FORCE11 functions as an open community pushing forwards an agenda for a more equitable global research landscape. The FAIR data principles as well as Software Citation are two examples of the work FORCE11 has supported.
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The Open Science Barcamp was hosted by the ‘Communities in New Media’ (GeNeMe) conference organised by the TU Dresden Media Centre on the 7th of October. The move to online only for the barcamp managed to keep the ‘in-the-moment’ spontaneity that makes a barcamp special – showing off group ingenuity and creating a welcoming environment attracting participants from around the world. The format also worked in terms of turning questions and abstract notions into concrete steps that participants could take away.
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#fellowsfreieswissen – Livestream takes place 16th October 17:00 – 19:00 CEST (German language).
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GenR met up via an online video with Matthew Hodgson CEO and CTO of Element and Matrix protocol co-founder to talk about how researchers can harness ‘Data Sovereignty’ using real-time communications. Element has found a formula for scaling open-source infrastructure – bringing secure decentralised communications and collaboration to education and the public sector across Europe.
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A recent preprint (June 11 2020) ‘COVID-19 amplifies gender disparities in research’ and accompanying data set demonstrate how women researcher are disproportionately affected by the crisis with a fall off in publishing.
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