Podcast Interview: Debra Roberts on the True Meaning of Open Science

In the newest edition of Geoversity podcast, Jelle Ferwerda, research coordinator at the ITC faculty, will take over hosting. He speaks to special guest Professor Debra Roberts. 

Professor Roberts is Honorary Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban in South Africa. She was Co-Chair for Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the former Acting Head of the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit at EThekwini Municipality.

In this episode, Debra and Jelle discuss Open Science - the idea of making scientific research, data, software, and educational resources freely accessible to everyone - and how it impacts collaboration between researchers from the EU and the African continent. 

You can also see this interview as a video podcast; check it out here on Geoversity.

This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation. In Part 2, Jelle and Debra tackle one of Professor Roberts’ most controversial topics: Climate Overshoot. Come back to Geoversity soon to check out that episode!