Heidi Seibold
@heidiseibold.bsky.social
Open & reproducible research enthusiast. Co-founder @digiresacademy.bsky.social.
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Hello, I'm new here 👋
I am an #OpenScience and reproducibility nerd and love helping researchers improve the way they do research.
I'll post about open research, data and code. And sometimes bicycles 🚲 😉
I co-founded the @digiresacademy.bsky.social 💜
I am an #OpenScience and reproducibility nerd and love helping researchers improve the way they do research.
I'll post about open research, data and code. And sometimes bicycles 🚲 😉
I co-founded the @digiresacademy.bsky.social 💜
At TUM Audimax lecture hall this evening for rehearsal for my TEDx talk on November 8th.
Hopefully my colourful notes will help me remember what I want to say.
Hopefully my colourful notes will help me remember what I want to say.
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
At TUM Audimax lecture hall this evening for rehearsal for my TEDx talk on November 8th.
Hopefully my colourful notes will help me remember what I want to say.
Hopefully my colourful notes will help me remember what I want to say.
In this post, guest author Maxi shares her experience in reusing data and machine learning models. It's frustrating, because people don't share or don't even respond to a clearly "reasonable request".
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/data-s...
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/data-s...
Data sharing (un)culture
Everyone talks about the importance of data sharing – but do scientists really put it into practice? Our study on authors' willingness to share data gave some alarming results, particularly in the…
digiresacademy.kit.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In this post, guest author Maxi shares her experience in reusing data and machine learning models. It's frustrating, because people don't share or don't even respond to a clearly "reasonable request".
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/data-s...
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/data-s...
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Big goals need powerful voices and ours just hit TEDx! 🎤
Heidi Seibold, co-founder of Digital Research Academy, takes the stage at TEDxTUM 2025 to talk Open & Reproducible Science.
How do we rebuild trust, openness & collaboration in research? Find out Nov 8!
#OpenScience y #TEDx #ResearchCulture
Heidi Seibold, co-founder of Digital Research Academy, takes the stage at TEDxTUM 2025 to talk Open & Reproducible Science.
How do we rebuild trust, openness & collaboration in research? Find out Nov 8!
#OpenScience y #TEDx #ResearchCulture
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Big goals need powerful voices and ours just hit TEDx! 🎤
Heidi Seibold, co-founder of Digital Research Academy, takes the stage at TEDxTUM 2025 to talk Open & Reproducible Science.
How do we rebuild trust, openness & collaboration in research? Find out Nov 8!
#OpenScience y #TEDx #ResearchCulture
Heidi Seibold, co-founder of Digital Research Academy, takes the stage at TEDxTUM 2025 to talk Open & Reproducible Science.
How do we rebuild trust, openness & collaboration in research? Find out Nov 8!
#OpenScience y #TEDx #ResearchCulture
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
This one! 💯
"...scientific articles are written by experts for experts, and I found many of them almost indecipherable as they try to condense those books into a dense half page of gibberish" - Emilio Dorigatti on Open Science Stories, @heidiseibold.bsky.social
"...scientific articles are written by experts for experts, and I found many of them almost indecipherable as they try to condense those books into a dense half page of gibberish" - Emilio Dorigatti on Open Science Stories, @heidiseibold.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This one! 💯
"...scientific articles are written by experts for experts, and I found many of them almost indecipherable as they try to condense those books into a dense half page of gibberish" - Emilio Dorigatti on Open Science Stories, @heidiseibold.bsky.social
"...scientific articles are written by experts for experts, and I found many of them almost indecipherable as they try to condense those books into a dense half page of gibberish" - Emilio Dorigatti on Open Science Stories, @heidiseibold.bsky.social
The Open Science Retreat is my favorite event of the year and next year I get to go to not only one but two?! 2026 will be the best year ever.
October 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Open Science Retreat is my favorite event of the year and next year I get to go to not only one but two?! 2026 will be the best year ever.
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
🚀 Registration is OPEN for the Open Science Retreat 2026!
A week of open ideas, fresh air & creative collaboration.
It’s not your usual conference, it’s part unconference, part hackathon, all community.
📅 Apr 7–11, 2026 | 📍 Machynlleth, Wales
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/L6MIbtq
#OpenScience
A week of open ideas, fresh air & creative collaboration.
It’s not your usual conference, it’s part unconference, part hackathon, all community.
📅 Apr 7–11, 2026 | 📍 Machynlleth, Wales
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/L6MIbtq
#OpenScience
October 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🚀 Registration is OPEN for the Open Science Retreat 2026!
A week of open ideas, fresh air & creative collaboration.
It’s not your usual conference, it’s part unconference, part hackathon, all community.
📅 Apr 7–11, 2026 | 📍 Machynlleth, Wales
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/L6MIbtq
#OpenScience
A week of open ideas, fresh air & creative collaboration.
