Open Scholarship Café: Open Science Practices for Early Career Researchers - How can they help me?

Open Science (sometimes called Open Research or Open Scholarship) is about making scientific research and data available to people at all levels of society. Many early career researchers (ECRs) might want to make the outputs of their research more openly available, but are unsure of where to start. In addition, ECRs may face additional barriers such as limited access to Open Science training opportunities and resources. The purpose of this seminar is:

1. To provide ECRs with an introduction to Open Science practices
2. To demonstrate how ECRs can start embedding open science practices into their research straight away
3. To showcase the value of engaging with Open Science for professional development.

We will get a brief introduction to Open Science from Hardy Schwamm, Open Scholarship Librarian at University of Galway. Then Rory Coyne, a PhD student in the School of Psychology, will offer some personal reflection on how incorporating Open Science practices into his research has advanced his career progression and development as an ECR. Rory and Hardy are both members of the Open Scholarship Community Galway.

This will be an in-person event in G011 in the Hardiman Building / Moore Institute. You can find the room through the library entrance on your right hand side. We will finish the Open Scholarship Café with a free slice of vegetarian pizza (please let us know if you have other dietary requirements).

Pizza photo by Maksim Goncharenok. The image used in our OS Cafe banner is kindly provided by Professor Chaosheng Zhang.

This event is part of the International Open Access Week 23.-29.2023! The theme of OA Week is Community over Commercialization.