Esther Plomp

Open Science - Collective Knowledge / Research Data Management / Community Management / Isotope Archaeology

I'm an Open Science enthusiast and I would like to contribute to a more equitable way of knowledge generation and facilitate others in working more transparently. My research interests are osteology/bioarchaeology. I like to listen/read books and read articles (see Mastodon for a list of my articles read in 2023), dance, draw and game - when I'm not eating pie with friends/family.

Please get in touch about any ideas for collaboration, speaking opportunities, mentorship or to send me some cat pictures via the channels below:


Roles

Data Steward

Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology

As a Data Steward I’m responsible for research support at the Faculty, providing support for researchers on writing data management plans (DMPs), data storage and sharing solutions, managing personal and confidential data, and increasing awareness of open science practices. In the 2020/2021 academic year I have been coordinating the online programming workshops that are hosted at TU Delft thanks to the Carpentries. Next to that I'm involved in the organisation of other trainings with a focus on Open Science and Research Data Management. Together with the Research Support Team at TU Delft Library and the other Data Stewards at TU Delft I write blog posts (http://openworking.wordpress.com) and papers about the Data Stewards activities. I am responsible for the development of the Faculty’s policy on research data, and I coordinate the Faculty's Open Science team (since 2021). I have also been involved in the Electronic Lab Note (ELN) pilot at the TU Delft that introduced RSpace annd eLABnext licenses at the university, as well as a pilot for BioRender.

2018 - Present

Open Research Ambassador

IsoArcH

As an Open Research Ambassador I promote Open Science practises in the the isotope/bioarchaeology community. In 2021 I co-organised the IsoArcH event on Open Science.

2021 - Present

Open Research Calendar Team Member

Open Research Calendar

I'm one of the founding members of the Open Research Calendar, a community-powered shared calendar that enables interested users to keep track of open research events or promote their events through a Google calendar, Twitter and a newsletter.

2020 - Present

Project member and Working Group Chair (Book Dash) of The Turing Way

The Turing Way

The Turing Way is a handbook to reproducible, ethical and collaborative data science, as well as a community that promotes these practices. My contributions are primarily found in the Guide to Reproducible Research. I'm the Book Dash Working Group Chair (since 2024), as well as a Planning Committee member (since 2022).

2020 - Present

EU Regional Coordinator

Open Knowledge Foundation

As a regional coordinator I am part of an Open Knowledge mapping exercise of various relevant parties involved in open knowledge, responsible for organising an event for the EU region during Open Data Week, and for facilitating regional activities and connections within the network.

2024 - Present

Advisory Board Member

Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)

I provide input on ORCA’s strategy and activities, particularly from my experience in the EU as well as a member of several grass roots Open Science communities.

2024 - Present

Other Community Involvements

Mentor/Expert and Governance Committee member Open Life Science / OLS - OLS 3-7 (2021 - Present)
Instructor The Carpentries (2019 - Present)
Subject Matter Expert Transform to Open Science - Open Data Module (2022)
Reviewer swissuniversities (2022 - Present)
Contributor UNESCO Open Science Working groups (2023 - Present)

Outputs

Publication and reports

Article: Hall, S.M. et al., 2024. Ten simple rules for pushing boundaries of inclusion at academic events, PLOS Computational Biology DOI:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011797

Article: Silverstein, P., et al., 2024. A guide for social science journal editors on easing into open science, Research Integrity and Peer Review DOI:10.1186/s41073-023-00141-5

Article: Bennet, A., et al., 2023. A Manifesto for Rewarding and Recognizing Team Infrastructure Roles, Journal of Trial and Error DOI:10.36850/mr8

Article: Plomp, E., 2020. Going Digital: Persistent Identifiers for Research Samples, Resources and Instruments, Data Science Journal, 19(1), DOI:10.5334/dsj-2020-046

Article: Plomp, E., N. Dintzner, M. Teperek, A. Dunning 2019. Cultural obstacles to research data management and sharing at TU Delft. UKSG Insights, 32(1), DOI:10.1629/uksg.484

Workshops and (co-)organised events

Workshop: Open Data, Speaker for the AREN Local Network Lead Training Program (2024), Open Data: Principles and Tools DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10994248, Open Data: Benefits and Challenges DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10994160, Reusing Open Data DOI:10.5281/zenodo.11862588, Sharing Open Data DOI:10.5281/zenodo.11862672

Workshop: Digital Research Academy – Research Data Management 101 , Co-organiser (29-02-2024), DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10651598

Workshop: Recognising supporting roles, Co-organiser (13-04-2023), DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7821114

Workshop: CODOBio Open Science Workshop, Co-organiser (13-01-2022)

Workshops: Good Practices for Collaboration (The Turing Way), Open Publishing Fest / Open Science FAIR Co-organiser (15-11-2021 & 21-09-2021)

Webinar series: RDA/ESIP Physical Samples Webinar Series, Co-organiser (30-06 – 07-10-2021)

Posters

Plomp, E., Open Science Buffet, TNW Science Day (30-06-2022) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.6752865

Gould van Praag, C., B. Kennedy, A. Lautarescu, and E. Plomp, Open Research Calendar, Open Science Conference (17-02-2021) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4576812

Plomp, E., Persistent identifiers for physical aspects of research, International FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020 (27-11-2021) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4293408

Plomp, E., From FAIRytale to reality: Research Data Management put into practice, NWOlife 2019 (29-05-2019) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.2667392


Talks

Invited Talk: 10 simple rules for starting FAIR discussions in your community (05-12-2023) Jülich Open Science Speaker Series DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10252754

Invited Talk: Five selfish reasons to join an open science initiative (01-12-2023) Open Reproducible Data Science and Statistics network in MV DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10114221

Workshop lecture: Data Carpentry: Data Organization in Spreadsheets for Social Scientists (12-06-2023) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.80232037

Conference Presentation: Rewarding and recognising Team Infrastructure Roles, csv,conf,v7 (19-04-2023) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7780819

Invited Talk: Working towards an open, collaborative and reproducible data culture in archaeology (05-06-2023) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7883070

Talk: Open Data, Open Life Science Programme 7 (17-05-2023) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7938759

Invited talk: The Turing Way Community: your guide to reproducible research, ReproHack Hub launch (18-11-2021) DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5675926


Skills

Software
  • R / GitHub (basic)
  • Microsoft Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Access & Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Reader/Acrobat
  • Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter, Mastodon, Slack, Mattermost, Discord
Languages
  • Fluent: English, Dutch
  • Intermediate: Papiamento
  • Basic: French, Spanish (reading)
General
  • Chairing, taking minutes
  • Interviewing
  • Editing, Scientific Writing
  • Policy writing
Competences
  • Planning and organsing
  • Result-oriented
  • Analytical
  • Innovative
  • Flexible

Blogs

I write blog posts on my activities as a Data Steward on the OpenWorking Blog and I maintain a website with posts on research support: TNW Open Science Support.


Software

Making software FAIR? Open Working (16-12-2021)

Open Access

Publishing articles in 2021 (19-11-2020)

Research Assessment

Quality is key (01-09-2021)

How will we judge scientists in 2030? #wetenschapper2030 (27-05-2019)

Other

Another year over! (31-12-2022)

A Data Steward journey (22-04-2022)

Gridding through 2021 (24-12-2021)

PhD in 4 - 5, 6, 7, Data Horror Stories, (27-10-2021)

The Open Archaeobotanist Guest Blog - Dr Esther Plomp, The Open Archaeobotanist, (30-04-2021)

A year in the life of a Data Steward, Open Working (04-02-2020)