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...
OR4 Annual Report: Advancing Open Research Reward and Recognition
The OR4 project achieved significant milestones in 2023-24, staying on track to deliver all outputs on time. In March 2024 we published a report summarizing the results of the institutional activity and requirements survey, released to all UK HEIs from April to...
Nominations for the 2025 Dorothy Bishop Award are now open!
The Dorothy Bishop Prize 2025 Celebrating the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement Have you, or someone you know, achieved or contributed something special to improve research or promote open research practices? UKRN are seeking...
Spotlight an ORCA: Banaz Jalil
Banaz has a background in pharmacy and pharmaceutical science (Master’s and PhD) from UCL. She became enthusiastically involved in improving research reproducibility and transparency after identifying issues during her postdoctoral work. She played a key role...
Spotlight on the University of Portsmouth
Recently Diane Hird, the Local Network Lead (LNL) Community Project Coordinator, met with LNL Dr Stefana Juncu to learn more about open research activities at the University of Portsmouth. This blog is the result of that conversation. Stefana Juncu is a senior...