Open Science for Young Researchers (OSYR) – OSYR

Public policies on open science place great emphasis on raising awareness and training young researchers. Establishing a culture of open science means making the practice of open science an integral part of learning to be a researcher. In recent years, librarians and information professionals have developed formal awareness-raising and training programs, as well as informal awareness-raising initiatives. Evaluating the effects of these schemes is at the heart of the OSYR (Open Science for Young Researchers) project. Jointly supported by university libraries and research laboratories, the OSYR project aims to analyze open science awareness and training programs, their appropriation by young researchers and their impact on the practice of open science.
The OSYR project is a continuation of research into the academic practices of young researchers. It adopts an all-encompassing perspective on a cohort of doctoral students from seven French and Belgian institutions, representing all research disciplines and presenting different configurations in terms of awareness-raising and training schemes.
It consists of a mapping of formal awareness-raising and training schemes in France, in order to propose a state of the art on these schemes and analyze their organization and impact, and quantitative and qualitative surveys conducted among the cohort of PhD students from partner establishments. The quantitative survey, carried out at the beginning and end of the thesis, will measure the use and reception of the awareness-raising and training programs, as well as the appropriation and mobilization of the knowledge imparted. The qualitative research approach will be designed to describe young researchers' progress in the field of open science: the effects of formal mechanisms, the role of informal awareness-raising, the impact of the research environment, and changes in practices and behaviors. Particular attention will be paid to differences in disciplines and thesis funding.
A seminar comprising six workshops will enable research and professional communities to share their thoughts on the results of the project. It will lead to the development of recommendations for the adaptation of awareness-raising and doctoral training schemes, and the reproduction of measurements of the effects of the schemes on the public of young researchers.
The OSYR project aims to have a dual impact on both the research and professional communities: fruitful dialogue and the development of common recommendations between the two communities, as well as the advancement of knowledge on the transmission of research practices, on the development of an open science culture and on the effects of awareness-raising and training schemes.