Seminars Coordinated by Licia Proserpio
Format: Three sessions (10 hours in total) + 20 hours of guided writing excises
This seminar invites doctoral students to critically reflect on how research practices can become more transparent, reproducible, visible, and accessible. Through three interactive sessions and guided writing assignments, participants will engage in a collective exploration of how to move beyond closed, “black box” models of scholarship toward more collaborative and trustworthy ways of producing knowledge. The course emphasizes that digital infrastructures and open science policies are never politically neutral. They are embedded in wider struggles over authority, legitimacy, and inclusion. At the same time, open and digital approaches create important opportunities for collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and engagement both within and beyond academia. By the end of the seminar, participants will have gained a deeper understanding of Open Science and Digital Humanities not merely as a set of tools, but as a field of ethical and political choices that shape how we imagine and practice scholarship today.
Day 1 – What is Open Science? Reflections for PhD Students
4 December 2025, 09:00–12:00, Aula Giorgio Morandi (3 hours)
Day 2 – Writing a Data Management Plan: Practical and Critical Reflections
5 December 2025, 09:00–12:00, Aula Giorgio Morandi (3 hours)
Day 3 – How to Make Your Research More Visible
11 December 2025, 09:00–13:00, Aula Giorgio Morandi (4 hours)
In addition to classroom sessions, students will complete guided writing exercises (approx. 20 hours).
The initiative is organised as part of the project "Territori della Memoria" (Iniziativa Dip. Eccellenti MUR 23–27 – Legge 232 01/12/16).