VOICES: the value of openness, inclusion, communication and engagement for science in a post-pandemic world

• Grant number: 21/07577-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: May 01, 2022
• End date: January 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Information Science
• Agreement: Trans-Atlantic Platform for the Social Sciences and Humanities
• Principal Investigator: Germana Fernandes Barata
• Grantee: Germana Fernandes Barata
• Principal researcher abroad: Juan Pablo Alperin
• Institution abroad: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
• Host Institution: Núcleo de Desenvolvimento da Criatividade (NUDECRI). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Daniela Tonelli Manica ; Ronaldo Ferreira de Araujo ; Sabine Righetti
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/05473-6 - The impact of open access and science communication in science output and public engagement of science, BP.TT; 23/01298-5 - The impact of open access and science communication on science output and public engagement of science 2, BP.TT; 23/01614-4 - VOICES: the impact of open access on scholarly communication and scientific journalism data, BP.TT; 22/12564-5 - VOICES: the value of openness, inclusion, communication and engagement for science in a post-pandemic world, BP.PD; 22/12276-0 - The impact of open access and science communication in science output and public engagement of science, BP.TT

Abstract

While the coronavirus pandemic's impacts have been largely negative, and in many instances catastrophic, Covid-19 also served to bring about some positive changes in the way we carry out, communicate, and engage with science. More research has been shared openly, with a progressive increase in the use of preprints, research data sharing, and public communication of science, particularly in mainstream media. These changes have the potential to foster a more open and inclusive approach to research and scholarship and to bolster our capacity to face present and future societal challenges-but only if the changes persist beyond the pandemic. To better understand the long-term impacts of this shift for a more resilient and informed society, this project seeks to investigate and share new empirical evidence of the value of opening science, to other scholars and to the public, during and beyond the pandemic. It brings together a transnational team of scholars with complementary expertise in open science, scholarly and science communication, and research impact, to examine three main questions in the context of the pandemic and post-pandemic period:1) How is the value of open science discussed and positioned? 2) Who adopted or contributed to open science practices and how? and 3) How has the relationship between research and the public been affected by the opening of research? Using a novel theoretical framework that considers open research and public science communication as interconnected along a continuum of access, this transnational team will employ a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods from social and information sciences to demonstrate the long-term value of openness, inclusion, and equity in the communication of science, while warning against any barriers and pernicious effects. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

OLIVEIRA, MONIQUE; BARATA, GERMANA; FLEERACKERS, ALICE; ALPERIN, JUAN PABLO; FALADE, BANKOLE; BAUER, MARTIN W.. Bridging science communication and open science-Working inclusively toward the common good. FRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION, v. 9, p. 5-pg., 2024-09-30. (21/07577-8, 23/15669-5)

MONIQUE OLIVEIRA; GERMANA BARATA; MARIANA HAFIZ; MELANIE BENSON MARSHALL; STEPHEN PINFIEL. Pandemia trouxe oportunidades para mais inclusão na ciência: uma análise temática de documentos sobre práticas de ciência aberta. RDBCI: Revista Digital de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação, v. 21, 2023-10-20. (21/07577-8)

MARSHALL, MELANIE BENSON; PINFIELD, STEPHEN; ABBOTT, PAMELA; COX, ANDREW; ALPERIN, JUAN PABLO; BARATA, GERMANA FERNANDES; CHTENA, NATASCHA; DORSCH, ISABELLE; FLEERACKERS, ALICE; OLIVEIRA, MONIQUE; et al. The impact of COVID-19 on the debate on open science: a qualitative analysis of published materials from the period of the pandemic. HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS, v. 11, n. 1, p. 14-pg., 2024-10-02. (21/07577-8)