Open Science Blog

The article in the spotlight for the month of November 2025 is titled 'Exploring concept creep: Youth’s portrayal of ADHD on TikTok’, written by Wietske de Vries, Laura Batstra en Arjen van Assen (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences).

The article in the spotlight for the month of October 2025 is titled 'AI as moral cover: How algorithmic bias exploits psychological mechanisms to perpetuate social inequality’, written by Islam Borinca (Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences).

The article in the spotlight for the month of June 2025 is titled 'The Role of Neologisms in the Climate Change Debate: Can New Words Help to Speed Up Social Change?’, written by Greta Zella, Tommaso Caselli, Saskia Peels-Matthey (all from the Faculty of Arts) and Jan Willem Bolderdijk (Faculty of Economics and Business). 

The article in the spotlight for the month of May 2025 is titled 'Social infrastructures as pillars of resistance against housing commodification in creative city Groningen’.

The article in the spotlight for the month of April 2025 is titled 'De-Google-ing' our Students: A User Approach to Understanding Archival Media Discovery in the Classroom

The Open Science Programme supports the UG community in making this transition to being open. We talked to Casper Albers, Dean of the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences (BSS) and Chair of the Steering Committee of the Open Science Programme since 2024.

The article in the spotlight for 2025 is titled 'Intramolecular feedback regulation of the LRRK2 Roc G domain by a LRRK2 kinase-dependent mechanism' and provides research insights into the Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2), a crucial protein in Parkinson's disease (PD) research.

This month's publication addresses blockchain technology. It critically examines the shortcomings while acknowledging the continued relevance of foundational technologies like Merkle trees and digital signatures. The research emphasizes the need to prioritize real-world requirements over blind adoption, especially when public funds are involved.

In 2024, the UG Open Science Blog continued to provide insights into open research and scholarly communication, publishing 18 articles and interviews that spanned diverse academic landscapes. Join us as we revisit the articles that captured the most attention this year.

‘Which license should I choose?’ is one of the most frequently asked questions in our open access support inbox. In this blogpost, we highlight some undesirable consequences of applying a restrictive license to your article publication.