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Open access publication in the spotlight: January 2022

Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (January) - 'Planetary limits to soil degradation'

Date:19 January 2022
Author:Open Access Team
The authors of this month's article in the spotlight argue that soil degradation should be considered the 10th Earth system process in the so-called planetary boundaries framework. It was written by Clarisse Kraamwinkel, Anne Beaulieu (both from Campus Fryslân), Teresa Dias (Universidade de Lisboa) and Ruth Howison (Faculty of Science and Engineering).
Celebrating Openness 2021

Recap: Celebrating Openness (28 October 2021)

Date:11 January 2022
Author:Open Access Team
During the online event Celebrating Openness, keynote speakers and UG researchers explored the role of open science in the humanities. The three winners of the Open Research Award 2021 gave lightening talks and a panel discussion addressed how the university should recognize and reward open science practices.
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Open science practices in different disciplines (2) - An interview with Prof Jan-Willem Romeijn and Dr Titus Stahl, Faculty of Philosophy

Date:11 January 2022
Author:Vera Heininga
The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities of the next five years. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? The second edition in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Philosophy.
Open access publication in the spotlight: December 2021

Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (December) - 'Media Control and Citizen-Critical Publics in Russia: Are Some “Pigs” More Equal Than Others?'

Date:15 December 2021
Author:Open Access Team
This month's publication addresses the intensification of state control over the digital domain in Russia, and what types of online activism are tolerated or even endorsed and why. It was written by Rashid Gabdulhakov, who works at the Faculty of Arts. 
Imke Christiaans on the left, Marielle van Gijn on the top right, Morris Swertz on the bottom right, and Jan Jongbloed in the bottom right thumbnail.

NWO's Open Science Fund 2021 - an interview with Dr. Imke Christiaans (UMCG) about the Umbrella HEART NL project

Date:08 December 2021
Author:Giulia Trentacosti
Two UG projects have been awarded with funding from NWO's newly introduced Open Science Fund. We spoke to Dr. Imke Christiaans (UMCG) who is one of the co-applicants of the awarded project Umbrella HEART NL, and asked her to tell us more about how this project will contribute to stimulating the re-use of data to improve cardio genetic patient care.
Open access publication in the spotlight: November 2021

Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (November) - 'Long-Term Effects of Acceptance and Rejection by Parents and Peers on Educational Attainment: A Study from Pre-Adolescence to Early Adulthood'

Date:23 November 2021
Author:Open Access Team
This month's article in the spotlight presents a study on how acceptance and rejection by parents and peers play an important role in pre-adolescents’ educational outcomes. It was written by various authors from the Sociology department at the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences.
UG student team conducts systematic archaeological field survey in central Italy (Monti Lepini survey, 2006).

NWO's Open Science Fund 2021 - an interview with dr. Martijn van Leusen (GIA/Faculty of Arts) about his project on FAIR open data for archaeological field surveys

Date:22 November 2021
Author:Giulia Trentacosti
Two UG projects have been awarded with funding from NWO's newly introduced Open Science Fund. We asked dr. Martijn van Leusen to tell us more about his awarded project, which seeks to use semantic modeling to create FAIR open data for archaeological field surveys. 
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‘DataverseNL makes research data FAIR’ - an interview with UG data stewards Christina Elsenga, Tiemen Folkers and Ron Groote Wolthaar

Date:13 November 2021
Author:Leon ter Schure
Researchers are increasingly asked to share their research data openly with the world. The UG's Digital Competence Centre facilitates this by managing data repository DataverseNL. Three data stewards from the DCC tell us more about this service.
Open access publication in the spotlight: October 2021

Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (October) - 'Q-Force: Quantum Mechanically Augmented Molecular Force Fields'

Date:25 October 2021
Author:Open Access Team
This months' publication in the spotlight presents an open-source toolkit named Q-Force, which is applicable for atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. All co-authors work at the UG's Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Open access publication in the spotlight: September 2021

Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (September) - 'The Role of Source Reliability in Belief Polarisation'

Date:20 September 2021
Author:Open Access Team
This month's publication is dedicated to an analysis of the phenomenon of belief polarisation, which occurs when the same evidence causes a divergence of opinion between two individuals. It was co-authored by Leah Henderson, who works at the Faculty of Philosophy.