It’s not your usual conference, it’s part unconference, part hackathon, all community.
📅 Apr 7–11, 2026 | 📍 Machynlleth, Wales
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/L6MIbtq
#OpenScience
Excited for the webinar
"Research Software Engineering in Health Research"
on Wednesday in collaboration with Health Data Research UK.
If you are a health researcher writing code or supervising someone writing code, this webinar is for you!
www.hdruk.ac.uk/events/resea...
"Research Software Engineering in Health Research"
on Wednesday in collaboration with Health Data Research UK.
If you are a health researcher writing code or supervising someone writing code, this webinar is for you!
www.hdruk.ac.uk/events/resea...
Research Software Engineering in Health Research Webinar
www.hdruk.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Excited for the webinar
"Research Software Engineering in Health Research"
on Wednesday in collaboration with Health Data Research UK.
If you are a health researcher writing code or supervising someone writing code, this webinar is for you!
www.hdruk.ac.uk/events/resea...
"Research Software Engineering in Health Research"
on Wednesday in collaboration with Health Data Research UK.
If you are a health researcher writing code or supervising someone writing code, this webinar is for you!
www.hdruk.ac.uk/events/resea...
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
🍳 New email course: Open Science on the Menu!
A 13-step recipe to boost your initiative’s visibility.
🥄 Social media, networking, outreach & your unique voice—served in 2 emails/week, starting Sept 18.
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/mj8wVZw
#OpenScience #OSPARK
A 13-step recipe to boost your initiative’s visibility.
🥄 Social media, networking, outreach & your unique voice—served in 2 emails/week, starting Sept 18.
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/mj8wVZw
#OpenScience #OSPARK
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🍳 New email course: Open Science on the Menu!
A 13-step recipe to boost your initiative’s visibility.
🥄 Social media, networking, outreach & your unique voice—served in 2 emails/week, starting Sept 18.
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/mj8wVZw
#OpenScience #OSPARK
A 13-step recipe to boost your initiative’s visibility.
🥄 Social media, networking, outreach & your unique voice—served in 2 emails/week, starting Sept 18.
👉 Sign up: buff.ly/mj8wVZw
#OpenScience #OSPARK
We're at #CoRDI2025 with a Digital Research Academy poster and fun buttons.
If you're there, come by!
If you're there, come by!
August 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We're at #CoRDI2025 with a Digital Research Academy poster and fun buttons.
If you're there, come by!
If you're there, come by!
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Congratulations! ✨
🎉 A year older and even more passionate about Open Science! 🎂
The Digital Research Academy is 1 today 🚀
Empowering researchers
Sharing skills & tools
Building a global Open Science community
Here’s to more learning, sharing, and opening science together.
#OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch
The Digital Research Academy is 1 today 🚀
Empowering researchers
Sharing skills & tools
Building a global Open Science community
Here’s to more learning, sharing, and opening science together.
#OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch
August 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Congratulations! ✨
Happy 1st Birthday @digiresacademy.bsky.social 💜🎉
🎉 A year older and even more passionate about Open Science! 🎂
The Digital Research Academy is 1 today 🚀
Empowering researchers
Sharing skills & tools
Building a global Open Science community
Here’s to more learning, sharing, and opening science together.
#OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch
The Digital Research Academy is 1 today 🚀
Empowering researchers
Sharing skills & tools
Building a global Open Science community
Here’s to more learning, sharing, and opening science together.
#OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch
August 19, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Happy 1st Birthday @digiresacademy.bsky.social 💜🎉
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
Was ready to hate read this piece from @sjmelchor.bsky.social, but it was good and had sensible quotes from @cghlewis.bsky.social , @heidiseibold.bsky.social, Karl Broman and others. 😜
Spreadsheet software can be frustrating, but adopting some helpful habits can improve its effectiveness
go.nature.com/4m9SCjl
go.nature.com/4m9SCjl
Six questions to ask before jumping into a spreadsheet
Spreadsheet software can be frustrating, but adopting some helpful habits can improve its effectiveness.
go.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Was ready to hate read this piece from @sjmelchor.bsky.social, but it was good and had sensible quotes from @cghlewis.bsky.social , @heidiseibold.bsky.social, Karl Broman and others. 😜
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
Love this new spreadsheet paper, full of great #rladies and #openscience advice.
Shout out to contributors @yabellini.bsky.social @cghlewis.bsky.social @heidiseibold.bsky.social and (indirectly) @karawoo.com
Other good spreadsheet-related reading here...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Shout out to contributors @yabellini.bsky.social @cghlewis.bsky.social @heidiseibold.bsky.social and (indirectly) @karawoo.com
Other good spreadsheet-related reading here...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to another @nature.com article. This one, about spreadsheets. While there is often distrust surrounding them, they are still a ubiquitous tool that, if used properly and for the right reasons, can be effective.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Six questions to ask before jumping into a spreadsheet
Spreadsheet software can be frustrating, but adopting some helpful habits can improve its effectiveness.
www.nature.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Love this new spreadsheet paper, full of great #rladies and #openscience advice.
