Presentation at the European Commission: Open Science For a Global Perspective workshop.

1. kaitlin thaney
@kaythaney;@mozilla; @mozillascience
23 nov 2016
building capacity
for open science

2. (0)

3. doing good is part of our code

4. we empower researchers to do more
open, collaborative research on the web.

5. (1)

6. our current systems are
creating friction.
despite original intentions.

7. current state of science
articles
data
patents

8. some have a firehose
articles
data
patents

9. traditions last not because they are
excellent, but because influential
people are averse to change and
because of the sheer burdens of
transition to a better state ...
“
“
Cass Sunstein

11. - access to content, data, code, materials.
- emergence of “web-native” (open) tools.
- rewards for openness, interop, collaboration, sharing.
- interdisciplinary, focus on reuse, reproducibility..
“web-enabled research”

12. research social capital capacity
infrastructure layers for
open research
open tools
standards
best practices
research objects
scientific software
repositories
incentives
recognition / P&T
interdisciplinarity
collaboration
community dialogue
training
mentorship
professional dev
new policies
recognition
stakeholders: universities, researchers,
tool dev, funders, publishers, libraries, policymakers

14. the idea that the published record
is the only useful record

15. thinking if it’s published, it’s usable
(+/or fully discoverable)

16. Source: Michener, 2006 Ecoinformatics.

18. (2)

19. shifting practice
towards open

20. we need to invest in the
network (/people) itself

21. fostering communities of open
practice + sustaining activity is hard.

22. Source: Piwowar, et al. PLOS.

23. supports needed for
“professional development”

24. putting open into practice
(+ paying it forward)
https://commonspace.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/web-literacy-and-leadership/

25. commitment to open
participatory by design
building with, not for
why Mozilla?

26. http://bit.ly/working_open

27. “Reliance on
ad-hoc, self-
education
about what’s
possible
doesn’t scale.”
- Selena Decklemann

28. service learning: n. hands-
on, experiential learning
where people develop skills
by working on a project in
service of a bigger goal.
http://bit.ly/1JTMBSb

29. 53+ hours, 36 cities, 700+ contributions

30. rewards, incentives,
reputation

31. Mozilla Fellows

32. https://science.mozilla.org/

33. (3)

34. we have a history of
working collaboratively.
(but there’s room for improvement.)

36. 63 nations
10,000 scientists
50,000 participants
can we do the same / better
for research on the web?

37. we need
your help.

38. invest in the network + incentivize
lasting participation.
build in/for participation +,
collaboration.
design for interoperability.

39. kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org
@kaythaney ; @mozillascience
http://science.mozilla.org
sciencelab@mozillafoundation.org