The most downloaded publication for December 2025 is ''Enclaves of inequality: Brasiguaios and the transformation of the Brazil-Paraguay borderlandsβ' by Jacob Blanc.
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The most downloaded publication for December 2025 is ''Enclaves of inequality: Brasiguaios and the transformation of the Brazil-Paraguay borderlandsβ' by Jacob Blanc.
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Open and Engaged 2025 Conference has now released their slides:
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"AI, Openness & Future Publishing β Event summary" Guest blog post written by Veronica Cano (Open Data and REF Manager)
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cOAlition S has now released their new strategy for 2026-2030:
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The most downloaded publication for November 2025 is βTurkey and the Gulf States in the Horn of Africa: Fluctuating dynamics of engagement, investment and influenceβ by Jason Mosley, Nada Wanni, Yinebeb Nigatu, Mahad Wasuge, Adel Hamaizia, Georgia Cole and Federico Donelli.
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The most downloaded publication for October 2025 is ''Give birth to nightmares': The Marshallese nuclear legacy and womenβs health in Kathy JetΓ±il-Kijinerβs βMonsterβ' by Michelle Keown.
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New in the top 3 most downloaded publications for September 2025 β βNot just BANAL: How branding shapes cybercrime ecosystemsβ by Ben Collier and Richard Clayton.
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The most downloaded publication for August 2025 is 'Online Film in China' by Xiaobai Shen.
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Join us at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh on 13th November at 1pm for a half-day event on AI, Openness and Publishing Futures. For further information, please visit cahss.ed.ac.uk/research-and...
03.09.2025 15:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The call for abstracts is now open for the 2026 Digital Research Conference taking place on 26th February 2026 at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. For further information, visit digitalresearchservices.ed.ac.uk/digital-rese....
02.09.2025 09:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Join the Bodleian Open Scholarship online event on 25th September at 4pm to hear more about the loss of open datasets and efforts to capture them before they are lost. To book your place visit go.glam.ox.ac.uk/data25
22.08.2025 10:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Sectarian tensions, Islamophobia, and decolonization: Comparing Jasser Auda's and Jonathan Brown's analysis of the Hadiths concerning Aisha's marital age" by Muhamad Rofiq Muzakkir et al. is the most downloaded publication for July 2025.
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"A Spanish genocide? Reflections on the post-war Francoist repression" by Julius Ruiz is the most downloaded publication for June 2025.
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The Scottish Funding Council has updated their page on Open Research:
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Are you a researcher in the humanities looking to publish Open Access, but don't know where to begin? This free, online course from the School of Advanced Study, University of London is for you! reshaped.sas.ac.uk/course/view....
06.06.2025 12:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025 that took place yesterday was extremely interesting. All talks have been recorded and will be uploaded soon in the EOR website.
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New in the top 3 most downloaded publications from May 2025 β βA study of diabetes mellitus within a large sample of Australian twinsβ by Julianne Condon, Joanne E. Shaw, Michelle Luciano, Kirsten O. Kyvik, Nicholas G. Martin and David L. Duffy.
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Our Open Research and Pure SharePoint is now open to all University staff:
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The CAHSS Open Research newsletter for June 2025 has now been published and is available to read here - uoe.sharepoint.com/sites/hss/co.... [University login required]
28.05.2025 10:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Research Data Service has also created a short survey to understand how University of Edinburgh researchers are being impacted by the decommissioning and blocking of public access to databases in the US. You can contribute with your experience at edin.ac/43k0KXT
22.05.2025 11:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Robin Rice's blog post on the Edinburgh Research Data Blog details efforts by the Data Rescue Project to try to save important US research data that could otherwise be lost.
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Researchers can contact data-support@ed.ac.uk to discuss potential actions to take and raise any concerns.
REF2029 have published some changes and clarifications to their forthcoming Open Access Policy and accompanying FAQ, including changes to licensing requirements. Their change log now allows you to view the current version of the policy alongside earlier versions of the text. Links in the comments.
15.05.2025 14:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0"Implicit criticism of scriptures and Josephusβ rewritten Bible" by Timothy Lim is the most downloaded publication for April 2025.
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The UKRI Open Data Policy consultation is now open until the 9th July 2025. For further information, and to book your place on an information webinar on 7th May, please visit engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-openres...
30.04.2025 09:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Edinburgh Open Research Conference (4-Jun-2025)
Full Conference Programme now live:
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β οΈPure Live will be upgraded to 5.313 on Tuesday 22nd April, and it will be unavailable between 0800 and 1200 on this day and considered at risk for the rest of the day.
Please do not log in to Pure while it is unavailable as any changes made may be lost in the upgrade.
UKRI has published a new draft research data policy:
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