Open Research Conference

Registration (with refreshments)  

Opening remarks - Natasha Mauthner.

Workshop 1: A Very Short Introduction to Version Control with Git

Jannetta Steyn

"Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency." In this session I will introduce git and GitHub and how it can be used for papers, theses, software etc. Attendees who are interested in following along should install Git on their computers and register a GitHub j(https://github.com) account prior to the session.

Workshop 2: Sharing sources and processes: a milestone for trust and research longevity 

Bogdan Metes

An interactive workshop that will demonstrate how we can showcase and share the sources of evidence that underpin research in arts and humanities, and how we publish qualitative data. It will include a demonstration of the university’s data repository. There will be polls and an activity that requires you to bring a pen and to scan a QR code. 

Room 1.07

Workshop 3: Making Your Literature Review Easier and More Transparent: Reference Managers and other Tools 

Nayara Albrecht

This hands-on workshop introduces key tools to support a transparent and efficient literature review process. Participants will learn how to use reference managers (e.g., Mendeley) alongside search log templates and systematic review tools to organise sources, document decisions, and improve reproducibility in academic research.

Room 1.06 

Workshop 4: DOI Generation and other tools for open publishing 

Glyn Nelson 

Many peer-reviewed publishers allow pre-publication of results.  There are multiple benefits to this: quicker access to your data for other researchers, less limits on file sizes and supplementary data, ability to receive feedback from the wider community.  The downsides are ensuring you receive recognition for the work.  Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) ensure this happens, allowing a persistent ID for your work.  This workshop will cover some considerations for their use as well as examples of common platforms such as ArXiv/ BioArXiv and Protocols.io. 

Contributed talks session 1

• Open-Source Software Tools for Research (Ben Wooding)
• Demystifying Clinical Audit vs Research (Edmund Ong)
• Applying FAIR Principles to Research Software (Frances Turner)
• Open Access DNA-Encoded Library Screening: Accelerating Therapeutic Discovery Through Collaboration (Cameron Taylor)
• Introduction to Open Hardware Principles (James Grimshaw)

Contributed talks session 2 

• Open, FAIR, and Sensitive Data in the context of Electric Vehicle Charging (Shouai Wang)
• Multi100: Estimating the Analytical Robustness of the Social Sciences + Lessons About Open Research (Harry Clelland)
• Using Social Media Big Data and ChatGPT for Identifying Counter-urbanisation Hot Spots in China: A Case for Open and Ethical Research (Jian Chen)
• A Brief History of Research Software Engineerings (Mark Turner)
• Generating trustworthy evidence: A painful story (Gavin Stewart)

Room 1.07

Open Forum: Challenges and opportunities for non-quantitative open research 

Chris Moreh 

Open research presents specific challenges for those engaged in disciplinary, methodological and epistemological research approaches that are ‘non-normative’ in the context of open research practices. This session aims to open a forum for discussing these challenges and provide an opportunity to contribute to the design of guidelines and training options for improving open and transparent research practices particularly among non-quantitative researchers.

Room 1.13

Play Your Way: Games for Open Research 

Heather McKenna, Natalie Clark, Holly Farn

Curious or confused about Open Research? Join members of the Library Research Services team for a fun and informative session of games! Featuring a board game we have developed for researchers, navigating Open Research across an academic’s career, alongside a hands-on Lego activity to explore the principles of data reproducibility. This is an interactive session, but anyone interested is more than welcome to come and watch.

Room 1.07 

Closing remarks - Clement Lee

Conference ends