All the best, Heidi P.S. If you're enjoying this newsletter, please consider supporting my work by leaving a tip.
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Dr. Heidi Seibold
All things open and reproducible data science.
I get asked for career advice all the time (even though I am just figuring stuff out myself). Generally I try to help by listening and asking questions, but there is one thing that I tell everyone who wants to hear it: pick work where you like the people. How do you pick the research group you want to work with? My recommendation is to pick based on two things: Do you like the topics they work on? Do you get along with the people in the group (in particular your boss/supervisor)? The first is...
The academic publishing system is broken. I think we can all agree on that. But what if you want to have an academic career and at the same time stick to your values of openness? Here's my pragmatic take. I understand the fear of not publishing in established journals. We all want to have a good career and feel like publishing our papers in the journals that our peers and employers deem worthy seems like an important step. As a pragmatic open scientist, I generally recommend not to be too...
Have you complained about the inefficiency of public administration before? I think, you're not alone. In this post I want to share my journey with trying to help increase efficiency through data literacy in the public sector. I am a person who likes to solve problems. Most of my time is spent solving problems in academia, but I decided to leave my usual grounds for a special project where I can help solving problems in the public sector. Why do I care about solving problems in the public...