This spotlight feature is about Joe Corneli, the ORCA at Oxford Brookes. In fact, Joe is only three days a week on the Open Research Programme; his other time is split between leading an AI and data analysis network and wide-ranging work for the Research and Innovation Directorate at Brookes. For example, when I spoke with him he was planning a presentation that distils recent quantitative findings for a workshop on diversity in university spinout companies. This emphasis at Brookes on community and civic engagement runs as a thread through Joe’s work too. As part of his Brookes-facing ORCA role he is working with their institutional lead, Eric White, to create a “library lab”, which will be a hybrid place for open research, including events, training, videos, equipment and support for open and participatory research. In preparation for this, Joe is producing 20 taster videos on open research, that orient researchers and give them the right starting points at Brookes. Joe is also the UKRN Local Network Lead at Brookes and so this work will help nurture the local network, particularly later this year when he might have more time to devote to it. Read Joe’s full story …
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