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The Adoption of Open Science in The Middle East

Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia
Batool Almarzouq

What is Open Science?

In a nutshell, Open Science describes an on-going movement in the way research is performed, researchers collaborate, knowledge is shared, and science is organised. It affects the whole research cycle and its stakeholders, enhances science by facilitating more transparency, openness, networking and collaboration.

— OpenAIRE

The image is taken from "Pontika et al (2015). Fostering Open Science to Research using a Taxonomy and an eLearning Portal. In: iKnow: 15th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies and Data Driven Business, 21-22 Oct 2015, Graz, Austria. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2809563.2809571"

Open Science aims to fix the "Reproducibility Crisis" in Science

Credit: Key results of the survey on reproducibility conducted by Nature in 2016

After the pandemic, 193 countries gathered in Paris for the 40th session of the UNESCO's General Conference and decided to embark on a new global normative instrument on Open Science. It's referred to as the "UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science".

Credit: UNESCO Takes the Lead in Developing a New Global Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science

After the pandemic, 193 countries gathered in Paris for the 40th session of the UNESCO's General Conference and decided to embark on a new global normative instrument on Open Science. It's referred to as the "UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science".

Credit: UNESCO Takes the Lead in Developing a New Global Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science

This process is expected to lead to the adoption of the recommendation by UNESCO Member States in 2021.
Therefore, there is an increasing number of Open Science Communities in Europe
Therefore, there is an increasing number of Open Science Communities in Europe
A vast network of Open Science Communities is in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK and many other countries ...
Therefore, there is an increasing number of Open Science Communities in Europe
A vast network of Open Science Communities is in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK and many other countries ...
BUT Open Science movement is not yet adopted in the Middle East
In 2021, We started an Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia
In 2021, We started an Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia
We are in the process of re-designing Open Science for Saudi Arabia to potentially be adopted by the other countries in the Middle East
In 2021, We started an Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia
We are in the process of re-designing Open Science for Saudi Arabia to potentially be adopted by the other countries in the Middle East
The Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia aims to create significant value towards Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, that focus on enhancing knowledge and improving equal access to education in the Kingdom

The Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia is supported by Open Life Science Programme
Led by Batool Almarzouq, Anelda Van der Walt and Paula Moraga

Our Vision statement

We want to create a space in Saudi Arabia where newcomers and seasoned peers can connect, inspire each other, and provide input on policies and infrastructures. Working together to make Open Science the norme. So, we are calling out to researchers and colleagues in Saudi Arabia

— The Open Science community in Saudi Arabia

"The vision is largely inspired by the the vision of the International Network of Open Science Communities (INOSC)"

Examples of our activities in Feb 2021

- A workshop in Women in Data Science (WiDS2021) in Saudi Arabia, under the title "Collaborating on Open Data Science Projects"

All of our work is citable and available in Zenodoand GitHub

Examples of our activities in Feb 2021

- A talk titled "An Open Science Approach to Machine Learning in Biomedical Research" in the Saudi Data Community.

All of our work is citable and available in Zenodo and GitHub

Are you a researcher from the Middle East?

Are you a researcher from the Middle East?

Or anywhere in the globe!

Are you a researcher from the Middle East?

Or anywhere in the globe!

Are you an advocate for Open Science?

Are you a researcher from the Middle East?

Or anywhere in the globe!

Are you an advocate for Open Science?

Or just want to learn more!

Are you a researcher from the Middle East?

Or anywhere in the globe!

Are you an advocate for Open Science?

Or just want to learn more!

Come and join me for informal Chat on every last Friday each month at 2:00pm UTC

Zoom link: https://liverpool-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91493007481?pwd=UHlJc2swTnBqdU0rT0tjN3c0aC9SUT09, Passcode: @YEAR2021

Further References:

- Redesign open science for Asia, Africa and Latin America
- UNESCO Takes the Lead in Developing a New Global Standard-setting Instrument on Open Science
- The Turing Way: A guide to reproducible and collaborative data science
- EC policies and mandates on Open Access to publications and research data, FAIR data

Thank you so much for reaching the end!

Contact: Batool Almarzouq
Email: batool@liverpool.ac.uk, Twitter: @batool664
The source code for these the slides is available on GitHub

What is Open Science?

In a nutshell, Open Science describes an on-going movement in the way research is performed, researchers collaborate, knowledge is shared, and science is organised. It affects the whole research cycle and its stakeholders, enhances science by facilitating more transparency, openness, networking and collaboration.

— OpenAIRE

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