Open Research Week: 24-27 February 2025
03 January 2025
Eastern Arc strongly supports the principles of open access and the broader principles of open research. Our Open Access and Scholarly Communications Group is leading our strategy in this area, and you can find out more about its work here.
As part of its work and where appropriate, we share resources and training across the Arc. One such opportunity is the University of Essex’s Open Research Week, which it runs in collaboration with Edge Hill University, Liverpool John Moores Univesity and the University of Liverpool.
Colleagues across Eastern Arc are welcome to take part, and we encourage you to share the programme far and wide! Full details of the sessions (together with registration details) are below.
Open Research Week 2025 events
Monday, 24th February 2025:
Opening Keynote: British Social Attitudes and ‘Dividing Lines’: 40 years of open-access research, Alex Scholes, Research Director at NatCen.
10.00-11.00 GMT/11.00-12.00 CET
Open qualitative research: challenges, limitations, and possibilities, Dr Pat Danahey Janin, University of Essex
14.00-15.00 GMT/15.00-16.00 CET
Tuesday, 25th February 2025:
Recognising and rewarding Open Research, Dr Karen Desborough, Cardiff University, Dr Delphine Doucet, University of Sunderland and Prof Georgina Endfield, University of Liverpool.
10.00-11.00 GMT/11.00-12.00 CET
Open research and AI – both changing the nature of scientific research, Nicole Mwananshiku, Policy Adviser, Royal Society.
14.00–15.00 GMT/15.00-16.00 CET
Wednesday, 26th February 2025:
Lessons learned from setting up REPOPSI – supporting open psychology research in Serbia, Aleksandra Lazić, PhD Researcher, University of Belgrade and winner of the Sarah Jones Award for Exceptional Contribution to Fostering Collaboration in Open Science.
10.00-11.00 GMT/11.00-12.00 CET
Measuring, monitoring and evaluating open research, Laetitia Bracco, Université de Lorraine and Iratxe Puebla, Make Data Count.
14.00 -15.00 GMT/15.00-16.00 CET
Thursday, 27th February 2025:
At the intersection of openness, reproducibility and training, Dr John Shaw, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Edge Hill University.
10.30-11.30 GMT/11.30-12.30 CET
Closing Keynote: The impact of being ‘open’ for small charities, Dr Andi Skilton, Research Impact Lead for Heath Faculties and interim Manager for Participatory Research, King’s College London and Professor Pooja Saini, Professor of Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention, Liverpool John Moores University
14.00–15.00 GMT/15.00-16.00 CET