Open Science & Education
Open Science is an open and collaborative way to conduct, publish and evaluate scientific research and educational resources. Striving for more collaboration, reuse of knowledge and transparency, not only between researchers, teachers and their disciplines but also with society as a whole, is central to the Open Science movement.
Discover what you can do
Publish in Open Access
Publishing Open Access allows WUR to share its knowledge with the world and makes it easier and feast to build on each other’s work. Following national goals WUR aims to publish its research results Open Access.
Make your data FAIR
WUR strives for research data to become Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) by 2025. The WDCC, (Wageningen Data Competence Centre) and an emerging WUR data stewardship play a crucial role in this.
Involve citizens in your research
Through Citizen Science WUR can connect science and society around common matters of interest and concern. It is both an opportunity to strengthen public trust and for citizens to experience science first-hand.
Share your educational resources
Open Education aims at sharing high-quality educational practices and resources with everyone, independent of time, place and costs. Open up your resources for innovation of education.
Join the Open Science Community Wageningen
The Open Science Community Wageningen is a bottom-up community introducing and fostering open science practices for transparency and reproducibility of science.
Learn how others practice Open Science & Education
What are the benefits and challenges and what is needed to bring about the open science culture change at WUR? Colleagues tell about their experience with Open Science and Education.