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Digital Research Academy
@digiresacademy.bsky.social
Quality Training for Quality Research (https://digital-research.academy/)

Community of expert trainers, who deliver custom trainings in #OpenScience, #DataLiteracy, and #RSE

Account is maintained by @joyceykao.bsky.social and @heidiseibold.bsky.social
Our trainer Laura Carter is speaking at SeaGL 2025! 🎤
Open Training for Open Research
📅 Nov 7 | 10:30 | Room 340
🔗 buff.ly/BJZYdBG
She’ll share how DRA builds community-powered training to make Open Science the default.
If you're at SeaGL, say hi! 🌱
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New workshop alert!
DRA + Forschungszentrum Jülich are hosting:
Better Software Architecture, Better Software, Better Research
🗓 13 Nov 2025
Most research software focuses on what the code does.
This workshop focuses on how to structure it so it remains reusable and adaptable.
🔗 buff.ly/Wo7aHZ7
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Dr. Heidi Seibold is speaking at TEDxTUM 2025! 🎤
She’s asking: How do we make science serve its purpose again?
If you care about Open Science & better research culture — this talk is for you.
📅 Nov 8, 2025
🎟️ Discounted tickets:
buff.ly/UGx2t6t
#TEDxTUM #OpenScience #ResearchCulture
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We’re planning a hands-on workshop for the Open Science Retreat 2026 and we’d love your ideas!
What topic should we explore to that would help you and your community to make research more open, inclusive & impactful?
📅 Apr 7–11, 2026 | Machynlleth, Wales
💬 Reply or tag someone with awesome ideas!
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Year-end budgets left?
Invest in openness, not leftovers.
The Digital Research Academy helps institutions build transparent, reproducible research through expert training and collaboration.
Turn unused funds into future-ready research skills.
📩 hello@digiresacademy.org
#OpenScience #ResearchCulture
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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
October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🚀 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
October 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Curious about preregistration but not sure where to start?
Join Lisa Spitzer for a 90-min Preregistration in Psychology workshop on 22 Oct 2025 (14:00–15:30, Cologne).
Learn the why, what & how of preregistration and leave ready to make your next study transparent & reproducible.
buff.ly/GqauCur
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
✨ Final quarter of 2025 ✨
If your org has funds to allocate, why not invest in your people?
DRA offers training in:
🔹 Open Science
🔹 Data Literacy
🔹 Research Software Engineering
Let’s turn year-end budgets into lasting skills.
👉 buff.ly/kdftHt0
#OpenScience #Training #DataLiteracy #ResearchSoftware
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Continuous Integration for Research Code
Oct 9, 2025 | 10–12 CEST | Online
Make your code reproducible, automated & future-proof.
Join Christian Meesters for a practical CI workshop.
✅ CI pipelines with GitHub Actions
✅ Testing, debugging, reproducibility with Conda/Docker
Sign up: buff.ly/pspq9yC
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🍳 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
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
✨ “Outreach isn’t something on the side—it deserves space.”
That was @lspitzer.bsky.social 's big takeaway from the OSPARK workshop. They left ready to boost their Open Science initiatives with new ideas, social media plans, and even a future collaboration!
#OpenScience #SciComm
September 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This week in Aachen 🚀 Researchers came together to learn how to teach.
In 3 days of Train-The-Trainer: skills grew, ideas were tested, and creativity in teaching shone.
Highlight: trainers supporting trainers & researchers learning from each other.
👉 What training shaped your career?
#OpenScience TT
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🎉 What a week at #CoRDI2025 in Aachen!
Highlights from the DRA booth:
Meeting the people behind tools we rely on ( forschungsdaten.info!)
Lots of curiosity about how DRA supports academic training
Biggest buzz: our Train-the-Trainer program + upcoming Open Science Retreat
#CoRDI2025 #OpenScience
September 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🎉 DRA is at CoRDI 2025 in Aachen!
Come by our stall for pins & merch, Open Science chats, and to connect with the DRA team.
Let’s build stronger research data communities together!
#CoRDI2025 #OpenScience #Reproducibility
August 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Many research support teams offer great services but struggle to get noticed.
That’s what the OSPARK workshop is all about: making Open Science initiatives visible & valuable.
📅 29 Aug | RWTH Aachen
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#OpenScience #ResearchSupport #OSPARK
August 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🎉 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
August 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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
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#FAIRData #OpenScience #ReproducibleResearch #FAIRScience
August 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Yesterday we had fantastic chats at useR! 2025 🌍💬 — and we’re just getting started!

Today, swing by to:
🔍 Discover how peer-led training can transform your research practice
🤝 Explore collaboration ideas
🎁 Pick up some DRA pins & merch (perfect conference souvenirs!)

#useR2025 #RStats #Training
August 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🚀 We’re all set up at useR! 2025!
📍 Penn Pavilion, Duke University, Durham, NC
🗓️ August 8–10

The Digital Research Academy booth is open — and yes, the pins and swag are looking fantastic! 🎁✨

Find us, say hi, and let’s chat!

#RSEng #Reproducibility #ResearchTraining #PeerLearning #OpenScience
August 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🎉 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
August 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
July 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📣 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
July 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨 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
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎯Got great tools or services, but no one knows about them?

📣 Time to change that.

Join the OSPARK Workshop on Aug 29 at RWTH Aachen and learn how to promote your Open Science initiative or support service, connect with peers & get your work seen.

🔗 buff.ly/Yp0lIAz

#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm
July 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM