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Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences. Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England. Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities. morphss.hcommons.org

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 28/09/2026
This piece by Nyna Amin et al. looks great on the exclusion of HSS research traditions from open science policy. Relevant to the work we're doing in @morphss.bsky.social
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ECHOES EU @echoes-eu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
An infrastructure does not succeed because it is well built. It succeeds because people use it. Today at the ENCATC Congress in Nice we presented A Community-Centred Path to a Sustainable #CulturalHeritageCloud, with ARIADNE and the University of Antwerp. #EchoesEccch
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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you’re interested in #openresearch / #openscience / #openscholarship, We welcome researchers at all levels for interesting conversations once a month! Join us this month in person or online with guest introducer Dr. Jenni Adams. Register & info here👇 hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/repr...
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great to hear colleagues at Essex and UEA found the MORPHSS project's work useful in developing an expansion pack of the game Copyright Dough for arts, humanities and social science PGR students #OpenFest26
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European Network for Open Criminology @opencriminology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are glad to announce this year's winner of the early career Open Criminology Award, sponsored by @nscr-instituut.bsky.social: Danielle Stibbe! A PhD student on cybercriminal decision making, the committee was impressed by her consistent engagement with open science practices. Congratulations! 🎉
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European Network for Open Criminology @opencriminology.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Open Criminology Award for established researchers, sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, goes to Prof Scott Jacques, founder of @crimrxiv.com, for advancing transparent, accessible, and collaborative research practices in criminology. 🏆
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'The word traceability, in place of reproducibility, [...] refers to the extent to which the decisions made by the researcher are transparently documented, allowing readers to see how conclusions were reached' @maddipow.bsky.social in new paper 'Can open science speak qualitative?' ⬇️
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Can open science speak qualitative? Rearticulating open science vocabulary for qualitative research
‘Open research’ (or ‘open science’) has substantially reshaped conversations surrounding rigor, transparency, and accountability, yet its vocabulary remains largely rooted in quantitative, positivi...
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 15/09/2026
"Rearticulating open research through a qualitative lexicon, as we do here, does not dilute standards of quality [...] but simply relocates them within epistemic framing where interpretation, context, and collaborative meaning-making are central to knowledge production." Quite enjoyed this piece.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@morphss.bsky.social gets a mention #OpenRes26
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Adopting a juntos (together) stance to co producing knowledge with teachers through collaborative ethnography Ester Ehiyazaryan-White (SHU) Ester cites @morphss.bsky.social in the motivation for the project ‘openness as equitable and inclusive knowledge creation’ #OpenFest26
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW blogpost introducing the most recent MORPHSS outputs around qualitative data sharing in the social sciences ⬇️ morphss.hcommons.org/2026/09/11/n...
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New outputs from MORPHSS on qualitative data sharing in the social sciences – MORPHSS
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Arts, humanities & social science researchers, are you aware of any journals in your field that make good use of plain language summaries to make publications more accessible to non-academic or practitioner audiences? If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!
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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Issue 61 of #rdmweekly! ➡️ Open Research in the Arts, Humanities and Qualitative Social Sciences @jenniad.bsky.social ➡️ CODECHECK: An Open Science Initiative for the Independent Execution of Computations ➡️ Intro to Synthetic Data @ukdataservice.bsky.social rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
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RDM Weekly - Issue 061
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
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Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
These are great and I think a number of the recommendations could and should be adapted for humanities work as well. A report like this for humanities scholars would be invaluable.
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Megan All Hallows Eve @meganeve.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026
Spent the afternoon planning an Open Research session for the Arts, using this training material 🙂 It sits so nicely with the soft launch of the practice based repository page I've been developing! @morphss.bsky.social doi.org/10.17613/7ex...
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Pete Smith @reddite.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
It was a real pleasure to be part of creating this - materials for teaching open research in AHSS works.hcommons.org/records/jenn... @morphss.bsky.social @jenniad.bsky.social @domismithson.bsky.social @meganeve.eurosky.social
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEW training slides on open research in the arts, humanities & qualitative social sciences, codeveloped by staff from 15 UK universities at a hackathon event earlier this summer. Including colleagues from @uoyopenres.bsky.social, @edopenresearch.bsky.social, @openresleeds.bsky.social & more
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Library cactus (Sarah Humphreys) @sarahhlib.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Been chewing up and digesting all the information I know to create a 'Basics of open science' course for the scientists (Using the UNESCO pillars) and Basics of open research for the not!scientists (Thanks @morphss.bsky.social for all the information for this one!) they're looking quite good!
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Version 2 of the MORPHSS article 'Cataloguing and Theorising Open Research Practices in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: Problematising and Diversifying ‘Open Science’ is now available on F1000 research: doi.org/10.12688/f10...
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F1000Research Article: Cataloguing and Theorising Open Research Practices in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: Problematising and Diversifying ‘Open Science’.
Read the latest article version by Jenni Adams, Miranda Barnes, Samuel Moore, Stephen Pinfield, at F1000Research.
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NEW MORPHSS resource for qualitative researchers: Qualitative Data Sharing with Care: A Concise Guide Incorporating examples & case studies, this resource is informed by a series of interviews with qualitative researchers on decision-making processes around data sharing ⬇️ doi.org/10.17613/khv...
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NEW MORPHSS PREPRINT on Mixed methods and ethnographic researchers’ perspectives on sharing qualitative research data in the social sciences doi.org/10.31222/osf... #OpenResearch #OpenQualData
Title and abstract of preprint.