Shout out to contributors @yabellini.bsky.social @cghlewis.bsky.social @heidiseibold.bsky.social and (indirectly) @karawoo.com
Other good spreadsheet-related reading here...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Shout out to contributors @yabellini.bsky.social @cghlewis.bsky.social @heidiseibold.bsky.social and (indirectly) @karawoo.com
Other good spreadsheet-related reading here...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
Make your research FAIR & reproducible 🔍💡
Join Dr. Heidi Seibold on 25 Aug, Aachen for tips on templates, workflows & documentation that save time and boost transparency.
📍 4 PM | CBMS, Forckenbeckstr. 55
buff.ly/QL7rQJw
#FAIRData #OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch #FAIRScience
Join Dr. Heidi Seibold on 25 Aug, Aachen for tips on templates, workflows & documentation that save time and boost transparency.
📍 4 PM | CBMS, Forckenbeckstr. 55
buff.ly/QL7rQJw
#FAIRData #OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch #FAIRScience
August 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
🎉 The Digital Research Academy will be at useR! 2025, Durham, NC, Aug 8–10!
Stop by our booth to talk research software, reproducibility & training and pick up some cool buttons!
Open to all R lovers and research enthusiasts.
Find more: buff.ly/5orHUWd
#useR2025 #rstats #RSEng
Stop by our booth to talk research software, reproducibility & training and pick up some cool buttons!
Open to all R lovers and research enthusiasts.
Find more: buff.ly/5orHUWd
#useR2025 #rstats #RSEng
August 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎉 The Digital Research Academy will be at useR! 2025, Durham, NC, Aug 8–10!
Stop by our booth to talk research software, reproducibility & training and pick up some cool buttons!
Open to all R lovers and research enthusiasts.
Find more: buff.ly/5orHUWd
#useR2025 #rstats #RSEng
Stop by our booth to talk research software, reproducibility & training and pick up some cool buttons!
Open to all R lovers and research enthusiasts.
Find more: buff.ly/5orHUWd
#useR2025 #rstats #RSEng
So excited to go to Wales next year 🤩
Ready to rethink research culture in a new way?
📍 April 7–11, 2026
📌 Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK
🌱 Open Science Retreat Global is back!
No panels, no posters, just space to connect, build, and reimagine Open Science together.
Details: buff.ly/vTi15qE
#OpenScience #OSRetreat
📍 April 7–11, 2026
📌 Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK
🌱 Open Science Retreat Global is back!
No panels, no posters, just space to connect, build, and reimagine Open Science together.
Details: buff.ly/vTi15qE
#OpenScience #OSRetreat
July 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
So excited to go to Wales next year 🤩
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
🚀 Open Science is about people, not just platforms.
In her new piece for The Experimentalist, Heidi Seibold shares reflections on building a strong, values-based Open Science culture.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/jP5Mu0p
#OpenScience #SciComm
In her new piece for The Experimentalist, Heidi Seibold shares reflections on building a strong, values-based Open Science culture.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/jP5Mu0p
#OpenScience #SciComm
Building an Open Science Culture by training, trust and transformation — The Experimentalist
Heidi Seibold When I first started doing research, I never questioned whether I should make my data or code publicly available; it simply felt like the right thing to do. To me, making your work…
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July 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🚀 Open Science is about people, not just platforms.
In her new piece for The Experimentalist, Heidi Seibold shares reflections on building a strong, values-based Open Science culture.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/jP5Mu0p
#OpenScience #SciComm
In her new piece for The Experimentalist, Heidi Seibold shares reflections on building a strong, values-based Open Science culture.
Read here 👉 buff.ly/jP5Mu0p
#OpenScience #SciComm
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
🚨 Deadline extended!
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!
If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX
#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!
If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX
#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚨 Deadline extended!
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!
If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX
#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!
If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.
Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX
#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
📣 Boost your Open Science visibility!
Join the OSPARK Workshop 🧠
🗓️ Aug 29 | 10–13 CEST
📍 RWTH Aachen IT Center
Hands-on tips for OS communication.
Register now → buff.ly/89HxJsV
#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm
Join the OSPARK Workshop 🧠
🗓️ Aug 29 | 10–13 CEST
📍 RWTH Aachen IT Center
Hands-on tips for OS communication.
Register now → buff.ly/89HxJsV
#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm
July 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📣 Boost your Open Science visibility!
Join the OSPARK Workshop 🧠
🗓️ Aug 29 | 10–13 CEST
📍 RWTH Aachen IT Center
Hands-on tips for OS communication.
