Open Science for PhD-students, 5 ECTS
The Department of English, in cooperation with Stockholm University Library, offers a course as part of the Doctoral School in Humanities. The course is offered in the spring semester 2024.
Course content
This course has been designed to give PhD students in the human and natural sciences essential skills in good research data management and open access publication routes. The overarching goal is to improve the students’ knowledge about good practices in scholarly communication, which involves managing and sharing research data and publishing articles and books in a balanced way. These skills are necessary in order for students to be able to navigate and respond to the rapidly increased demands for open access from the government, funders and the university.
The course is tailored to the heterogeneous academic, linguistic and scientific background of PhD students in the human and natural sciences. The course also considers the demands placed on researchers in the various fields of the human and natural sciences. The main focus is on licensing for open publication, research data management according to the research data policy of the university and the FAIR principles, as well as knowledge about routes to publishing openly in journals, with publishers, and in certified repositories.
Learning outcomes
In order to pass the course, students are expected to be able to:
- discuss and explain theory and practice in open science
- demonstrate an understanding of the FAIR principles and good research data management practices
- produce a data management plan (DMP)
- analyse the state of open science in a specific field of research
- produce a scholarly publication plan detailing a route to publishing articles, books and research data openly
Practical information
Mandatory elements
Completion of all tasks and assignments, including written tasks, and questions before each seminar.
Examination
Active participation in seminars and group assignments. Written tasks for each module, a DMP and a final written report. This report will analyse the state of scientific openness in the student’s research field and a contain a scholarly communication plan detailing routes to publishing scientific results and data openly.
Instruction
Teaching will take place in a blended learning environment, both online and on campus, but mainly via the university learning platform Athena. Teaching will consist of self-studies (incl. independent work), group activities, lectures, recorded lectures, discussion seminars and exercises.
NB. The course will be offered online. First and last meetings are offered in a hybrid format at the University Library and online.
Teaching language: The course is taught in English.
Period: First half of spring semester (2024-01-15 - 2024-03-20)
Course dates: Link to TimeEdit
Course syllabus:
Course Syllabus EN1OPSC (436 Kb)
Apply to the course
Application
Applications for courses starting in the spring semester 2024 were received between November 15 and December 15, 2023. It is no longer possible to apply to the course.
All applications are sent by the supervisor to: doctoralschool@hum.su.se. Official transcript of records, or certificate of registration, verifying the applicant's status as doctoral student should be enclosed with the application.
All courses are free of charge, and they are open to all who are admitted to studies on PhD-level, regardless of faculty or university. Prerequisites and special admittance requirements may apply for some courses.
Application form for place in a joint faculty course (294 Kb)
How do I apply?
The application form (see above) is used to apply for a place in a course. The supervisor (or equivalent) must support the doctoral student’s application with a motivation as to why the doctoral student should participate in the course. The supervisor also submits the proposal to the following address: doctoralschool@hum.su.se.
Who can apply?
The Faculty of Humanities’ doctoral students have priority for places, and external doctoral students (from Stockholm University or another university) can be admitted to a course subject to availability. External doctoral students will be registered in Ladok in order to enable the Board to monitor all participants in a course.
Contact
Course director: Beyza Björkman
Course name in Swedish: Öppen vetenskap för doktorander
The course is offered by the Department of English in collaboration with Stockholm University Library.
Last updated: April 19, 2024
Source: Faculty of Humanities