The Open Science Magnifiers project (funded by the Berlin University Alliance), aims to monitor a wide diversity of open research practices. We are collaborating with various communities in exploring and establishing different Open Science Monitoring approaches. With this event series, consisting of three online events, we would like to magnify a diverse range of Open Science practices. We invite all stakeholders to join us and discuss with us how we can best ‘Magnify Open Science’.

• I: Magnifying Open Science: Dashboards (past event)
  • Thursday, February 26, 2026: 14-15.30 (CET)
• II: Magnifying Open Science: Case studies and narratives (past event)
  • Thursday, March 26, 2026: 14-15.30 (CET)
• III: Magnifying Open Science: Insights from the BUA Participatory Research Map and more (past event)
  • Thursday, April 23, 2026: 14-15.30 (CET)

Past events:

Thursday February 26, 2026: 14-15.30 – I: Magnifying Open Science: Dashboards

In this interactive session, you will take on a role different from your everyday work (for example as Librarian, Researcher, University administrator, or Funder). Together with other participants, you will discuss how “your” stakeholder group might use dashboards that include Open Science indicators, what questions the dashboards should be able to answer for this group, and which Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats you see for a dashboard example we provide.

By joining, you will:

• Gain insights into how different communities use dashboards.
• Contribute to future improvements of Open Science monitoring and communication instruments.
• Help to create a summary of key takeaways for wider use that will be published as a blogpost after the session.

Thursday March 26, 2026: 14-15.30 – II: Magnifying Open Science: Case studies and narratives

Open Science is not only about open research outputs, such as open access publications, code and data, but also about values and principles that underpin Open Science practices. Monitoring various practices and processes, like research design and collaboration, that promote openness in the Social Sciences and Humanities is not straightforward and requires a qualitative approach. 

In this event, we are bringing together different perspectives on studying and observing practices and infrastructures of openness in the Social Sciences and Humanities. With this exchange, we aim to gain a better understanding of the methods used to describe and analyze openness from a broad perspective. With speakers:

• Dr. Simon Dumas Primbault (Center for Internet and Society): OpenEdition Lab: Digital resources in the humanities and social sciences
• Prof.Dr. Lai Ma (School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin): project SCRiBe (Sustainable and Collaborative Research Information for Bibliodiverse Ecosystems: A Transnational Study)
• Dr. Samuel Moore (Scholarly Communication Specialist, Cambridge University Library): project MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences)

Thursday April 23, 2026: 14-15.30 – III: Magnifying Open Science: Insights from the BUA Participatory Research Map and more

Open Engagement with societal stakeholders is one of the four pillars of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. The Berlin University Alliance Participatory Research Map maps over 90 projects in which researchers collaborate with societal stakeholders. With the Participatory Research Map, we not only want to increase the visibility of participatory research but also explore how different stakeholders and research modes contribute to open science and open knowledge generation.

In this third event in our Magnifying Open Science Event Series, there will also be presentations from two other projects focusing on monitoring societal engagement:

• Margaret Gold (Center for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, the Netherlands) will introduce Project MEECSE: Monitoring the implementation of Enabling Environments for Citizen Science & Societal Engagement practices, and,
• Dr. Antonella Maiello (Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Netherlands) and Dr. Dan Petrovics (Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Netherlands) will introduce Project EmPowerED: Enabling Positive Energy Districts through citizen-centered socio-technical models for upscaling of the heat transition.

We will discuss the needs, possibilities and challenges of monitoring societal engagement from different angles, and we also like to engage with the audience and discuss how we can collaboratively contribute to magnifying openness in engaging with societal stakeholders.

Explore the Participatory Research Map: https://quest-participatory-research-map.charite.de/