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Open Science Talk

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About this Podcast:

A podcast about Open Science, Open Access, Open Education, Open Data, Open Software ... pretty much «open anything». Produced by the University Library at UIT The Arctic University of Norway. Founder and host of episodes 1-31: Erik Lieungh. Host from episode 32 onwards: Per Pippin Aspaas.

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Public web form

Booking probability

21%

Guest openness

Selective

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What is Open Science Talk about?

A podcast about Open Science, Open Access, Open Education, Open Data, Open Software... pretty much «open anything». Produced by the University Library at UIT The Arctic University of Norway. Founder and host of episodes 1-31: Erik Lieungh. Host from episode 32 onwards: Per Pippin Aspaas.

What has Open Science Talk covered recently?

Recent episodes include "#61 A realistic researcher’s take on Open Science services" (4 July 2025, 23 minutes), "#60 National Diamond Funding" (28 May 2025, 47 minutes), and "#59 The Lorraine Model" (31 March 2025, 47 minutes).

How often does Open Science Talk publish?

Open Science Talk publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 61 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Open Science Talk?

Booking probability for Open Science Talk is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Open Science Talk requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Open Science Talk's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Open Science Talk?

The strongest fits for Open Science Talk are Educational Support Services. Open Science Talk has a science audience.

About the host

Open Science Talk is a science podcast with 61 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • May 28, 202547 minS0

    How can Diamond Open Access be funded? The Finnish Federation of Learned Societies (TSV) hosts a platform with more than 150 learned society journals and are distributing governmental funding to cover the operating...

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    #59 The Lorraine Model

    Mar 31, 202547 minS0

    In 2017, the University of Lorraine cancelled its subscription to Springer and in 2023, it cancelled its deal with Wiley. The money saved has been channeled into an Open Science Fund which supports open research...

  • Jun 12, 202423 minS0

    The Tromsø Repository of Language and Linguistics (TROLLing) published its first dataset on June 13, 2014. Since then, the repository has grown to 173 datasets, each of which is available in open access and equipped...

  • May 3, 202441 minS0

    The German initiative KOALA (in English, Building Consortial Open Access Solutions) is a bottom-up initiative that negotiates funding for Diamond Open Access by cutting into library budgets. By pooling resources from...

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    #56 IOI and Infra Finder

    Apr 23, 202435 minS0

    The non-profit initiative IOI (Invest in Open Infrastructure) works to increase the investment in, and adoption of, open infrastructure. This podcast episode was recorded in conjunction with the launch of the...

  • Feb 13, 202427 minS0

    This episode discusses Diamond Open Access publishing services provided by institutions, occasioned by a recent landscape report on Institutional Publishing in the European Research Area and a synopsis of the same...

  • Jan 23, 202428 minS0

    A discussion on SPARC Europe's report "Opening Knowledge: Retaining Rights and Open Licensing in Europe" (Zenodo, 28 June 2023). Three of the authors of the report share their thoughts on why the landscape differs so...

  • Nov 29, 202325 minS0

    Felix Schönbrodt speaks about his work within the German Psychological Society, where he is part of a committee that has developed a set of guidelines for Responsible Research Assessment. A professor at...

  • Jun 19, 202322 minS0

    Janine Bijsterbosch, member of the editorial team of Imaging Neuroscience, informs about their recent break with publishing giant Elsevier. The editors collectively left the Elsevier journal Neuroimage, where the impact...

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    #50 Brill And Open Access

    Jun 7, 202333 minS0

    Stephanie Veldman and Arjan van Dijk of Brill Publishing reveal the economic mechanisms and strategic thinking behind their work in open access. A 340-year-old publishing house with strong credentials in the Humanities...

  • Dec 30, 202212 minS0

    The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) was founded in 2003. It currently lists more than 18,000 peer-reviewed, strictly open access journals (Gold or Diamond). Dominic Mitchell, who has worked for DOAJ for the...

  • Dec 27, 202219 minS0

    OPERAS, the European research infrastructure dedicated to open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities, has more than 50 member institutions from 16 different countries. The aim is to share...

  • Dec 13, 202228 minS0

    Jadranka Stojanovski discusses the evolution of library support for open science from a Croatian perspective. Since the 1990s, she has been heavily involved in several national research infrastructures, such as: the...

  • Dec 8, 202227 minS0

    A discussion about the origins and growth of various French infrastructures for open research, especially in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Among the services discussed are OpenEdition, a national publishing...

  • Dec 5, 202216 minS0

    As the first UK institution, Edinburgh University adopted a Rights Retention Policy on 1st January 2022. As a result, all research articles written by Edinburgh’s researchers can now be made legally available in open...

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    #42 Dataverse.no

    Nov 11, 202225 minS0

    The service for open research datasets Dataverse.no was established in 2017. Five years later, it holds some 1,300 datasets created by researchers at fourteen partner institutions. All submitted datasets are curated...

Recent guests

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Vice-President for Open Research

Library of the University of Lorraine

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SPARC Europe

J

Jan-Gunnar Winther

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

K

Kirstie Whitaker

The Alan Turing Institute

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