Apr 29 2015
HOW CAN OPEN SCIENCE COLLABORATIONS EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS LOCAL NEEDS?
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HOW CAN OPEN SCIENCE COLLABORATIONS EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS LOCAL NEEDS?

By: Hugo Ferpozzi of CONICET/Fundación Azara   What happens when international research consortia undertake scientific problems connected to social issues in Latin America? What are the actual impacts of global […]

Apr 7 2015
Considering the Intersections between OCS and Global Health
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Considering the Intersections between OCS and Global Health

By Abigail Speller   Open and collaborative science (OCS) is a series of principles and practices that strive to make research more participatory and accessible. To achieve this, OCS utilizes […]

Jan 19 2015
First Round of OCSDNet Grants Awarded
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First Round of OCSDNet Grants Awarded

October 2014 marked the launch of the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network (OCSDNet), a research network aiming to gather observations on whether, and under which conditions, open approaches […]

Nov 21 2014
Open and Democratic Access to Knowledge for Grassroots Communities
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Open and Democratic Access to Knowledge for Grassroots Communities

Why do we need to increase access of knowledge resources for grassroots communities? How do we increase access of knowledge resources for grassroots communities? Is it ethical on the part […]

Oct 23 2014
We Came, We Saw…We Collaborated! (A Recap of OCSDNet’s Inaugural Workshop)
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We Came, We Saw…We Collaborated! (A Recap of OCSDNet’s Inaugural Workshop)

After a highly competitive selection process, the OCSDNet Advisors and Coordinating Team convened with 14 short-listed applicants for the OCSDNet Proposal Development Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya from October 13th-15th. This […]

Oct 23 2014
Reflections from Josique Lorenzo, on the concluded OCSDNet Workshop
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Reflections from Josique Lorenzo, on the concluded OCSDNet Workshop

Josique Lorenzo, from the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre in Costa Rica, was one of the participants at the OCSDNet Workshop. She had the following to say about it […]