In this episode, cohosts Sicco and Sanli share their personal takes on the essence of open science and how it benefits the academic community and the society at large taking examples from the hot debates around handling of the Covid19 pandemic by national health agencies. They review the recent announcements and news. They talk to Melanie Imming about her 6 years of advocating for Open Science in the Netherlands and the upcoming open science festival.Mentioned in this episode:Covid vaccination data - ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinationsNWO open science fund - www.nwo.nl/calls/open-science-fund-2020/2021San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)- sfdora.org/read/Open Science Festival - www.openscience.nl/the-netherlands…cience-festivalEverything Hertz podcast with Michael Eisen - everythinghertz.com/122SciPost’s peer-witnessed refereeing - scipost.org/FAQ#pwr