The Open Science Ambassadors of the Berlin University Alliance
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With the ‘Open Science Ambassador’ programme, the Berlin University Alliance promotes knowledge and application of Open Science in various subject cultures. The ambassadors are the first point of contact for their colleagues in the faculties, departments, and clusters of excellence.
Open science encompasses inclusive and transdisciplinary approaches, enables open access to research results and processes, and thus promotes transparency, verifiability, and sustainability. Implementing open science practices in everyday research requires subject-specific, low-threshold solutions and support. This is where our program “Ambassadors for Open Science” comes in, which was launched as a pilot project in 2024. As experts and enthusiasts at their institutions, the ambassadors show researchers, students, and decision-makers how they can benefit from open science and get involved.
The ambassadors will be active in their faculties, departments, central institutions, and clusters of excellence from August 1 to July 31, contributing to subject-specific discussions on open science in various formats. Through their commitment, the experts also contribute to the implementation of the mission statement for open science at the BUA. Please feel free to contact the ambassadors at your faculty or department or, if there is no direct contact person in your area yet, those at your university.
The ambassadors have been officially confirmed by the dean's offices and governing bodies and recognized for their commitment. The new BUA-wide network of ambassadors is supported by the Center for Open and Responsible Research with event funding, training, and preferential access to the BUA Research Quality & Open Science Fellowship Program. The next call for applications is planned for March 2026. If you would like to become an ambassador at your institution, either as an individual or as part of a team, please feel free to contact us in advance (Contact).
On this page, you will find the contact details for the ambassadors at the participating institutions.
Botschafter*innen für eine Offene Wissenschaft 2025/26
The following team will be available as ambassadors for open science at the Charité until July 31, 2026:
Leonie Braam, Medizinhistorisches Museum (Webseite)
Dr. Jan Schmollinger, Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (Webseite, ORCID)
Dr. Thomas Kammertoens, Berlin School of Integrative Oncology (Webseite, ORCID)
Prof. Dr. Moritz Queisner, Chirugische Klinik (Webseite, ORCID)
Alexander Struck - Chief Information Officer (Webseite, ORCID)
More information on Open Science in the Cluster of Excellence can be found here: https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/about/13344/open-science
Dr. Mohan Bi - Institut for Biology (ResearchGate)
An am Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie sind die folgenden drei Personen als Botschafter*innen-Team bis zum 31.7.2026 ansprechbar:
Leona Hammelrath - Institut für Psychologie (Webseite, ORCID)
Tessa Christin Meyer - Institut für Psychologie (Webseite, ORCID)
Dr. Yu-Fang Yang - Institut für Psychologie (Webseite, ORCID)
The following team will be available as ambassadors for open science until July 31, 2026:
Anabel Büchner - Institut für Psychologie (Webseite, ORCID)
Chiara Förster - Institut für Psychologie (Google Scholar)
Charlotte Meinke - Institut für Psychologie (Projektwebseite, ORCID)
The following team of ambassadors for open science can be reached at the faculty until 31 July 2025:
Sein Jeung - Institut für Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft (Webseite, ORCID)
Niklas von Kalckreuth - Institut für Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft (Webseite, ORCID)
Marvin Kopka - Institut für Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft (Webseite, ORICD)
Dr. Thies Johannsen - Institut für Maschinenkonstruktion und Systemtechnik (Webseite, ORCID)
There is a team of ambassadors at the Charité that you can contact until 31 July 2025:
Dr. Toivo Glatz - Institute for Public Health (Webseite, ORCID)
Dr. Deborah Jachan - Klinik für Geriatrie und Altersmedizin (Webseite, ORCID)
Dr. Adrian Kind - Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie CCM (Webseite)
Dr. Hendrik Napierala - Institut für Allgemeinmedizin (Webseite, ORCID)
Dr. Ivan Nenchev - Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie CCM (Webseite)
Dr. Nassim Mehran - Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie CCM (Webseite)
Dr. Jennifer Rosowski und Team - Charité 3R (Webseite)
The Cluster of Excellence has an ambassador until 31 July 2025:
Alexander Struck - Chief Information Officer (Webseite, ORCID)
More information on Open Science in the Cluster of Excellence can be found here: https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/about/13344/open-science
A team is committed to the Faculty of Science until 31 July 2025:
Prof. Dr. Tobias Krüger - Director of IRI THESys / Geographisches Institut (Webseite, Google Scholar)
Pauline Münch - IRI THESys (Webseite)
Until 31 July 2025, one ambassador is committed to promoting open science:
Dr. Christina Brischetto - Institut für Biotechnology / Bartfeld Lab (ORCID)
The following team of ambassadors can be reached at the faculty until 31 July 2025:
Sein Jeung - Institut für Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft (Webseite, ORCID)
Niklas von Kalckreuth - Institut für Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft (Webseite, ORCID)
Marvin Kopka - Institut für Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft (Webseite, ORICD)
Prof. Dr. Henning Jürgen Meyer - Institut für Maschinenkonstruktion und Systemtechnik (Webseite, ORCID)
Dr. Thies Johannsen - Institut für Maschinenkonstruktion und Systemtechnik (Webseite, ORCID)
Until 31 July 2025, one ambassador is committed to promoting Open Science:
Prof. Dr. Max Moorkamp - Institut für angewandte Geowissenschaften (ORCID)
Veranstaltungen und Materialien der Botschafter*innen
On this page, you will find links to events, networking formats, media content, and materials that have emerged from the Ambassador Program since September 2024.
Events and workshops organized and conducted by and with the ambassadors:
October 2025:
Workshop: Painting Your Science: Waterolour Speed-Dating as a Pathway to Open Science
July 2025:
Interaktiver Input: Partizipative Forschung - Einführung und Praxistipps (online)
Workshop: LaTeX für Akademisches Publizieren in den Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften
June 2025:
Open Science Day at Charité-Universitätsmedizin
Workhop: How to write transparent, reproducible, and rigorous research papers
May 2025:
Reproducible Research in R: A Workshop on How to Do the Same Thing More Than Once
January 2025:
Workshop: Open science and inclusion - successful research in low and middle-income countries
Workshop: Preregistration in Psychology and related fields
December 2024:
Research Software Networking Meetup
November 2024:
Roundtable-discussion: Open Science Ambassadors - new roles or old hats for researchers? (Online)
Other formats:
Travel grants related to open science for members of the FU Berlin Department of Education and Psychology for the period July to November 2025. (Contact)
In the media:
"In der biologischen Forschung gibt es eine große Reproduzierbarkeitskrise" Interview mit Matthias König (April 2025)
Die Botschafter*innen an der Technischen Universität Berlin im Magazin Wir Vier (S. 16-17) (Januar 2025)
OSA-2024-Treffen
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