Recognising Open Science practices in higher education staff assessment

During the Open Science Retreat in 2024 in the Netherlands, the authors formed the 'Recognition & Rewards / Open Science Assessment group' to develope a guidance document to encourage and take into account Open Science practices during assessment interviews, such as annual reviews. To make the transition to Open Science, it is important that Open Science practices are recognised during assessments. In the document we propose guiding questions to help supervisors to take into account Open Science practices during the assessment. In drafting the document, we took into account various existing efforts on Open Science assessment and annual review documents shared by Open Science retreat participants. We have also included a list of definitions of several Open Science practices to assist supervisors. We will continue to develop the published version by promoting and improving the document in our own local settings and in the Open Science communities!

Feedback is still welcome via a google document and may result in an updated version.