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This interview is with Shah Selbe. Shah is a National Geographic Explorer and, with colleagues at Nat Geo and elsewhere, is helping to shape the fields of open ecology and open conservation. As he says, he’s an engineer developing technologies to help with our greatest conservation challenges. You can reach him on Twitter @shahselbe. In […]

Open Educational Resources, or OERs for short, were a big topic of conversation at OpenEd 2014. The Hubert Project at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minnesota is building a repository of open resources for learning. They’ve got a great collection of resources. They also have a ton of ideas for how you can […]

Episode 23 is the first to roll out in 2015! But don’t let that fool you… we recorded it in 2014. But what might fool you is that there’s some new voices in town on the OKCast this year. I (Alex) was joined by Jeremia Kimelman (@jeremiak) in creating an intro that frames this lovely […]

In this episode, I talk with Arfon Smith of GitHub.com. At GitHub, Arfon promotes academic engagement in open source code and open science. Prior to working at GitHub, Arfon worked in a number of positions where he supported a changing infrastructure for the scientific process, built around open source, open data, and open science. You can find Arfon on Twitter @arfon or […]

At Open Education 2014, I talked with Prateek Mahalwar, Open Access activist and student president at the Max Planck society. In this interview, he talks about the growing Open Access Ambassadors project at Max Planck. They are working to build “open access in everything!” Prateek also talks about what it was like to be an advocate for […]

In this interview with Aria Chernik of Duke University at the Open Education 2014 conference, I talk with Aria about the intersections between critical pedagogy and open education / open educational resources. She’s got some great ideas for the community. Listen here.

Michael Carroll, Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University College of Law, co-founder of Creative Commons, Inc., and open access advocate, was the opening and closing speaker at OpenCon 2014. Michael is interviewed by David Carroll (for a special episode of the “Carrollcast”), who helped organize and […]

In this interview, I talk with Carolina Botero, a keynote speaker at OpenCon 2014 and an activist for Open Access in Colombia. She talks about her work on Open Access, problems with Open Access in Latin America, and the specific legal struggle she’s engaged in on behalf of a student in Colombia. Show Notes Carolina’s Blog   […]

In this interview from OpenCon 2014, I talk with Vladislav Dombrovskyy, the co-founder of open access publisher PROSTOScience, which publishes the IT and Economics journal. Vlad also helps organize OpenCon Kyiv in Ukraine. He talks about the challenges and impact of hosting OpenCon in Kyiv.     This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast is licensed under […]

In this interview with Arslan Inayat, we talk about Open Access scholarship in Pakistan, and the growing possibilities for Open Access around the world. Arlsan offers a number of insights well worth hearing for the whole Open Access community.     This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 […]

In this interview, I talk with Jan Gondol of the Slovakian Ministry of the Interior. It’s a phenomenal interview – listen to him talk about his inspiring work! This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

In this interview from OpenCon 2014, I talk with Daniel Mutonga, the Open Access liaison to Africa. Daniel talks about his experience working on Open Access issues in Africa – well worth a listen! This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

In this interview, I talk with Célya Gruson-Daniel of HackYourPhd and a doctoral student researching open science. Her group got a Go grant to host an Open Access event in Paris that grew involvement significantly. We talk about the event, as well as about open access policy in France, and Europe more broadly. Show Notes HackYourPhD Interviews on SoundCloud     […]

In this interview, I talk with OpenCon 2014 Keynote Erin McKiernan about her talk and about open access advocacy in more detail. A great extension of her phenomenal talk.     This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

In this interview with Meredith Niles, I talk with her about receiving the Right to Research Coalition award moments earlier, her Open Access Policy Advocacy, and the future of Open Access policy in the United States. Give it a listen!     This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast is licensed under a Creative Commons […]

In this interview (conducted before OpenCon 2014), I talk with Lauren Maggio about the Open Knowledge MOOC: Changing the Global Course of Learning and briefly about her research on open access in health care fields. If you aren’t already taking the course, I strongly recommend checking it out!     This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The […]

In this OpenCon 2014 pre-interview, I talk with Karin Purshouse about her open access advocacy in work in medicine, and the reasons behind it. It’s a short compelling interview, well worth a listen! Show Notes Karin’s Blog Karin on Fulbright     This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution […]

In this OpenCon 2014 pre-interview, I talk with Juan Pablo Alperin, (now former) activist for open access at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education. In this interview, he shares tips and lessons learned for other grad students and faculty trying to influence open access policies at their institutions.   This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast […]

In this interview I talk with Penny Andrews, activist and advocate for inclusion in Open Knowledge communities. Penny does a great job detailing some of the issues with inclusion in Open Knowledge and offers some big and concrete next steps for the community as a whole.     This post and podcast by Alexander Fink of The OKCast […]

In this episode, I talk with Alison Powell, Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics, where she researches digital media policy, open source culture, and big data. Alison has written a number of papers on community wireless mesh networks, open hardware, and big data – all popular projects on this show.    You can find Alison on Twiter […]