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Chris Hartgerink (he/him; @chartgerink) is part researcher, part statistician, part software programmer, part businessperson. In 2019, he founded Liberate Science GmbH. He was awarded his PhD in Methodology and Statistics from Tilburg University (2020) for his work on building sustainable science. He was a Mozilla Open Science Fellow (2018) and is currently a Shuttleworth Fellow. He's been awarded a cumulative amount of circa 1 million USD to do his work, since 2014.
After reflecting on his experiences during the PhD, he actively left academia to change the way research work is done on all levels . Together with the Liberate Science team, he's realizing this on multiple levels.
His philosophy of Open is one of equity and power distribution, instead of accumulation. It is relentlessly radical, which does not aim to burn systems down, but to (out)grow old ones. This philosophy is captured by the Liberate Science Manifesto.
About RIOT Science Club
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science.
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: osf.io/8y7h2/. You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
You can also find us on Twitter @riotscienceclub.
If you would like to give a talk or workshop for The RIOTS Club, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk.
Chris Hartgerink (he/him; @chartgerink) is part researcher, part statistician, part software programmer, part businessperson. In 2019, he founded Liberate Science GmbH. He was awarded his PhD in Methodology and Statistics from Tilburg University (2020) for his work on building sustainable science. He was a Mozilla Open Science Fellow (2018) and is currently a Shuttleworth Fellow. He's been awarded a cumulative amount of circa 1 million USD to do his work, since 2014.
After reflecting on his experiences during the PhD, he actively left academia to change the way research work is done on all levels . Together with the Liberate Science team, he's realizing this on multiple levels.
His philosophy of Open is one of equity and power distribution, instead of accumulation. It is relentlessly radical, which does not aim to burn systems down, but to (out)grow old ones. This philosophy is captured by the Liberate Science Manifesto.
About RIOT Science Club
The RIOT Science Club gives talks/workshops on Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science.
Slides and/or recordings of all past and future RIOTS Clubs are stored on our Open Science Framework Page: osf.io/8y7h2/. You can also subscribe to our mailing list, to receive regular information on upcoming talks and workshops, any local events and vacancies for positions in open and reproducible research.
You can also find us on Twitter @riotscienceclub.
If you would like to give a talk or workshop for The RIOTS Club, please email riotscienceclub@kcl.ac.uk.
