Beyond Code: Openscapes reshaping / scaling collaboration

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Julia Stewart Lowndes, marine ecologist and Founding Director of Openscapes. Drawing from her transition from tagging Humboldt squid to leading open science initiatives with NASA and NOAA, Julia discusses why the social infrastructure—teaching pedagogy, co-working, and active mentorship—is just as critical as technical tooling. We explore how Quarto streamlines cross-agency documentation and why the human element remains irreplaceable in scientific workflows, even as generative AI accelerates data wrangling.