Open Science in Survey Research |
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| Coordinator 1 | Dr Angelica Maria Maineri (ODISSEI | Erasmus University Rotterdam) |
Open Science consists of a multifaceted set of principles and practices to increase the accessibility, transparency and impact of scientific research.The transition to Open Science is promoted by many high-level institutions, such as UNESCO and the European Commission, but also (inter)national funders. While Open Science is thought to accelerate scientific discovery and to increase the societal impact of research, there are still significant barriers in the adoption of open practices due to various factors, including a lack of knowledge and/or resources, concerns over privacy and sensitivity of data, and worries about scooping and intellectual property.
Following the global trend towards Open Science, this session invites contributions that showcase how Open Science principles and practices have been embedded into survey practice and survey research, and review their strengths and weaknesses. Contributions that address the barriers to Open Science for survey research are also welcome. Topics refer to (but are not limited to) different pillars of Open Science, such as:
- Open source software
- FAIR data
- Open engagement of social actors and/or citizen science
- Openness to diversity of knowledge (e.g. to indigenous knowledge systems)
- Open educational resources
- Open science infrastructures