Check out what happened at the Open Science Retreat 2024! 🀩


The Open Science Retreat 2024 was a full success. We co-created so many things and had a wonderful time at the Dutch dunes. Read on to learn what came out of the retreat.

The Open Science Retreat follows an unconference model. Except for the plenary sessions, all activities are optional. The edition 2024 was mainly organised by OSC-NL. Here's a few of the things we did:

  • Unconference sessions: Collaborate on diverse topics from measuring open science to FAIR code (more below)
  • Walks: Whether alone, with a mentor, or in a group.
  • Evening fun: Science karaoke, a bar with amazing barkeepers, silent disco, Open Science games, and more.
  • So much more: Old dutch games, free bikes 🚲, deep conversations, spontaneous collaborations, creative outbursts, ...

It is incredible, how inspiring, productive and at the same time enjoyable and uplifting this week was for me (and I think for many of us).

Outcomes

Let's look at some of the outcomes we generated! There are so many that I am listing only some of them here.

Bot that shares learning resources

This new Mastodon bot highlights resources, syllabi, and courses about Open Science and related subjects.

​@FORRT_bot@botsin.space​

Supporting University Change

Lessons learned from the Open Science community

​9 pages packed with helpful infos​

Research in 2050

​Speculative fiction on research in 2050 and a Wikipedia draft page for research cooperatives.

Fairly FAIR code in 10 steps

A simple checklist to make code fairly FAIR: findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.

​Read current version here​

Measuring Open Science

Interactive overview of open science surveys, which may be used e.g. to reuse questionnaire items on different open science practices.

​More info here​

Open Science practices in staff assessment

Guidance document to encourage and take into account Open Science practices during assessment interviews, such as annual reviews.

​Read here​

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Further outputs are still being finalized and will be uploaded to our output collection.

Open Science Retreat 2024

Check out all the outputs!
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Thanks to everyone who came and who supported this year's retreat. It was incredible!

All the best,

Heidi

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