Edinburgh Open Research

Our colleagues down at the University of Sussex have just posted their second issue of the Open Research Bulletin. It's such a great piece of work to see - take a look! www.journals.sussex.ac.uk/index.php/op... (It is, of course, open access!)

We’re proud to see the European Citizen Science (ECS) podcast included by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) in its selection of 10 EU-funded podcasts showcasing research and innovation shaping our world! Listen to podcast: citizenscience.eu/ecsa/ecs-pod...

UoE DMPOnline Users: notice of service unavailability. The DCC have just contacted us to say that DMPOnline will be unavailable this morning: 08/09/2026 from 9-12. The platform is being migrated to new infrastructure. If you have any questions about this, please contact us: data-support@ed.ac.uk.

We're thrilled to share our Binks Hub Celebration Day, happening at Greyfriars Charteris Centre in Edinburgh on Thursday 8th October! Join us to celebrate five years of community collaboration in research. Find out more and browse the programme of events: edin.ac/4h2ZH58

We're nearly there, and we've nearly sold out our in person spaces for this years Open Research Conference. If you'd still like to join us though, we would love for you to join us online - all the talks will be broadcast live. Register here:

🗓️ In just two weeks, Dr. Susan Coan will be joining us at the Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2026 to present: Connecting Local Communities Meaningfully to Research through a Community-Campus Partnership for Health Model. ✍️ Register here: buff.ly/KoJRo2R #UniversityofEdinburgh #OpenResearch

⭐️ The Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2026 is welcoming Dr. Emma Wilson from the University of Edinburgh to present: (Meta)Data, Distortion, and Dashboards ⭐️ ✍️ Register here: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup... #UniversityofEdinburgh #OpenResearch #EdinburghOpenResearchConference2026

📢 Join us online or in-person at the Edinburgh Open Research Conference on the 18th of June! Dr. Carlos Soler Montes is presenting ‘Fostering Multilingualism in Research and Science: Bridging Language Gaps in Global Research Communities’. Register here: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...

Join Edinburgh Open Research Initiative this Wednesday (1st April) at 10am in Room 2.04 of the Edinburgh Futures Institute for our next Honest Research Conversation. This month, we will be discussing helpful tools for reproducible and open research. We hope to see you there!

Join Edinburgh Open Research Initiative for our next Honest Research Conversation on Wednesday 1st April at 10am in Edinburgh Futures Institute room 2.04. This month, we will be discussing helpful tools for reproducible and open research.

New blog post! Check the latest in the DataShare Spotlight series, which aim to showcase datasets of special interest. This post focuses on an archive of images from Berlin in the 1980's, deposited by Professor Miles Glendinning. edin.ac/4uHtchY

Do you know who's watching? Keep Research Data safe from prying eyes: Wednesday 18th March: Working with Personal and Sensitive Data. Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 3.52, from 2pm to 4pm. Difficult questions will be answered. Book your place here: edin.ac/4rPGUNw

Do you know who’s watching? Keep Research Data safe from prying eyes: Wednesday 18th March: Working with Personal and Sensitive Data. Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 3.52, from 2pm to 4pm. Difficult questions will be answered. Book your place here: edin.ac/4rPGUNw

Interested in learning how research libraries can contribute to citizen science and participatory research? Join LIBER at their second masterclass! Learn more and sign up here - libereurope.eu/event/develo...

Join EORI online on Wednesday 4th March at 10am for our next ReproducibiliTea event. We welcome Associate Professor Fergus Guppy and Dr Peter Bankhead who will talk about their experiences of working reproducibly. Join our mailing list at edin.ac/3JFv5sF for the Microsoft Teams link.

Join EORI online for our next ReproducibiliTea event on Wednesday 4th March from 10am-11.30am. We welcome Associate Professor Fergus Guppy and Dr Peter Bankhead to talk Working Reproducibly: Costs, Benefits and Responsibility. Join our mailing list at edin.ac/3JFv5sF for the event link.

There's still time to submit your contribution for the Open Research Conference, 2026 where we will be exploring the new roadmap, and UNESCO's model for OR! The deadline has been extended to the end of day, 27th of February, learn more here: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...

Second chances: sometimes they’re real. Don’t miss yours. Data Management for your Research, Wednesday 18th February, Rm 3.35, EFI Book your place now: edin.ac/4rPGUNw

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

Join Edinburgh Open Research Initiative tomorrow in the Edinburgh Futures Institute Café 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!

New blog post! 🚨 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!

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 Hadrian’s Library in Athens. Hadrian didn’t look after his data. Don’t be like Hadrian. Come along to our Research Data Management Workshops: edin.ac/3CguBVH

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 – Dr Mahesh Karnani, Dr Emma Ganley, and Dr Danny Schnitzler

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!

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.

Join 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 café vouchers available on a first come, first served basis!

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!

Keep Your Research Data Safe. Online Workshop: Working with Personal & Sensitive Data, 23rd October, 2-4pm. Don’t 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

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

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.

EORI 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.

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....

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:

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!

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...