by Álvaro Hontanar | Mar 4, 2026 | Open Science
Celebrating Open Education Week by Welcoming Richard West to OpenScienceLab We take advantage of Open Education Week 2026 to welcome Richard West to UC3M as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. Open Education Week is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement,...
by Álvaro Hontanar | Mar 2, 2026 | Conference
Open Science for Sovereignty: the Next Challenge Monday, 9th March 2026 – 12:00 (UTC+01:00). Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Streaming / Watch the conference Conference Summary As countries adjust to a rapidly changing geopolitical...
by Álvaro Hontanar | Feb 6, 2026 | Open Science
We often discuss how outdated the way researchers are assessed is: rewarding the number of publications and relying on obsolete metrics that fail to capture the real value of scientific work. What we talk about much less is another factor that deeply reinforces this...
by Álvaro Hontanar | Dec 1, 2025 | AI in science
Artificial intelligence has become a popular tool for finding information, summarizing texts, and even suggesting academic sources. But while AI can speed up the research process, it also introduces a set of risks that many users overlook. Invented Information and...
by Álvaro Hontanar | Nov 14, 2025 | Open Science
This year, Science Europe released something big. This is The Scoping Review: the Contributions of Open Science to Research Culture, on how open science is actually shaping the way we work, collaborate, and care in research. Open science in real practice, for real....
