Rewiring the Ivory Tower? Digital Universities and the Evolution of Open Science

Dr. Markus Neuschäfer

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27.04.2015

„The ‚ivory tower‘ cannot be suffered unless it is transformed into a lighthouse or a broadcasting station“

Ironic quote of Goodman’s journal in: Vladimir Nabokov,The Real Life of Sebastian Knight

A digital university?

Bild: Rohith M S, Radio Tower, https://thenounproject.com/icon/56208 (CC-BY 3.0)

• Digital tools already present in all stages of knowledge production

• Students and researchers use Social Media to connect to wider audiences

Digital=less control• Datafication

Collection of analog information • Copying

Easy multiplication and storage • Queries

Recombinations create new contextsMichael Seemann: Das neue Spiel. Strategien für die Welt nach dem digitalen Kontrollverlust. Orange-Press 2014. http://www.ctrl-verlust.net/buch/

Bilder: Madebyelvis, Book, https://thenounproject.com/icon/7456 (CC-BY 3.0); Yamini Chandra, Tools, https://thenounproject.com/term/tools/59222/ (CC-BY 3.0); Olim, Data, https://thenounproject.com/term/data/53338/ (CC-BY 3.0)

New technology, old habits• Restrictive Licenses • IP laws • Culture of anxiety • Research Data not

reusable

Bilder: Rohith M S, Radio Tower, https://thenounproject.com/icon/56208 (CC-BY 3.0), Ugur Akdemir, Lock, https://thenounproject.com/term/lock/1559/ (CC-BY 3.0)

Scientific information is in high demand

• Social status • Decision making • Skill building • Infotainment • …

—>„Popularization of science“ AND „scientification of society“

History of Open ScienceIncentives from patrons and institutions support a culture of sharing: „Open science norms and institutions are a social innovation whose workings must be continually re-created as ‚social facts‘.“Paul A. David Paul A. David: The Republic of Science. SIEPR Discussion Paper No. 13-037 (2014). URL= http://siepr.stanford.edu/?q=/system/files/shared/pubs/papers/13-037.pdf

Practicing Open Science…Strategies and practices to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society, amateur or professional.

…in all stages of the research process• Open Educational Resources (OER) • Open Access • Open Peer Review • Open Methodology • Open Source • Open Data Bild: Rohith M S, Radio Tower, https://thenounproject.com/icon/56208 (CC-BY 3.0)

Openness of data and content

“Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose”

opendefinition.org/

Incentives for Open ScienceAcademics: • Altruism • New Skills • Collaboration • Recognition • Visibility outside

academia

Institutions: • Culture of

innovation • Economic

benefits • Reputation

90% of Phds leave Academia (*2009)

Becoming visible with ideas

• Sharing ideas and data • Getting feedback and inspiration • Acquiring digital skills • Connecting to a larger audience

Sharing ideas via (Micro-)Blogging and PR

hypotheses.org

Gaining reach with Open Access

Language Science Press | langsci-press.org/

Language Science Press• High quality, peer-reviewed open-

access books in linguistics • 15 series • 162 Editorial Board members from 29

countries and 5 continents • 20 books accepted • 6 publications (04/2015)

>600 downloads / month per book (and counting)

Quelle: https://github.com/langsci/lsp-artwork/blob/master/charts/statistic_cumulative-downloads-complete-books.png

New insights with Open Data

List of forbidden books in Nazi Germany Quelle: BerlinOnline Stadtportal GmbH & Co KG, Liste der verbannten Bücher, http://daten.berlin.de/datensaetze/liste-der-verbannten-b%C3%BCcher (CC-BY)

>1000 Visitors / month

verbrannte-und-verbannte.de

Wikipedia visits and article length

Quelle: verbrannte-und-verbannte.de/analyse-personen-wikipedia

Patterns of migration

Quelle: verbrannte-und-verbannte.de/analyse-orte-geburttod

How to prepare data and extract information?

https://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com

http://schoolofdata.org/

Developing Open Science

okfn.de/open-science/

• Mission statement • Newsletter • Mailing List • Monthly Call

Thank you!

Bilder: Madebyelvis, Book, https://thenounproject.com/icon/7456 (CC-BY 3.0);Yamini Chandra, Tools, https://thenounproject.com/term/tools/59222/ (CC-BY 3.0); Olim, Data, https://thenounproject.com/term/data/53338/ (CC-BY 3.0)

Questions?

m.neuschaefer@okfn.de @mneuschaefer okfn.de/open-science