Open RDI
Goals and principles of open RDI at TAMK
Our activities are informed by national and international policies and recommendations on open science and research. We are committed to the Declaration for Open Science and Research 2020-2025 and the policies and recommendations that specify and enrich it. We actively participate in national and international development work to promote open science and research. We are also committed to, for example, the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
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Openness of operation culture
Responsible openness is part of everyday life throughout the RDI process, and we are actively developing evaluation practices, incentives, and services to support it.
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Openness of publishing
We promote and support the immediate responsible openness of scientific publications and other research outputs equally in all fields of science and all career stages of our researchers.
The publications, theses, research data and research methods produced at Tampere University of Applied Sciences are principally shared and open. TAMK has adopted a prior licence model which secures researchers’ right to self-archive their articles in the university's institutional repository.
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Openness of research data and methods
Our aim is to ensure that research data and methods are as open as possible and as closed as necessary. Data are appropriately managed in accordance with the FAIR principles. We consider research methods and data as independent research outputs.
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Openness of education
Our community understands open education as part of open science. Open education enables the sharing, reuse, and further use of a wide range of learning materials and teaching practices.
Why open science and RDI?
We value and support open science and RDI. The key objectives and characteristics of open science are:
- publishing research results, data, source codes and methods in a way that makes them accessible and usable
- the transparency and the easy access and use of methods, data, teaching materials and research outcomes
- benefits to society, science, research, and the researcher.
Openness advances science and research and the development of the scientific community by
- improving and ensuring the quality of scientific knowledge
- strengthening the reliability and transparency of research and its evaluation
- increasing access to scientific knowledge and scientific research methods in research, teaching and learning
- enabling and enriching collaboration between researchers
- increasing the impact of research in society.
Action plan on open science
Tampere University of Applied Sciences has an open science action plan which takes into consideration the special features of RDI at universities of applied sciences.
Services and support for open science and RDI
Openness is included in the responsible conduct of research, and also an essential part of researcher skills. Tampere University Library supports open access publishing, open education and research data management, advises on monitoring the impact and visibility of research and using Tampere Universities’ research information systems.
The Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD) – which operates as a separate unit of Tampere University – has worked to promote open science in Finland for over 20 years. FSD’s Aila Data Service allows users to browse the FSD data catalogue, search for data, read data descriptions and download data. The data descriptions in Finnish and in English also contain in-depth information on how the data were collected. In addition, FSD’s Research Method Guidebook provides information on use of research methods.
Tampere University encourages researchers to disseminate information on science, research and research outputs in a form that is accessible to a wide audience. Communication is a means to ensure that research-based knowledge reaches its target groups, such as fellow researchers, decision-makers, the media, young people who are making choices about their education, and people with a general interest in science and research. In addition, Tampere Universities promote open science and research by annually awarding a person, group or project in our community that has notably promoted open science and research practices.
Tampere University has a Data Management Policy for Open Research Infrastructures which guides our research infrastructures in devising their own policies for open science.
TAMK as publisher
TAMK Publications and Theseus
TAMK Publications publishes topical and working life-oriented works which support professional competence and development. We publish studies, reports and textbooks, as well as art books, among other things. Most of our publications are free to download on Theseus, the Open Repository of the Universities of Applied Sciences.
Open researcher and contributor ID (ORCID)
According to the Open Science Guidelines, each researcher is advised to acquire an international ORCID researcher identifier and use it in all scientific activities.
The international ORCID identifier will provide you with a permanent and unique digital identifier. It is a series of numbers that will distinguish you from other researchers.
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Open RDI and learning working group
A separate open RDI and learning working group operates in TAMK, with responsibility for preparing drafts and proposals for monitoring, implementation, and decision-making.