what works to foster the adoption of openness and transparency practices in sub-saharan africa? -...
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AFRICA
WHAT WORKS TO FOSTER THE ADOPTION OF
OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY
PRACTICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA:
LESSONS FROM CAMEROON AND SOUTH AFRICA
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Rewardexceptionalachievementsintheadvancementoftransparentsocialscience(SSMART),LMR
BuildStandardsofopenness,integrity,andtransparency
ADVOCATE,EDUCATE,CATALYZE
Exploresolutions,and
monitorprogresstowards
transparency
Identify,fund,develop tools andresources
TRANSPARENCY…. OPENNESS…….BITSS!
Understandtheproblem
Support reseachers inmaking their researchmoretransparentandopen
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CAMEROON (02 DAYS BITSS TRAINING) (1)
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SOUTH AFRICA (YAS CONFERENCE) (01 DAY) (1)
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SOUTH AFRICA (YAS CONFERENCE) (01 DAY) (2)SUBSAHARANAFRICA
§ SOUTHERN,EASTANDWESTAFRICANHIGHERACADEMICINSITUTIONS§ DEPARTMENTOFSTATISTICSANDDEMOGRAPHY
UNDERGRADUATEANDGRADUATESTUDENTS
ORIGIN
§ SouthernAfrica(Lesotho,SouthAfrica,Zambia,Botswana,Zimbabwe)§ EasternAfrica(Uganda,Ethiopia)§ NorthernAfrica(Egypt)§ CentralAfrica(Cameroon)§WesternAfrica(Benin,BurkinaFaso,Nigeria)
39PARTICIPANTSfrom12Africancountries
outofthe54!!
--Different Typeofcommonacademicmisconductsinresearch andhowtoovercome eachofthem?--Howtobuild atransparentWorkflow fromthedataanalysis tothepublication?--Howtoshare their dataanddofilesthroughGithuborOSF
THEYREALIZEDTHEREAREEXISTINGNORMSANDRULESONRESEARCH
THEYREALIZEDTHEYWERENOTSOTRANSPARENT:)
FOREACHBARRIERS,SOLUTIONSWEREGIVEN
PREVIOUSKNOWLEDGE
AFewofthemhavepreviouslyheardabouttransparencyoropennessPractices inresearch(HigherinEastAfrica)
KNOWLEDGEACQUIRED
POTENTIALBARRIERSOF ADOPTION
-- ATTHEINDIVIDUALLEVEL
--ATTHEINSTITUTIONALLEVEL
LESSONSLESSONS LEARNED (1)
Institutionallevel
• Lack ofsuitableresources(repositories,Internetaccessoncampus)• Lack ofabodyawareofthebenefitofopendataandtransparencytocreateincentivesforresearchers
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Individuallevel• Fear ofsomeoneelsestealinghisideaandpublishingbeforehim
• Unwillingness tosharetheircodeto other“lazy”researchers• Willing topublishinTopjournalsintheirfield tomakeanameastheyarealreadyBackwardbecauseofbeinginadevelopingcountrieswith lackofresources.TherebythereisanecessitytopublishinTopjournalswhicharenotsooftenopen
• Lackofsuitablesharingplatforms
IndividualLevel
• Lackofinstitutionalrewardandincentivesdirectedtoresearcherspublishinginopenaccessjournalorsharingtheirdata
BARRIERS
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SOLUTIONS
MAIN TAKE AWAY
Overall,there is aLack ofknowledgeonopenandtransparentresearchpracticesinSSA
Atopdownapproachis away tofoster andwidespreadtheadoptionwith specific programstargeting seniorresearchers attheuniversity level
TailorspecificincentivesfordevelopingcountriesresearchersWhoarealreadystrivingtobeopenandtransparentintheirwork
Doing an experiment (RCT) with a control andcomparisongroup couldbe useful to better understand the bestpractices to incentivize them to be open . (Looking forward toperform this research with the support of the catalyst grant fromBITSS)
TAKE AWAY AND WAY FORWARD
THANKYOUFORYOURKINDATTENTION