This week we discuss a different take on sharing scientific findings with Alex Freeman (@alex_freeman), creator of Octopus @science_octopus. Octopus is resetting the incentive structure for research sharing, putting the emphasis on assessing the quality of what people are doing within the lab.

Find out more here https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/octopus-creating-a-new-primary-research-record-for-science

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This episode was produced by Jonny Coates and edited by Camila Valenzuela.

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