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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
Are you a Postgraduate Researcher needing help planning your Research Data Management? We're here to help point you in the right direction with an in-person training event at the Lister Building from 14:00-15:30 next Wednesday, February 11th. Book through the following link: edin.ac/46w5PhC
04.02.2026 09:00 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Join Edinburgh Open Research Initiative tomorrow in the Edinburgh Futures Institute Cafรฉ at 10am for our Honest Research Conversation on the theme of Working Reproducibly: Costs, Benefits and Responsibility. No sign up required. We hope to see you there!
03.02.2026 11:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
New blog post! ๐จ
The Edinburgh Research Data blog is highlighting two upcoming conferences for you, the Digital Research Conference 2026 and Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2026.
Read the full post for details of both: edin.ac/4a7zi1v
Join Edinburgh Open Research Initiative on Wednesday 4th February in the EFI Cafe ("Canopy"), at 10am for our next Honest Research Conversation. Expect an open, honest chat on the theme of Working Reproducibly: Costs, Benefits and Responsibility. We hope to see you there!
27.01.2026 11:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Would you like to read a great example of collaboration in RDM? Look no further than the guest blog post by Dr Ann Wheeler, Head of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer Advanced Imaging Resource, showcasing their exemplar for metadata capture and data management workflows.
edin.ac/4qrD3pu
This is Hadrianโs Library in Athens. Hadrian didnโt look after his data. Donโt be like Hadrian. Come along to our Research Data Management Workshops: edin.ac/3CguBVH
08.01.2026 10:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Happy New Year! To get 2026 off to a good start, why not join the first ReproducibiliTea session of the year from 10-11:30AM (online) on Wednesday 7th? Our theme is "how to work openly?" and we'll be hearing from 3 wonderful speakers โ Dr Mahesh Karnani, Dr Emma Ganley, and Dr Danny Schnitzler
05.01.2026 12:00 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Happy New Year! Here's a resolution... "I will get more involved in opening up research". Yeah? Great! Oh, wait - hey - I think we can help with that! Why not submit a talk or poster to EORC2026? library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup... That way we can meet, chat, and perhaps support one another!
05.01.2026 10:01 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Would you look at that?! It's an early Christmas pressie! The Open Research Conference 2026 Call for Contributions is now live!
library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...
This year we're celebrating our adoption of the UNESCO recommendation for Open Science.
Go on, treat yourself... throw in a submission.
The #ECSAcademy has scheduled two 30-minute onboarding sessions to guide participants through enrollment and navigation of the platform. Register below and explore the #trainings: lnkd.in/dGfTp5-7
-4th of December at 17:00: lnkd.in/deEYBPSu
-8th of December at 12:00: lnkd.in/d9QfDhvq
Join Edinburgh Open Research Initiative this Wednesday from 10am-11am in the Edinburgh Futures Institute Room 1.52 for our Honest Research Conversation on the theme of how to work openly. Expect conversations about our experiences around learning or implementing open or reproducible practices.
02.12.2025 11:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Join EORI for an Honest Research Conversation at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (Rm 1.52) on Wednesday 3rd December at 10am. Come along for a relaxed, friendly chat about how to work openly. Free University of Edinburgh cafรฉ vouchers available on a first come, first served basis!
26.11.2025 11:21 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Text is overlayed over a photograph of the Scottish highlands, with a loch in the background, and a person with their arms stretched out on the right hand side in the foreground. Text reads: Share your climate story. Help research into climate emotions and mental health in Scotland through sharing your creative writing - fiction or nonfiction- about climate change. No climate expertise or writing experience needed. Deadline 28 February 2026 www.climatestories.co.uk
The wonderful Rhiannon Bull (who our Outwith team has had the pleasure of working with!) has just put out a call for participants! You can contribute online or, if you're lucky to be in Edinburgh, you can sign up to their workshop series. Learn more on their beautiful site:
www.climatestories.co.uk
New guest Research Data Blog post alert! Our colleague, Dr Eleonora Mameli, from the Digital Research Services team has written about their events and training sessions for the current academic year, including some key areas of Research Data Management. Have a read and get involved!
20.10.2025 13:48 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
PSA: 10 PM Do you know where your data are?
Keep Your Research Data Safe.
Online Workshop: Working with Personal & Sensitive Data, 23rd October, 2-4pm.
Donโt be the last to know. Book your place now: buff.ly/OXSKWlB.
Nel, our Library Participatory Research Engagement Officer, has asked us to point out that today is "Outwith Day"; a day to celebrate the glorious Scots English term. They had little else to say, except that it's a wonderful word - and that it's also a great part of what we do
16.10.2025 16:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
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 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 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 โtil 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 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 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 cafรฉ. Ever wondered about open research, but donโt know where to start? Join us for an open, relaxed discussion to share experiences.
24.09.2025 09:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 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 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 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 โ ๐ 148 ๐ 30 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 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 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 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
