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We're the Open Research and Research Support teams at the University of Edinburgh. We work to make research more open and accessible to all. We are working towards UNESCO and LERU's pillars of Open Research. Find out more: https://eor.start.page
Our DataShare service was the subject of an excellent paper by our esteemed colleagues in Japan, Nanako Okamura and Professor Emi Ishita of Kyushu University. Very rewarding to see knowledge exchange disseminated in this way and provides insight into current RDM practice in Japan. edin.ac/3W01VXR
10.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Coming next week to an EFI building near you: secrets of the Ancient Masters revealed for the first time! Data Management For Your Research. Wednesday 8th October, 2:30 ‘til 4 pm at the EFI Building, Rm 3.35.
Book now and the Wisdom of the Ages can be yours!
library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...
Hello wonderful humans! Outwith would like to introduce you to their wonderful friends and research Partners in Participation.
Join us on the 8th of October at 4pm to explore some collections, and hear about mental health, creative methods, and a whole bunch more!
outwith25.eventbrite.com
Outwith was lucky enough to wrangle their way into this exhibition - and what an exhibition it was! A beautiful display of some amazing participatory research projects.
24.09.2025 11:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0EORI welcomes you to our very first Honest Research Conversations in-person event on Wednesday 1st October 10am-11am at the Edinburgh Futures Institute main café. Ever wondered about open research, but don’t know where to start? Join us for an open, relaxed discussion to share experiences.
24.09.2025 09:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hello wonderful humans! Outwith would like to introduce you to their wonderful friends and research Partners in Participation.
Join us on the 8th of October at 4pm to explore some collections, and hear about mental health, creative methods, and a whole bunch more!
outwith25.eventbrite.com
Want to learn how? Come along to our all new Research Data Service Workshops: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup....
19.09.2025 10:21 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Check out our recent blog post, it's all about our training programme for the Autumn. Click through for more details and sign up or share with anyone who needs data management training in their lives.
libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/202...
We are about a month away from releasing a complete refresh of the OSF user interface. The team has been working on this for a very long time, and we are very excited to be able to share it soon. A preview picture:
04.09.2025 21:57 — 👍 149 🔁 31 💬 10 📌 3
Roll up! Roll up! All new for 2025!
Research Data Service Workshops: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup....
Stickers! Who doesn't like stickers? We've made some Open Research and Research Data Management themed stickers to adorn your notebook/laptop/water bottle/whatever else you can (legally and ethically) attach stickers to. We will be giving them away at future events, so look out for them!
02.09.2025 11:32 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 5 📌 0
If you're in Edinburgh, you'll be familiar with the post-fringe blues. What to do with all the free time?!
Well - how about grabbing a cuppa and signing up to Sheffield's online OpenFest? sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...
It's really exciting to see that the fantastic Co-Production Futures Inquiry has published a report outlining many of the challenges facing participatory research - and some of the experimental solutions institutions are trying out! Well worth a read!
orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/rep...
New post on the Edinburgh Research Data Blog from Research Data Support Assistant, Keith Munro. They reflect on their experience at the International Conference on Concepts of Library and Information Science (CoLIS), hosted by the University of Strathclyde.
edin.ac/4kJo9HE
Missed out on the Edinburgh Open Research Conference, or just want to rewatch the talks? No worries - we have you covered! Recordings, slides and abstracts are all available on the EOR journal:
journals.ed.ac.uk/eor/issue/vi...
New blog post from the Research Data Service's Evelyn Williams, who reflects on the recent Edinburgh Open Research Conference, highlighting presentations which resonated with them and pointed to the future of open research culture.
edin.ac/4kh4kHi
One of Outwith's Partners (PiPs) is at it again with a great workshop. If you're interested in mixing creativity, participation, and research, why not join Jimmy and the Binks Hub for a Zine making workshop?
06.06.2025 13:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our library director, Jeremy Upton, opens the @edopenresearch.bsky.social Conference 2025.
Looking forward to a day dedicated to all things Open Research!
A couple of postcards with the Progress Pride flag (rainbow across and a tringle in the side with black and brown stripes followed by the trans pride colours, with the intersex symbol in the center) on top of that is a pin badge reading 'Libraries are for everyone' above the trans pride flag
Happy Pride month! It's time to celebrate LGBT+ members of our communities, push for equal rights, and celebrate queer joy!
Of course nothing makes us more joyful than openly access datasets with beautiful visualisations, so please check out Our World in Data's LGBT+ Rights section abdn.site/6QfhY
At EORI and ReproducibiliTea, we are soon making a lot of exciting changes to how we run things, don't hesitate to be a part of it if you're enthusiatic about Open Research! We hope to broaden reach and engagement, and get more researchers/students interested in Open Research and reproducibility.
29.05.2025 14:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Read about specific roles here: tinyurl.com/4k6cs6rx. Roles (flexible): journal club coordinator; social media/commsofficer; content writer/editor; event and admin coordinator; live session host; research improvement strategy/discovery officer. Or if you're unsure, become a general committee member!
29.05.2025 14:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Logo for EORI, the Edinburgh Open Research Initiative
Are you a UoE researcher (or research-adjacent person) or student with a passion for Open Research and reproducibility? The Edinburgh Open Research Initiative are seeking volunteers for a number of exciting new roles (1-2 hours/month commitment, flexible). Sign up: forms.office.com/e/cB8wB93gnb
29.05.2025 14:56 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Since February, the United States government has been decommissioning and deleting vital research datasets. We want to know how these events are impacting your research communities and how your institution is responding.
Open to staff & students at UK universities.
forms.office.com/e/HfuZ1XQyte
Since February, the United States government has been decommissioning and deleting vital research datasets. We want to know how these events are impacting your research communities and how your institution is responding.
Open to staff & students at UK universities.
forms.office.com/e/HfuZ1XQyte
If you want to attend the Open Research Conference,get tickets while you still can! Available here: in person edin.ac/3YMkxfU or online streaming edin.ac/3YLFSWF
16.05.2025 10:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Latest Edinburgh Open Research newsletter is out today, featuring details of the upcoming Open Research Conference; a pair of events from CAHSS and the Participatory Research Network; as well as updates on a new O.R. Statement and a new CoARA Action Plan.
Sign up for newsletter: edin.ac/3MU36Bq
One of Outwith's "PiPS" (Partners in Participation), the Binks Hub, is co-organising a fantastic event alongside their partners Take Note www.wetakenote.org and the Centre for Families and Relationships www.crfr.ac.uk
Learn more and sign up! edin.ac/4iKT7ht
Any researchers at the University who find that data they require for their research is being removed from publicly available sites may contact the Research Data Support team on data-support@ed.ac.uk to discuss potential actions to take.
02.05.2025 08:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Worried about the current US administration's impact on research? Robin Rice's blog post details efforts by the Data Rescue Project in saving important research data that could be lost amidst cuts to funding and topics that are deemed antithetical to the administration's ideology.
edin.ac/3EwlbY0
We've just been given a heads up of a wonderful event coming up next Wednesday (30th April, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm) - this UKRN has a webinar focusing on checks for reproducibility in academic research looks very interesting! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
25.04.2025 11:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
