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Event - Open research issues and prospects in the Arts, Humanities and Social Science

Join us for an afternoon of talks on Wednesday 21st May, exploring some of the latest and most interesting issues around making Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences research open. A range of expert speakers and panellists will discuss:

  • Ethical Issues in Open Research in AHSS disciplines
  • Bad actors in the publishing landscape
  • The future of the book
  • Making practice-based outputs open 

Book a place for the whole afternoon or for just part of it. Registration is open to all.

 

About this event:

CAHSS research office is running four sessions featuring a range of speakers, discussing Open Research issues and prospects in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The events aim to explore and share good practice, discuss barriers and strategies to enable Open Research. 

Registration details and more information about each event are available at the links below. The events can be booked individually or as a block for all. They will be held in person only at EFI room 4.35 on Wednesday 21st May from 2 – 5 PM. Registration is open to all, but if you have issues booking please contact CAHSSOpenAccess@ed.ac.uk 

Tea and coffee will be available.

To book for all events: https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=77978

 

  • 2:00-2:45 Ethical Issues in Open Research and Open Data in AHSS disciplines (Simon Smith, Research Data Support Officer) 

This interactive session on Ethical Issues in Open Research and Open Data will address some of the key issues around research ethics and data sharing in general.

These will include:

  • Funder data sharing requirements;
  • ethical and legal requirements;
  • Open Data vs FAIR Data;
  • making personal and sensitive data as open as possible while keeping them as closed as necessary; and
  • data sharing issues in participatory research, e.g. citizen science.

In addition to better understanding of both the issues, participants will also discuss a number of important practical matters, such as considerations when planning a research project as well as some hints/tips on making personal and sensitive data accessible while without breaching legal and ethical requirements.

Book this session at: https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=77979

 

  • 2:45-3:30 Panel session: Understanding bad actors in the publishing landscape with Melissa Terras (Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage) and Claudia Pagliari (Senior Lecturer in Primary Care), chaired by Jen Ross (Personal Chair of Digital Culture and Education Futures)

Come and learn more about the landscape of predatory publishers and unscrupulous publishing practices, and how experienced academics navigate common (and not so common) pitfalls.

Book this session at: https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=77980

 

  • 3:45-4:30 The future of the book? Open access and other models for monographs & edited collections (Theo Andrew, Scholarly Communications Manager)

As the academic publishing industry and open access policies continue to evolve, the ways we publish and access books are also changing. It has been confirmed that open access requirements will apply to books in future REFs (though not in 2029). Come to this session to hear about developments in open access monographs and edited collections, and other emerging models of book publishing.

Book this session at: https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=77981

 

  • 4:30-5:00 Making practice-based outputs open: a case study from the REF 2021 Open Access Portfolio Project in CAHSS (Veronica Cano, Open Data and REF Manager)

The University of Edinburgh's practice-based folios submitted to REF2021 are now available, published by Edinburgh Diamond at https://books.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-diamond/catalog/series/eca-folios-2014-2021. The portfolio format is a tool that can be used to articulate the research dimensions of non-traditional outputs. This is the result of the Open Access Portfolio project, which started in June 2023 and finished in May 2024. The CAHSS Open Research team cleared the permissions for the images used in them for 56 out of the 83 portfolios submitted. This session will focus on the lessons learned from the project, how to ensure images used in portfolios are safe to use and options to select the correct licences so they can be made openly available.

Book this session at: https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=77990

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