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Hello!This month’s theme is Open
science and science communication. The newsletter has been compiled in
collaboration with Tomas Lundén and Simon Hallstan at the SLU University Library due to the International
Open Access week (23–29 October) during which SLU hosts several events.
Publishing research to be
openly available is a premiere tool for sharing the results of research, both
within the scientific community but also with the rest of society. Open science is intimately linked with science communication and it is our hope that this
newsletter will provide you with both tools and inspiration to further explore
this branch of communication.
Today, we celebrate Äpplets dag, with the launch of a
brand new web page on the main SLU site, with a sample of apple related
research at SLU.
This semester’s team at forskningskommunikation@LTV
is made up of Johanna Grundström and Teresia Borgman, as well as new colleagues Karin Montgomery and Viktor
Aller Helgesson.
You’re always welcome to contact
us if you wish to discuss science communication or inform us of upcoming
events.
Happy reading! Science Communication @LTV
In this newsletter: | | | | | Open Access WeekThe International Open Access Week is an opportunity for academia
to learn about the possibilities of open access, share insights with peers and
contribute to making open access as a new scientific norm.
SLU hosts several events during the week, both at its main sites and
online. These events will be announced on the Staff Web as well as on the SLU
University Library web.
| | | | | | Practical advice on open science and science communicationPublishing scientific results with open access is a step towards making research
results more accessible, both among fellow researchers but also for the public
at large. According to SLU’s policy for scientific publishing, all
peer-reviewed articles at SLU are to be published with open access. You can
read more at Publish open access. - What can the researcher do to practice open science?
From the start of a project, to publishing to dissemination of the results. You
can find practical advice in Primer Open Science geared towards natural
sciences. Among the primer’s authors are Josefin Sundin at the Department of Aquatic
Resources, and Tomas Brodin at the
Department of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies.
- As a researcher at SLU, you can publish open access
articles free of charge or at a reduced costs thanks to agreements made between
SLU and several publishing companies. At the SLU University Library web, you
can see which periodicals are part of the agreement. Read more about
agreements and discounts for open access.
- Share your research by sharing your data! Open data is
used not only by researchers but by the government, the public as well as by
journalists (see our list of media tips below). The catalogue for research
data provided by Swedish National Data Service (SND) is widely used
among SLU researchers and is a useful way to make research data accessible.
SLU is one of several universities with joint management of the infrastructure,
which is financed by the Swedish Research Council. If you are interested in
having your article included in the catalogue, SLU University Library can
assist you.
- Do you work with environmental monitoring and
assessment (EMA)? Does your work yield data? For the past year, SLU’s open
catalogue for environmental data has collected data descriptions for open data
produced at SLU in order to make environmental data more visible. Make sure
that your data is included in SLU’s catalogue for environmental data.
| Podcast on open science
The podcast
Open Science Talks from SLU University Library gives insight into
how SLU works with open science. The first two episodes are titled Citizen science,
and SLU Towards Open Data. | | | Aquatic environments in SwedenYou can find current information about Sweden’s aquatic environments at Sveriges vattenmiljö - Från källa till hav (only in Swedish). The website is based on open data and editorial texts from SLU among others.
| | | SLU data in mediaRecent examples of research data from SLU featuring in media: - Swedish national public television’s (SVT) data
journalism branch has created Fiskar i svenska sjöar de senaste 40 åren
(only in Swedish), a web page built using open data from SLU. The web page
lists fish populations in different regions, the size of fish based on time of
year, which regions has the biggest population of a given species as well as a species
inventory for specific lakes.
- SVT’s popular slow television show Den stora
älgvandringen allows viewers to follow moose migrations
in real time thanks to the database infrastructure WRAM (Wireless Remote Animal
Monitoring). WRAM logs positional data and illustrates moose migrations on a
map available online. WRAM is part of a research infrastructure at SLU titled
Swedish LifeWatch. Read more in this SLU article: Följ SVT-älgarna via deras
halsband (only on Swedish)
- Yet another of SVT’s data journalism projects where
SLU has been one of the contributing parties is a review of the wolf population
in Sweden over time, titled Vargen i siffror (only in Swedish).
| Further reading on open science and research communication - Wikipedian Jonas Jönsson describes the importance of open
access to scientific articles for himself and other occupational groups outside
of academia, in his opinion piece published in Curie titled Låsta artiklar
gör det svårt att vårda Wikipedia.
