Background to the 'Introduction to Open Research for Postgraduate Researchers' course offered to UOH PGRs
In your research, you may have come across terms like ‘reproducibility’, ‘replication crisis’ and ‘open access’ but weren’t sure what they mean. These terms are features of ‘Open Research’, which is a collection of research concepts and practices that have emerged in recent years as a central feature of high quality research across many disciplines of science, social science and humanities.
Open Research, interchangeable with Open Science, is the idea that the research community and the public are best served by research being open and transparent at every stage of the research process: conceptualisation, data collection, discovery and dissemination. These fundamental principles apply irrespective of discipline.
Features of open research include:
The benefits of Open Research to individual researchers, disciplines, the global research community and the public include higher quality research outputs, better efficiency and collaboration within the research community and more fruitful engagement between researchers and the public. In recognition of these benefits, more research funders are requiring researchers to work in this way. Familiarity with Open Research is, therefore, a necessary skill set for the researchers of the future.
Why is Open Research important for PGRs?
Open Research has its roots in science and quantitative social science, but there are many benefits of Open Research to humanities researchers. The course was designed as a universal introduction and relevant to all researchers. It enables researchers to:
Course outcomes
The course (series of seminars) details can be found below.
If you wish to engage in discussion about Open Research please make contact with the relevant member of staff presenting in the relevant video.
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Outline of the seminar
An introduction to the concept of Open Research.
This session will describe how and why the Open Research movement began and why it should be the ‘new normal’ in research practice.
Dr Domino Joyce (Department of Biological and Marine Sciences)
Dr David Lunt (Department of Biological and Marine Sciences)
This event is open to staff and PGRs.
It will be run as a hybrid event.
Location: Larkin Lecture Theatre A
Outline of the seminar
A discussion about the fundamental principles of Open Research and how these can be applied by researchers to increase the quality and trustworthiness of your research.
Prof Grant Abt (Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Science)
This event is open to staff and PGRs.
It will be run as a hybrid event.
Location: Larkin Lecture Theatre A
Outline of the seminar
A brief introduction to open access publishing, open access software and collaboration within the research community and beyond.
Kirstyn Radford / Chris Awre (Library Services)
Dr Simon Waldman (Energy and Environment Institute)
This event is open to staff and PGRs.
It will be run as a hybrid event.
Location: Larkin Lecture Theatre A