Register now → buff.ly/89HxJsV
#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm
Join the OSPARK Workshop 🧠
🗓️ Aug 29 | 10–13 CEST
📍 RWTH Aachen IT Center
Hands-on tips for OS communication.
Register now → buff.ly/89HxJsV
#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm
Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/is-mac...
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/is-mac...
Is Machine Learning and AI solving the problem of p-hacking?
Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?
digiresacademy.kit.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/is-mac...
digiresacademy.kit.com/posts/is-mac...
Let's meet up in Aachen!
⏰ Reminder: TTT Aachen applications close soon!
Want to level up your training skills in a hands-on, in-person setting?
📍 Sep 1–3 in Aachen — historic city, border vibes 🇩🇪🇧🇪🇳🇱
🗓️ Apply by July 21 → buff.ly/dk5l7jw
#TrainTheTrainer #DigitalResearchAcademy #OpenScience #ResearchTraining
Want to level up your training skills in a hands-on, in-person setting?
📍 Sep 1–3 in Aachen — historic city, border vibes 🇩🇪🇧🇪🇳🇱
🗓️ Apply by July 21 → buff.ly/dk5l7jw
#TrainTheTrainer #DigitalResearchAcademy #OpenScience #ResearchTraining
July 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Let's meet up in Aachen!
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
Issue 4 of RDM Weekly is out now! 📫
- Data, Behind the Scenes Conference @randyau.com
- Intro to SQL @tladeras.bsky.social
- Setting up a FAIR and Reproducible Project @heidiseibold.bsky.social
- Making Data Pipelines in R @meghansharris.bsky.social
and more!
open.substack.com/pub/rdmweekl...
- Data, Behind the Scenes Conference @randyau.com
- Intro to SQL @tladeras.bsky.social
- Setting up a FAIR and Reproducible Project @heidiseibold.bsky.social
- Making Data Pipelines in R @meghansharris.bsky.social
and more!
open.substack.com/pub/rdmweekl...
RDM Weekly - Issue 004
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Issue 4 of RDM Weekly is out now! 📫
- Data, Behind the Scenes Conference @randyau.com
- Intro to SQL @tladeras.bsky.social
- Setting up a FAIR and Reproducible Project @heidiseibold.bsky.social
- Making Data Pipelines in R @meghansharris.bsky.social
and more!
open.substack.com/pub/rdmweekl...
- Data, Behind the Scenes Conference @randyau.com
- Intro to SQL @tladeras.bsky.social
- Setting up a FAIR and Reproducible Project @heidiseibold.bsky.social
- Making Data Pipelines in R @meghansharris.bsky.social
and more!
open.substack.com/pub/rdmweekl...
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
Want to improve your research software engineering skills? Consider learning more about test-driven development!
🗓️ This Thursday, July 17 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online
#RSEng
Register here: buff.ly/2XoLQUB
Careful observers might have noticed that we moved the date. Check your calendar!
🗓️ This Thursday, July 17 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online
#RSEng
Register here: buff.ly/2XoLQUB
Careful observers might have noticed that we moved the date. Check your calendar!
July 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Want to improve your research software engineering skills? Consider learning more about test-driven development!
🗓️ This Thursday, July 17 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online
#RSEng
Register here: buff.ly/2XoLQUB
Careful observers might have noticed that we moved the date. Check your calendar!
🗓️ This Thursday, July 17 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online
#RSEng
Register here: buff.ly/2XoLQUB
Careful observers might have noticed that we moved the date. Check your calendar!
Reposted by Heidi Seibold
Interested in getting a little AI help for your data analysis?
Join us Friday, 18 July for a free, 90-min online workshop on
AI-assisted data analysis — aligning efficiency with ethical responsibility.
15:00–16:30 CEST
Reserve your spot:
buff.ly/O2pO7td
#AIForResearch #DataAnalysis #ChatGPT
Join us Friday, 18 July for a free, 90-min online workshop on
AI-assisted data analysis — aligning efficiency with ethical responsibility.
15:00–16:30 CEST
Reserve your spot:
buff.ly/O2pO7td
#AIForResearch #DataAnalysis #ChatGPT
July 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Interested in getting a little AI help for your data analysis?
Join us Friday, 18 July for a free, 90-min online workshop on
AI-assisted data analysis — aligning efficiency with ethical responsibility.
15:00–16:30 CEST
Reserve your spot:
buff.ly/O2pO7td
#AIForResearch #DataAnalysis #ChatGPT
Join us Friday, 18 July for a free, 90-min online workshop on
AI-assisted data analysis — aligning efficiency with ethical responsibility.
15:00–16:30 CEST
Reserve your spot:
buff.ly/O2pO7td
#AIForResearch #DataAnalysis #ChatGPT