- Non-profit organisation VA (Public&Science)
published a study in 2019 based on surveys circulated among researchers titled Jag
vill, men jag hinner inte! – Forskarens syn på kommunikation och öppen
vetenskap (English summary).
Six out of ten researchers were aware of open science. The survey also showed
senior researchers being more familiar to open science, while junior researchers
held a more positive attitude towards furthering the continued development of
open science.
- Open Science – from policy to practice, a conference held in
Stockholm May 16-17 2023, is available through a series of video recordings of
the talks held during the conference.
- Open Science Community Sweden, a non-profit network
organisation distributing information about the open science movement in
Sweden.
- Open Science Uppsala, a local open science
community based in Uppsala
- Frederike Schmitz states the importance of research communication to
open science in a blog post about how science communication should be
integrated into open science in a blog post titled Open science needs more
science communication.
| SLU participant at the Researchers' Grand PrixCecilia Hammenhag at the Department for Plant Breeding will participate
in this year’s Researchers’ Grand Prix, where participants are tasked with
presenting their research in 4 minutes. The winner is decided by combined votes
from a jury and from the public between September 25 and 29.
See the presentations and vote for your favorite researcher here You can vote between 25 and 29 September
| | | | Äpplets dag – September 25On this day, we celebrate Äpplets
dag with the launch of a brand new web page featuring a selection of SLU’s
apple-related research
Fruit tree canker (FTC), one of the most destructive diseases to plague
Swedish apple farming, is facing a new adversary. Beagle dog Myrra is
undergoing training to detect the infection, with the aim of preventing
infected specimens from entering the country. You can read more about this project
and other articles on our new web page slu.se/apple which showcases a
sample of SLU’s research into apples! | | | | | | Coworkers in the media
Here we present a selection of media reports where employees at the LTV Faculty and SLU have recently participated.
Coworkers at the LTV Faculty:Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen, Department of People and Society, participated in the journal Viola in the article Årets trädgårdsmedaljer till växtskyddsexpert, biodlare och utomhuspedagog and in Nya djurparken i Kivik lockar med humlor och flugor in SVT Nyheter (both items in Swedish). Marcus Hedblom, Department of Urban and Rural Development, participated in the article Bo kvar i stan – lev mindre stressigt in DN (in Swedish). Eva Johansson, Department of Plant Breeding, participated in Potatisblöjan on replacing fossil material in diapers with potatoes. The episode is part of the series Sverige forskar at UR Play (Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company) (in Swedish). Lotta Nordmark, Department of Biosystems and Technology, participated in Peter odlar tusentals växter – utan bevattning in Sveriges Radio and in Så får odlarna ställa om i nytt klimat in Svenska Dagbladet (both items in Swedish). Kimmo Rumpunen, Department of Plant Breeding, participated in Frukt och grönt blir allt nyttigare – och färggladare in Vetenskapsradion Nyheter in Sveriges Radio (in Swedish).
Johanna Stenfelt and Maria Vilain-Rörvang, Department of Biosystems and Technology, wrote the article Hinder inget hinder för kor in the magazine Husdjur (in Swedish). Coworkers at SLU: Johnny de Jong, SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre, participated in Flygande
grannar intresserar många i Vetenskapsradion, Sveriges Radio and in Fladdermöss i konfliktlinje – mångfald ställs mot bostadsbrist in DN (in Swedish).
Petter Kjellander, Department of Ecology, is one of several SLU researchers being interviewed on the outbreak of the African swine fever in Sweden, for instance in the article Vildsvin kan vandra flera mil från smittat område in Svensk Jakt.
Mats Niklasson, Department of Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, participates in Skyddsbränning av skog på Gotska Sandön – ska rädda liv in SVT Nyheter.
Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health, has been interviewed on the outbreak of the African swine fever in Sweden, for instance in ”En jättekatastrof” - så kan svinpesten hanteras in Vetenskapsradion, Sveriges Radio.
More reports can be found on the webpage SLU i media. | | | The science festival ForskarFredag is a part of European Researcher's night and organises activities all over Sweden. Activities for schools and the public. | | | | Learn more about Open Science during the International Open Access Week. SLU organises several events during the week, both on the main campuses and online. The events will be advertised on the staff web and the SLU university library web.
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