- Panel Discussion and Networking: Blockchain for Scholarly Communication & Research, Digital Science
Blockchain is a revolutionary technology with the potential to fundamentally change industry including the publishing industry. Join Digital Science in London on the evening of Tuesday 28th November for a panel discussion and networking focusing on the potential of blockchain technology for scholarly communication and research. Hear from a panel of experts including Soenke Bartling, Eefke Smit, Joris van Rossum, Mark Hahnel (moderator), Eveline Klumpers.
Find out more and book your ticket via the
event website.
OpenAIRE is organizing a series of 10 webinars for the next 8 months to empower their repositories network.
The intention is to approach different OpenAIRE services and tools for content providers and recent repository developments, concerning topics such as: OpenAIRE Dashboard for Content Providers, Scholix guidelines for data-literature integration, OpenAIRE guidelines, Metrics and OpenAIRE usage statistics service, Text and Data Mining, the role of repositories in Open Access funder policy compliance, and next generation repositories.
The next seminar will be Tuesday 5 December - Scholix guidelines for data-literature integration: opportunities for OpenAIRE compatible repositories (Presenter: Paolo Manghi, ISTI-CNR).
Find out more about upcoming seminars on the
OpenAire website.
- In Conversation with the Wellcome Trust, University of Cambridge
David Carr and Robert Kiley from the Wellcome Trust are coming to Cambridge to talk with researchers about the Trust’s policy on data, software and materials management and sharing, which was released in July 2017. They will give short talks about the extended requirements for sharing all research outputs and an update on how their policy on open research has been working. Afterwards you will have the opportunity to ask them any questions you might have.
This event will be taking place on Tuesday 5 December at the Gurdon Institute Tea Room. Find out more and book via the
University of Cambridge Training website.
- Open Access Publications Officer, St Mary's University, Twickenham
St Mary’s University is currently seeking a part-time Open Access Publications Officer to join the Library Services team. This role has responsibility for open access publishing support within the University and administers the St Mary’s Open Research Archive (publications repository).
The role also provides library support, guidance and training for researchers across the University in the field of Open Access publishing, and works in close partnership with the University’s Research Services team.
Find out more and apply by Friday 1 December via the
St Mary's University website.
- Research Associate, Data Science for Health, UCL
University College London are seeking a Research Associate to be based in the UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction working with the digital health group on three digital global health projects in Low and Middle Income Settings (LMIC): (1) the GASDA project – a gamified antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) decision support app for prescribing behaviour change, (2) the MANTRA project developing an app for women’s resilience in Nepal and (3) a gamified app for community engagement in Brazil.
The role will include research into data science and dashboard visualisation for healthcare professionals and decision makers in Nigeria, Nepal and Brazil and other LMIC and the development of a cross-platform app for a decision tree and gamification for sample infection control policies and guidelines.
Find out more and apply by Sunday 10 December on the
UCL website.
- PhD studentship: Development of Data Collection Tools with Non-Literate Participants, UCL
UCL Department of Geography and the Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) group invite applications for a PhD studentship from European Research Council (ERC) funded project: ECSAnVis (Extreme Citizen Science: Analysis & Visualisation) aimed at a developer.
Find out more and apply by Thursday 15 Feb 2018 via the
UCL website.