[Open-science-fi] Open science activities in Finland

Wed Oct 30 08:54:59 UTC 2013

Hi Sophie (CC: OKFI open science list),

How are things in the UK? It's been a rather busy autumn here in Finland 
on several different fronts, but I thought I'd give you a quick update 
on what's been happening here.

The OSTI-materials (thanks again for making these available!) have been 
adapted to various presentations, e.g. the one I had on our grad school 
course "Making Science Matter" (there's also a blog post about the 
course [1] by one of the visiting teachers). In case you're interested, 
slides for the ~1 hour lecture I gave there are available in Google 
Drive [2]. There's only so much one can squeeze in into one 1 hour 
lecture - and frankly I overdid a little - but I think there's a lot of 
potential in the OSTI materials. I tried to strike a balance between 
general concepts/benefits of openness in science and some practical 
advice (tools, licensing etc.). Based on the feedback I received from 
the students, many found it slightly overwhelming, but interesting. I'd 
be very interested in hearing what sort of general feedback you have 
received on you OSTI lectures.

The Open Knowledge Road show has also been visiting several Finnish 
cities out which 2 (both so far) have also had a open science related 
event. I have not been personally involved with these, but few members 
of the open science working group have. In Tampere, a peer learning 
session was held on the topic of "How researcher can manage their 
research data". Antti Poikola also blogged about the event [3], but it 
being in Finnish it's probably of very limited utility to anyone not 
speaking Finnish. In a following roadshow event held in Turku, Markus 
Kainu led a workshop on "Open science practices in research".

A couple of weeks ago there was another interesting event here in 
Helsinki titled "Nordic Perspectives on Open Access and Open Science" 
[4]. Representing Open Knowledge Finland, Antti Poikola gave a talk
"Open knowledge in science and elsewhere" [5] using the ever evolving 
presentation materials.

Next step we've been planning is probably to exchange experiences from 
these various events and see where to head next!

With kind regards,

Joona

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LINKS

[1] http://conservationbytes.com/2013/10/14/making-science-matter/

[2] 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xrAAU_D8ejRgrLVmUNi-D3dNpBOx215NGgWzAy6IsSs/edit?usp=sharing

[3] 
http://fi.okfn.org/2013/10/25/miten-tutkijan-kannattaa-hallita-julkaisudataansa/

[4] 
http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/kirjastoala/tapahtumat/1378730933767.html

[5] 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vv3n9tZlSwxEvSTCsDqssEyD9jOU7NyLEVo1E7zHTm8/edit?usp=sharing