Open Science Community Eindhoven

OSCE Lunch meetup: Why does code reproducibility matter and how to achieve it?
2025-11-04 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | TU/e Campus, Triton Pavilion, FF2W+7J2, Eindhoven
This 1,5hrs session explores the importance of reproducibility in research and how 4TU.ResearchData supports researchers in making their work more transparent and trustworthy. We’ll reflect on how 4TU.ResearchData piloted the facilitation of reproducibility checks within the CODECHECK initiative. Join us for a short presentation and open discussion on the value of checking code — and how it might fit into your own research workflow.

As a Data Steward, I tried to make my own data FAIR—what could go wrong?
2025-11-18 12:30 - 13:30 | TU/e campus, Traverse 3.34, De Slenken 37, Eindhoven
Your Data Steward might tell you to make your data FAIR, but what happens when they try to do it themselves? In this meet-up, I will share my journey of making my own research data FAIR. My data will be about social and behavioral sciences (social psychology), but I believe my learning and suffering will be useful to researchers in other fields. No prior experience is needed, just your curiosity on how to make your data FAIR.

OSC/e Lunch meetup: Good data management is the foundation of trustworthy research
2025-12-02 12:30 - 13:30 | TU/e Campus, Triton Pavilion, FF2W+7J2, Eindhoven
Are you conducting research at TU/e? From now on, responsible management of your research data is not only a good practice: it’s also a requirement. The university has established a new Research Data Management (RDM) Framework Policy, which aims to help you safeguard the future of your research findings and your career. In this session we will dive into the details of the Policy, its practical implementation, and the infrastructure that TU/e provides to keep your research project secure and future-proof. Join us to understand how this policy makes your work reproducible, compliant with funders and publishers, and fully protected.

Responsible academic assessment: What do we value in science?
2026-03-31 12:30 - 13:30 | TU/e campus, Vertigo 9.06
Register here: https://forms.office.com/e/4DeezDs4dY
Academic assessment shapes what kind of science we value. Yet academic careers have traditionally been largely judged by publications and impact factors, while open, responsible, and inclusive research practices remain under-recognized.
This session draws on the project “Recognizing and Rewarding Open Science” that ran through 2025, which rethinks academic assessment at TU/e by embedding open, responsible research, integrity, and inclusion into Promotion and Appointment Committee (BAC) decisions. Based on empirical research (interviews, observations, and policy analysis), the project develops training and tools to make assessments more transparent, fair, and aligned with diverse academic profiles.
During our OSCE meetup, you will experience a simulated BAC assessment as candidates, committee members, advisors, or observers. The simulation is grounded in empirical findings from the Recognition & Rewards subproject and invites reflection on how assessment practices shape well-being, social safety, leadership, and academic culture.
We will reflect together on questions such as:

Are we already close to an inclusive and safe process of peer assessment?
How well are current assessment practices connected to such topics as well-being, social safety, openness, and many others?
How do your lived experiences align with our research findings?

Join as a participant or observer, and take part in the discussion and presentation of results afterwards.
Speakers
Andrea Kis is a researcher and research policy advisor with a focus on metascience. She is a co‑founder of META/e and RRC/e, currently coordinating the setup of the Committee on Responsible Collaborations. She was the project lead for ‘Responsible Academic Assessment at TU/e’.
Julma Braat is an HR policy advisor with a focus on academic career pathways at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). She is the project lead for Recognition & Rewards and managed the project ‘Responsible Academic Assessment at TU/e’.
