OCSDNet

PROJECTS & INITIATIVES

About OCSDNet

‘Open and Collaborative Science for Development Network’ (OCSDNet) was designed as an action research network whose 12 researcher-practitioner teams explored the question of whether “open science” could serve as a tool for transformative development thinking and practices. The network investigated

The broad range of institutional and social-political conditions in which knowledge production and sharing take place
The historical and political importance of situating openness as a praxis instead of a set of technical conditions
The common and distinct community values and principles of equitable knowledge production and sharing across communities
Possible pathways of unsettling the current global knowledge systems, leading to a more pluralistic world or where multiple worlds co-exist.

Funded by IDRC in Canada and DFID in the UK from 2015-2018, the project continues to grow with the existing partners, and the outcomes from the research are having policy influence, particularly the OCSDNet Manifesto:

Visit OCSDNet Website

Network Meetings & Conference Presentations

OCSDNet Research Associate Denisse Albornoz at OpenCon 2018 presenting on Reimagining Open Science Through a Feminist Lens.

OCSDNet Principle Investigator Leslie Chan presenting at COAR conference on Open Access in the Global South

*ICTD 2015 Network Workshop (June 2015) – Singapore, Singapore*

*Network Meeting (February 2016) – Bangkok, Thailand*

*Proposal Development Workshop (October 2014) – Nairobi, Kenya*

Select Publications

Visit the Zenodo library and the OCSDNet Blog for a collection of outputs that came out of the OCSD Network.

Zenodo Library

OCSDNet Blog

**Contextualizing Openness: Situating Open Science**

Making Open Development Inclusive | The MIT Press — **‘Towards an Inclusive Open and Collaborative Science: Lessons from OCSDNet’**

PDF) Open Science, open issues — **Open Science, Open Issues**

Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: Communities, Cultures and Diversity in Concepts and Practices, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing: Chan, L., Loizides, F.: 9781614997689: Amazon.com: Books — **Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: Communities, Cultures and Diversity in Concepts and Practices**

2018 SPARC Innovator Award

The SPARC Innovator Award is an initiative that recognizes an individual, institution, or group that exemplifies SPARC principles by working to challenge the status quo in scholarly communication for the benefit of researchers, libraries, universities, and the public. SPARC Innovators are featured on the SPARC Web site semi-annually.

“Insights from OCSDNet’s partnerships in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia have been translated into numerous reports, conference presentations, and will be in an upcoming book, Contexualizing Openness, to be published in an open-access collection by University of Ottawa Press this fall. The network also produced an Open Science Manifesto outlining key principles to ensure inclusivity.

For its contributions to promoting diversity in Open Science and representation of the Global South, the SPARC has honored OCSDNet with its June 2018 Innovator Award.”