The first-year doctoral students of the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences doctoral school and their scientific supervisors met at a workshop, during which the new doctoral model was discussed, as well as in a discussion with the rector of ViA, leading researcher Ph.D. Agnese Dāvidsone, the main aspects of open science were discussed.
According to the new doctoral model, doctoral students in Latvia are no longer students, but the scientific staff. This model was introduced in all Latvian higher education institutions in the fall of 2024. “This means that doctoral students themselves have to think about how to get involved in various scientific activities, and scientific supervisors have the task of involving and creating opportunities where doctoral students can participate in the implementation of real scientific results, including various scientific conferences, new research, writing scientific project applications and other ways. Doctoral students have the opportunity to understand what it means to be a scientist and build a career in science from the first year,” says Ph.D. A. Dāvidsone.
A. Dāvidsone led a discussion on ethical issues related to open science. Open science was affected by changes in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when funders of higher education institutions increasingly began to demand that science be available in various ways and to all groups in society, including open data, open research infrastructure, public science, etc. Other issues included in the broad concept of open science were also discussed.
Open science is one of the main themes of the project "E³UDRES² Ent-r-e-novators" (No. 101071317), which promotes the development and implementation of the open science concept by all participating institutions - universities in Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Romania and Latvia. It also promotes the acquisition of doctoral degrees by students.
