An important question/issue for all of us who try to build #OpenScience and #FOSS environments that can last.

For an upcoming newsletter post I am looking for the best 👉 online resources on reproducible research 👈️ What are yours, and why?

How can we establish financially sustainable organisations and initiatives that are grounded in the values of Open Science? I created a list of ways to generate money as an #OpenScience initiative, service or business (including #OpenSource). digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/open-s...

Stop celebrating researchers with many publications rogue-scholar.org/records/dbgq... by @heidiseibold.bsky.social This is right on the point. One should also stop speaking of hyperprolific authors (www.nature.com/articles/d41...) In science, being prolific should not be judged by mere output. 1/

The number of publications is an often used KPI in researcher assessment for promotions, hiring, academic prizes or more. Yet does the quantity tell a relevant story of the quality or impact of our research? I don’t think so. digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/stop-c...

I had the honor of participating in Tampa Bay Estuary Program's #OpenScience meeting yesterday and learned about the wonderful work they do there. Learn more about TBEP: tbep.org Open Science subcommittee: tbep.org/about-tbep/b...

RDM Weekly Issue 24 is out! - Philosophical Issues in Open Qualitative Research @oercommons.bsky.social - Existence of Stealth Corrections in Scientific Literature - Why Open Science is Just Good Science in a Digital Era @heidiseibold.bsky.social and more! rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...

To know more about what Open Science truly entails, here's an interview with our co-executive director, Heidi Seibold. "Why open science is ‘just good science in a digital era" buff.ly/bScU7VA

Day1 In a quiet winter forest, a small Open Science Bird decides to build the best nest ever. Not just any nest but one built openly, so every creature can learn from it. “If research is a nest,” she chirps, “then I am building mine so everyone benefits.”

To know more about feedbacks and assessments, check out this workshop 'Giving Negative Feedback Effectively' buff.ly/zl8qLk0

Day 2 She sketches her nest design and pins it to a tree trunk like a public notice board. “Maybe someone can help me improve this,” she says. A squirrel adds a clever tweak; a hedgehog suggests reinforcing the base. The blueprint becomes better with every pawprint.

Day 3 A sudden gust of wind snatches her blueprint, well almost! Luckily, she has all her versions tucked safely in her pinecone-based version control system. She smirks, “Ha! Try blowing away v1.1, forest.” Check out collaborative Git without GitHub: buff.ly/KkJXbcY

Final Call! OSR applications close 30 November! If you’ve been planning to apply, this is the moment. Join an international community of researchers & open science practitioners for a week of focus, creativity, collaboration, and connection in Machynlleth. Apply: buff.ly/6z1PhfU

At TUM Audimax lecture hall this evening for rehearsal for my TEDx talk on November 8th. Hopefully my colourful notes will help me remember what I want to say.

In this post, guest author Maxi shares her experience in reusing data and machine learning models. It's frustrating, because people don't share or don't even respond to a clearly "reasonable request". digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/data-s...

Oh the irony...

Big goals need powerful voices and ours just hit TEDx! 🎤 Heidi Seibold, co-founder of Digital Research Academy, takes the stage at TEDxTUM 2025 to talk Open & Reproducible Science. How do we rebuild trust, openness & collaboration in research? Find out Nov 8! #OpenScience y #TEDx #ResearchCulture

This one! 💯 "...scientific articles are written by experts for experts, and I found many of them almost indecipherable as they try to condense those books into a dense half page of gibberish" - Emilio Dorigatti on Open Science Stories, @heidiseibold.bsky.social

The Open Science Retreat is my favorite event of the year and next year I get to go to not only one but two?! 2026 will be the best year ever.

🚀 Registration is OPEN for the Open Science Retreat 2026! A week of open ideas, fresh air & creative collaboration. It’s not your usual conference, it’s part unconference, part hackathon, all community. 📅 Apr 7–11, 2026 | 📍 Machynlleth, Wales 👉 Sign up: buff.ly/L6MIbtq #OpenScience

Excited for the webinar "Research Software Engineering in Health Research" on Wednesday in collaboration with Health Data Research UK. If you are a health researcher writing code or supervising someone writing code, this webinar is for you! www.hdruk.ac.uk/events/resea...

🍳 New email course: Open Science on the Menu! A 13-step recipe to boost your initiative’s visibility. 🥄 Social media, networking, outreach & your unique voice—served in 2 emails/week, starting Sept 18. 👉 Sign up: buff.ly/mj8wVZw #OpenScience #OSPARK

We're at #CoRDI2025 with a Digital Research Academy poster and fun buttons. If you're there, come by!

Congratulations! ✨

Happy 1st Birthday @digiresacademy.bsky.social 💜🎉

Was ready to hate read this piece from @sjmelchor.bsky.social, but it was good and had sensible quotes from @cghlewis.bsky.social , @heidiseibold.bsky.social, Karl Broman and others. 😜

Love this new spreadsheet paper, full of great #rladies and #openscience advice. Shout out to contributors @yabellini.bsky.social @cghlewis.bsky.social @heidiseibold.bsky.social and (indirectly) @karawoo.com Other good spreadsheet-related reading here... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@heidiseibold.bsky.social is coming to Aachen 💜💜💜 Go check out her talk!!! 🎉

🎉 The Digital Research Academy will be at useR! 2025, Durham, NC, Aug 8–10! Stop by our booth to talk research software, reproducibility & training and pick up some cool buttons! Open to all R lovers and research enthusiasts. Find more: buff.ly/5orHUWd #useR2025 #rstats #RSEng

So excited to go to Wales next year 🤩

🚀 Open Science is about people, not just platforms. In her new piece for The Experimentalist, Heidi Seibold shares reflections on building a strong, values-based Open Science culture. Read here 👉 buff.ly/jP5Mu0p #OpenScience #SciComm

🚨 Deadline extended! Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July! If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you. Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX #TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA

📣 Boost your Open Science visibility! Join the OSPARK Workshop 🧠 🗓️ Aug 29 | 10–13 CEST 📍 RWTH Aachen IT Center Hands-on tips for OS communication. Register now → buff.ly/89HxJsV #OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm

Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models? digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/is-mac...

Let's meet up in Aachen!

Issue 4 of RDM Weekly is out now! 📫 - Data, Behind the Scenes Conference @randyau.com - Intro to SQL @tladeras.bsky.social - Setting up a FAIR and Reproducible Project @heidiseibold.bsky.social - Making Data Pipelines in R @meghansharris.bsky.social and more! open.substack.com/pub/rdmweekl...

Want to improve your research software engineering skills? Consider learning more about test-driven development! 🗓️ This Thursday, July 17 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online #RSEng Register here: buff.ly/2XoLQUB Careful observers might have noticed that we moved the date. Check your calendar!

Interested in getting a little AI help for your data analysis? Join us Friday, 18 July for a free, 90-min online workshop on AI-assisted data analysis — aligning efficiency with ethical responsibility. 15:00–16:30 CEST Reserve your spot: buff.ly/O2pO7td #AIForResearch #DataAnalysis #ChatGPT

🌟 Train-the-Trainer heads to Aachen! Applications now open! 🌟 Ready to grow your training skills and spend a few days in one of Germany’s most historic and charming cities famous for its cathedral, thermal baths, and vibrant research community? 📅 When: Sep 1–3, 2025 📋 Apply → buff.ly/ApHRuo4

Interested in research software engineering? Then this free online workshop is for you! #RSEng

You guys, I am on Wikipedia 🤩 🎉 💃 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_S...

Richtig interessante Podcastfolge zu #OpenSource - nicht nur für Nerds www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/wild...

Munich -> Aachen -> Dutch Coast -> Mannheim Heading into an exciting week with director meetings, creative button making with the team, beach with the co-founders, and finally, the EconData workshop in Mannheim.

Wow, what a ride with all the open and free trainings we've run the past two weeks 🚀 ! You missed it? Don't worry! We've got more opportunities to learn. Check out our email courses: ✏️ Sketchnoting ⏩ Agile methods 💻 R for novices 💪 Open Science Challenge buff.ly/bcRbhXH

Check out our report from the Open Science Retreat 2025! #osr25ch

❗️Our next workshop will be on May 29th, 6 pm CEST, on surveydown:An Open-Source, Markdown-Based Platform for Interactive and Reproducible Surveys by @jhelvy.bsky.social! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

Can creativity and science-related work go together? ​YES ​1: Innovation requires creativity. ​2: Creativity is in the little acts. ​3: Constraints can spark creativity. ​4: Experiment with saying “no” to rules. digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/creati...

Such a cool #OSR25CH result for the well-being of the open science community! 💜💜💜 #selfcare #community #openscience #mentalhealth

We had such a great time organizing the Open Science Retreat 2025. Thanks to our partners of the organizing team! 💜 Thanks to OILS (Open Innovation in Life Sciences) and the Center for Reproducible Science (University of Zurich)! 🤗 #ThrowbackThursday #OSR25CH

The outputs of the Open Science Retreat continue to pour in 🤩 #OSR25CH We're collecting all of them here: buff.ly/VPCsrs0