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Open Science Community in Saudi Arabia

Batool Almarzouq

A little about me !

The Turing Way project illustration by Scriberia. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3332807

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

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

Credit: The logo is adopted from Malaysia Open Science Platform

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 norm. 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 vision of the International Network of Open Science Communities (INOSC)"

The Turing Way project illustration by Scriberia. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3332807

The pyramid of culture change. Image by Brian Nosek (licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0), reproduced from the blog post Strategy for Culture Change.

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

Examples of our activities in March 2021

- We contributed to the Open Education Week "The Adoption of Open Science in The Middle East"

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

Plans for March 2021

- I have a meeting with the International Network of Open Science Communities (INOSC) to discuss the possibility of joining their network

More Plans ...

- We want to establish a digital presence (e.g. Website and social media accounts). We already have a community in Zenodo and GitHub organisation account.
- We want to start to build a local community for the carpentries in the Middle East (I'm designing a lesson about scRNA-seq in the carpentries).

More Plans ...

- We want to encourage researchers in Saudi Arabia to get involved in the global useR conference 2021 (deadline for talks is the 10th of March).
- We planning tp produce a newsletter, arrange for ReproHack and a mentorship programme in the summer. We are also in discussion with the legal team to register the community.
- I'm delivering a workshop as a part of Repro4Everyone and helping with collaborative workshop runs by the turing way in Software Sustainability Institute (SSI).
Thank you so much
We are very welcoming to any contribution!

The Turing Way project illustration by Scriberia. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3332807

A little about me !
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