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Feature Episode: Regional Open Science Dialogue in Southern Africa Day 2 Part 4
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This episode features highlights from the two-day Southern Africa Regional Open Science Dialogue held at the University of Pretoria in April 2023. This engagement brought together higher education stakeholders from Southern Africa who explored key themes over the two days, such as rethinking research assessment and incentivization in academia, with the aim to foster the adoption of Open Science and Open Access principles within the region.
Episode Highlights:
(00:02:12) An interactive session is introduced, focusing on Open Science's various aspects, including infrastructure, ethics, and integrity. Participants are encouraged to share their views on research integrity, ethics in social and natural sciences, copyrights, data protection, intellectual property rights, and the need for collaboration in building robust infrastructural support systems. The goal is to gather input on how to engage partners and institutions to establish a cohesive Open Science infrastructure that can benefit academic communities.
(00:05:17) During the discussion as presented by Nabil, participants shared insights and feedback on Open Science, with a primary focus on increasing awareness and taking action within their institutions. Key points included encouraging participation in platforms like the African Open Access Platform, establishing standard procedures and policies, and recognizing the importance of science communication and journalism in promoting Open Science. Concerns were raised about global systems dominating over local initiatives, and the need for increased African contributions to institutional repositories.
(00:08:49) Ms. Roheena Anand presented discussions from the online community. Firstly, there's a strong call for greater awareness and education about open science within institutions, recognizing its educational value. Participants emphasized the need to address contentious issues, particularly intellectual property (IP), and find local solutions to challenges like ranking systems relying on closed databases. A significant concern raised is the resource costs associated with open-source software, emphasizing the need to invest in professionals who can maintain infrastructure knowledge and prevent knowledge loss when individuals leave institutions.
The workshop is part of an ongoing series of high-level Open Science dialogue workshops targeting institutional leadership in AAU member regions and universities with the objective of raising knowledge and awareness on the importance and best practice of Open Science and Open Access, and increase the number of Open Science mandates within higher education institutions.
The Southern Africa Regional Open Science Dialogue was a collaborative effort by TCC Africa, Public Library of Science (PLOS), Association of African Universities (AAU), Africa Open Science Platform (AOSP), University of Pretoria, and University of Cape Town.
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Owango, J., Kupe, T., Mchunu, N., Wanyenze, R., Veldsman, S., Shahungu, M., … Nxomani, C. (2023). Regional Open Science Dialogue in Southern Africa. TCC Africa. Retrieved from https://tccafrica.pubpub.org/pub/hqzpi08k
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