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Activities
Catch up on the latest UKRN news and get involved in UKRN events and initiativesOpen Research Programme
UKRN has launched a five-year programme of work across our consortium of institutional members, supported by our project partners and Research England, to accelerate the uptake of high-quality open research practices, and the many benefits to research quality, integrity and public trust in research that will consequently flow.
Initiatives and events
UKRN offers support for initiatives to promote robust and rigorous research, focusing on establishing conversations about reproducibility, providing tools and guidance to promote best practice, and encouraging professional development of researchers. UKRN runs and promotes events and regular workshops on the topic of reproducible research.
Events
UKRN hosts an annual meeting in March each year, and supports an annual conference in September: Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust In Science. We also run regular workshops on the topics of leadership, data management, research culture and methods.
Initiatives
UKRN supports initiatives to encourage appropriate methodology, accountability and the establishment of working groups, as well as promoting conversations around open science and open research, and providing tools that make reproducibility easier.
Latest news
We produce news to promote examples of reproducible research in the UK, as well as our events and initiatives. Do you want to write about reproducibility in your field? Please contact us about writing for our blog.
UKRN Case Study: Supporting Improvements to Biomedical Research Using Antibodies
We are excited to announce the release of a new impact case study, UKRN: Supporting Improvements to Biomedical Research Using Antibodies. The OGA (Only Good Antibodies) community joined UKRN in 2024 as a way to further its aims to improve research quality and...
New Resources Empower Qualitative Researchers to Embrace Open Research Practices
Earlier this week we released UKRN Working Paper 7, which details some of the issues in conducting research with vulnerable communities and makes a number of recommendations. These include support for research co-production methods (see the UKRN primer on community...
UKRN Working Paper No 7
Today we release the seventh in UKRN’s working paper series. This one is based on work by a number of researchers in several universities, focusing on the challenges and opportunities in open research with marginalised communities. Between March and July 2023, a...
UKRN: New Institutional Members
With the addition of three new members – Cambridge, Edge Hill and Portsmouth – the UK Research Network (UKRN) now includes 46 diverse institutional members. These range from specialized institutions like the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), Cancer Research UK Scotland,...
UKRN Replication Games event
On 5th December 2024 over 50 researchers from Bangladesh, China, Denmark, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and across the UK took part in UKRN Replication Games. Led by Abel Brodeur, Derek Mikola, Juan Aparicio and Bruno Barbarioli from the Institute for Replication (I4R)...
Spotlight an ORCA: Louise Saul
Louise is the ORCA at Southampton, blending her research expertise with a passion for supporting others' research. Outside work, she enjoys custom-building bikes, currently working on a 1970s Revell road bike, and cares for her Thai rescue cat. After earning her first...