Recognising Open Research Practices in Recruitment and Promotion

Online Event

An important element of the Open and Responsible Researcher Reward and Recognition (OR4) project is sharing good practice.  Publication of the toolkit and self assessment is a first step in our aim to reform the ways in which institutions recruit, promote and appraise their staff so that they better reward open research practices.  By sharing how institutions are have approached the self assessment and action plan stages – in practical terms – we hope to build capacity in partner institutions to make meaningful change.

As part of this commitment, on 19 November 2024 we hosted an all-day online event to share our work and encourage engagement with it.  We heard from partners and members of the community about their work to implement OR4 activities within their institutions, with discussion in smaller groups about how we could further improve and refine the tools that we are creating. 

Slide decks from the day are linked to below and recordings of the keynotes can be found on YouTube:

Morning keynotes including Lizzie Gadd, an introduction to the OR4 Toolkit and Community of Practice and Stories from the Community

Afternoon panel discussion between Caitlin Carter, Clare Viney and Lizzie Gadd

Background

Key OR4 deliverables include an institutional toolkit, a community of practice and a landscape review:

• The institutional toolkit comprises an integrated maturity framework, self-assessment tool and guide to implementing responsible researcher assessment recognising open research.
• The community of practice comprises 51 institutions that have joined a collective initiative to reform how they recruit, promote and appraise staff to recognise open research; 15 of those institutions have a deeper level of engagement as ‘case study’ institutions.
• The landscape review is an online curated list of initiatives, resources and tools pertinent to reward and recognition for open research.

   Agenda