Big Open Science Podcast
The Big Open Science Podcast (BigOS) focuses on the topic of Open Science within the context of the humanities and social sciences (SSH). It explores the theoretical, practical, and infrastructural aspects of Open Science, addressing key questions such as its ethical foundations, its global and institutional practices, or open research infrastructures.Content includes: research findings, case studies, interviews with experts, and reflections on workshops and study visits conducted as part of the Centre of Digital Humanities’s projects.The primary objective of the podcast is to disseminate the findings of the SCIROS project to both academia and the broader scientific co...
OpenEdition in context with Simon Dumas Primbault
This episode is part of a series which explores the history and the present of open science infrastructures for humanities and social sciences in France through the prism of one of its premier institutions: OpenEdition.
Piotr Wciślik and Magdalena Wnuk visited the OpenEdition headquarters in Marseille to talk to Simon Dumas Primbault, a theorist, historian and anthropologist of open science. Simon runs the OE Lab, OpenEdition’s unit whose mission is to study open science infrastructure from within.
Together we explore how the idea of research infrastructure emerged in history and how it was translated into...
Multilingual Knowledge and Open Practices: Inside the University of Coimbra’s Open Science Ecosystem
How can one of Europe’s oldest universities become a leader in Open Science?In this episode of the Big Open Science Podcast, recorded at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, we explore how a historic institution is transforming its research culture and embedding openness into its long-term strategy.Our guests are Licínia Ferreira from the University of Coimbra’s Open Science Office and Lorena Caliman, Community Manager of OPERAS-PT and co-founder of the Open Science Community Portugal. Together they explain how open science is imple...
Open Science Community at the University of Coimbra
In this episode of the Big Open Science Podcast, recorded during a study visit at the University of Coimbra, we explore how Open Science is being built through projects people and communities in Portugal.
We hear from the teams behind TREASURE, a project recognising open and reproducible research practices among early career researchers and ReData, Portugal’s national network for research data management and data stewardship. The episode also features Juanina Digital, an ambitious initiative opening the historic Joanina Library through large-scale digitisation and digital humanities infrastructures.
Together these conversations show that Open Science is not on...
Serving Open Humanities Since 2001 – A Conversation with Pierre Mounier
Serving Open Humanities since 2001 – A Conversation with Pierre Mounier
In this episode, we sit down with Pierre Mounier, a pioneer of the Open Science movement, to discuss the evolution of digital publishing over the last 25 years. From early experiments in 2001 to the creation of major infrastructures like OpenEdition and OPERAS in recent years, they explore how the landscape of scholarly communication has transformed.
Pierre shares his perspective on building European federations, the "scaling small" philosophy, and why the Diamond Open Access model is crucial for the future of research.
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Linked Open Culture: How Wikimedia Bridges Art, Research, and Open Science
In this Vienna-recorded episode, hosts Marta and Gabi talk with Dr. Kasia Makowska (Wikimedia Polska) about how Wikimedia projects — especially Wikidata — are transforming open cultural data and supporting research in the humanities and arts.
Continuing our focus on Open Science practices within the SCIROS project, we explore how Wikidata’s structured, multilingual knowledge base helps researchers connect artworks, collections, and institutions worldwide. Kasia discusses how Wikimedia supports FAIR data principles, what makes community-driven infrastructures sustainable, and why multilingual open data is essential for inclusive knowledge sharing.
💡 Highlights:
• How Wikidata contributes to Open Sci...
What If Research Evaluation Supported Openness? Reflections from a Collaborative Workshop #RESSH2025
This episode of BIG OS – the Big Open Science Podcast, features a recording from the workshop “Reforming Research Evaluation in SSH: Embracing Open Science for Diversity, Interdisciplinarity and Inclusivity,” held at RESSH 2025 conference in Helsinki.
The workshop examined systemic limitations in current evaluation systems and explored how reform efforts—particularly those led by CoARA and the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism—can align research assessment with the core principles of Open Science: transparency, accessibility, and inclusivity.
Through a participatory group exercise based on the Evaluation Reform Blueprint, participants representing key stakeholder groups—researchers, funders and evaluators, librarians, publishers...
Open Science and Research Assessment in SSH
In this episode of the podcast, we delve into the world of Open Science and research assessment within the Social Sciences and Humanities, focusing on the RESSH 2025 Conference hosted by the European Network for Research Evaluation in the SSH in Helsinki, Finland. Throughout the episode, we explore pivotal discussions from keynotes, panels, and workshops where researchers and policy experts grappled with a central question: How can research assessment practices in SSH align more closely with the values and principles of Open Science?
Our journey begins with conversations with experts who presented their groundbreaking work at the conference, sharing...
Sustaining and Innovating Open Research Infrastructures. SCIROS Workshop @UniLu
🔊 In the third episode of the Big Open Science podcast, Tomasz Umerle speaks with Tugce Karatas and Sofia Papastamkou from C2DH, University of Luxembourg. The discussion covers challenges in sustaining and innovating open research infrastructure, particularly within the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Topics include data preservation, ethics, institutional support, accessibility, and interoperability. AI emerges as a key challenge for all scientific stakeholders in current scholarly communication.
📢 Follow SCIROS for more insights: https://sciros.hypotheses.org/
📌 This project is supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the Strategic Partnership Programme...
Innovations and research infrastructures. The role of the OPERAS Innovation Lab
In this episode of the Big Open Science Podcast, recorded during a study visit to the University of Luxembourg, we explore innovation in scholarly communication within the Social Sciences and Humanities. Joined by Sy Holsinger and Elena Sokolova from the OPERAS Innovation Lab, we discuss how the lab fosters sustainable, visible, and impactful open science practices. The conversation dives into strategies for long-term sustainability, community engagement, and upcoming initiatives shaping the future of open scholarly ecosystems in Europe.
📌 This project is supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the Strategic Partnership Programme.
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Open Science in SSH – The SCIROS Perspective
🔊 Welcome to the first episode of SCIROS TALKS!
What is Open Science, and why does it matter for the Social Sciences and Humanities? In this inaugural episode, we introduce SCIROS – Strategic Collaboration for Interdisciplinary Research on Open Science in SSH, an international project led by the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN).Together with our expert guests, we explore the goals of SCIROS, the challenges and opportunities of Open Science, and the first steps we’ve taken since the project launched.
🎙️ What’s in this episode?
✅ What is SCIROS and who is invol...
