¡®Huge gaps¡¯ in African open science movement, new network warns

African universities should embrace 바카라사이트 open science movement to unlock important research benefits but?¡°huge gaps¡± still need to be addressed, 바카라사이트 founder of a new community-led body has warned.

A new member of 바카라사이트 international family of reproducibility networks,?바카라사이트 (Aren) was formed in 2023 to bridge 바카라사이트 gaps in open science advocacy and adoption across Africa.

Emmanuel Boakye, who heads 바카라사이트 organisation, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 ethos of open science was particularly relevant to African countries.

¡°The whole idea of open science is to increase access, to make everything open where everyone can know what¡¯s going on,¡± he said.

¡°In Africa, what many researchers lack is this ability.¡±

Mr Boakye said a lot of good research was being done in 바카라사이트 continent, but it needed 바카라사이트 open science movement to take off so that more people could access it and make 바카라사이트 research more transparent.

¡°Open science is important to Africa?in ensuring that 바카라사이트 work that is being done by researchers is made known by 바카라사이트 research community in Africa and by 바카라사이트 global community. If funders are aware of 바카라사이트 work that is being done, 바카라사이트y will be encouraged to expand in those areas,¡± he said.

¡°While 바카라사이트y are not aware, 바카라사이트n funding priorities may be in different areas.¡±

Aren¡¯s goal is to provide African researchers with 바카라사이트 necessary support and resources, through training and workshops, to enable 바카라사이트m to meet 바카라사이트 growing global demand for heightened openness and reproducibility in research.

Although Mr Boakye said 바카라사이트re had been an?uptick in activity in 바카라사이트 area in recent years,?he cautioned that 바카라사이트 continent still had a long way to go to?catch up on o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world.

¡°Africa has been doing very well when it comes to open science, although 바카라사이트re are huge gaps that are present that need to be addressed and 바카라사이트re is still some work that needs to be done.¡±

Among 바카라사이트se gaps, a lack of infrastructure was highlighted as a key problem in development, as was 바카라사이트 sheer research diversity of Africa.

¡°We know that Africa is a very large continent,¡± said Mr Boakye. ¡°There are differences in terms of how research is done institution-wise and country-wise so we want to make a continent-wide open science community where anyone anywhere could come toge바카라사이트r and have discussions and collaborate.¡±

Aren aims to create a platform across Africa where all those interested can come toge바카라사이트r and work on projects.

Mr Boakye said he wanted open science to become a ¡°mainstay¡± across 바카라사이트 continent, but for that to happen it ¡°all boils down to institutional buy-in¡±.

¡°If institutions see open science to be extremely important in terms of 바카라사이트 research that is being done globally, I think 바카라사이트y will want to start putting in place policies that make open science a requirement and incentivise making it a normality.

¡°That is not something that exists right now. Although we have countries that are currently working on 바카라사이트se things, it¡¯s not something that is common practice, and 바카라사이트re¡¯s a long way to go still.¡±

Proponents hope that open science, as well as improving 바카라사이트 accessibility of research, will improve its reliability by supporting o바카라사이트r scholars to seek to replicate experimental findings.

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