‘Trying to apply a care-based approach’: Mixed methods and ethnographic researchers’ perspectives on sharing qualitative research data in the social sciences'

Expectations around qualitative data sharing have a vexed history. While some assert their importance, including in facilitating the impact of rich data beyond the confines of an individual research project, others highlight the barriers around sharing data that is often personal, sensitive, and highly situated, indicating a need for ongoing research on how these challenges are perceived and negotiated within specific methodological contexts. Responding to a scarcity of both research on ethnographers’ data sharing practices and attention to qualitative sharing in the context of mixed methods, this article details the findings from a series of 22 interviews with ethnographic and mixed methods researchers regarding their decision-making processes around whether and how to share qualitative data. 

We find that interviewees’ consideration of the rationale for and benefits of qualitative data sharing goes far beyond a focus on reproducibility or verifiability to embrace a broad range of factors. Among both mixed methods and ethnographic researchers, data is perceived as both a rigorous research output carrying profound evidentiary weight and a product of a co-created, contextually-situated endeavour, a finding that is reflected in the variety of factors that inform decision-making around whether and how it can be shared. This necessitates, we suggest, care-full, situated negotiation between the needs and interests of diverse actors alongside pragmatic handling of logistical parameters. After detailing the moderating mechanisms used to achieve such negotiation in instances where data sharing is possible, we conclude by highlighting the supportive environment within which such processes of care must in themselves take place.
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NEW MORPHSS resource for qualitative researchers: Qualitative Data Sharing with Care: A Concise Guide Incorporating examples & case studies, this resource is informed by a series of interviews with qualitative researchers on decision-making processes around data sharing (doi.org/10.31222/osf...).
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Dan Poole @danpoole.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Our study of autism community perspectives about Open Data has now been published at @collabrapsychology.bsky.social (🔓) online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art... Participants were generally optimistic about open data to advance autism research and reduced participant burden. But,
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Open Data in Autism Research: The Views of Autistic People and Parents of Autistic Children
Open data has been promoted as a tool to improve the transparency, robustness, and efficiency of scientific research. However, the perspectives of participant communities, particularly those who are m...
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New experimental preprint on zine-making, feminism and open research from MORPHSS colleagues @jenniad.bsky.social & @mirandab-oa.bsky.social alongside collaborators @domismithson.bsky.social and others:
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Open Access Tracking Project @oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026
MORPHSS – Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences morphss.hcommons.org
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MORPHSS – Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
“Cross-disciplinary exchanges are crucial in contesting the narrowness of dominant frameworks of open research…” doi.org/10.36399/kgd...
Abstract of article ‘Leading cross-disciplinary conversations around
open, transparent and rigorous research: Findings from a series of focus groups’
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Disciplines need to speak to each other precisely to avoid the unquestioned proliferation of universalising assumptions about the forms of openness applicable to all fields” New article on cross-disciplinary conversations around openness, transparency & rigour in research doi.org/10.36399/kgd...
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Leading cross-disciplinary conversations around open, transparent and rigorous research: Findings from a series of focus groups | Scottish Journal of Open Research
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MetaROR @metaror.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
💭 Why is change in scholarly communication so hard to imagine? This article presents findings from a consultation for cOAlition S proposal Towards Responsible Publishing. Reviewers were generally positive but urged the authors to include more detail and potential solutions. 👇 Read now on MetaROR
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Why is change in scholarly communication so hard to imagine? Findings from a stakeholder consultation for the cOAlition S proposal ‘Towards Responsible Publishing’ - MetaROR
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ATRIUM Research @atrium-eu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Call for Participation | Linked Pasts 2026 📅 23–25 November 2026 📍 University of Porto The annual Linked Pasts Symposium brings together scholars, heritage professionals & other practitioners with an interest in Linked Open Data (LOD). 🔸 More info: atrium-research.eu/events/linke...
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Domi Smithson @domismithson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Registration for #OpenFest26 is now open! Join us to explore "Open Research: People and Place" through talks, workshops, panels, and more. Register now: libguides.shu.ac.uk/openresearch... @openresshef.bsky.social @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social
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Sam Oakley @drsamoak.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Feel like I'm late coming across this but excited to see this work happening! #OpenResearch #SHAPE
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Practice #8 in the MORPHSS Catalogue of Open Research Practices in the Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences: Data Papers "Examples of (the small number of) dedicated data journals in AHSS include the Journal of Open Humanities Data, @rdjhss.bsky.social, & the Journal of Open Archaeology Data..."
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Data Papers | The MORPHSS Catalogue
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Andy Tattersall @andytattersall.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sneak preview of next week's Under Review podcast with the brilliant @samuelmoore.org from University of Cambridge talking about the state of Open Access. We discuss what's wrong, what's working and what can change in the world of academic publishing. Stay tuned!
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW BLOGPOST on the series of Unbind workshops held at Southampton & Cambridge universities earlier this year as part of MORPHSS. The workshops explored issues of openness, form, & difficulty in academic monograph writing in a supportive & inclusive space ⬇️ morphss.hcommons.org/2026/07/14/u...
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Sandra Abegglen @sandra-abegglen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
An interesting resource for anyone interested in open research: MORPHSS Catalogue of Open Research Practices in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS) - a living resource that documents a wide range of open research practices. catalogue.morphss.work #OpenResearch
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Home | The MORPHSS Catalogue
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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Our community manager, @jmmchugh.bsky.social, has been listening in to all the excellent discussions at @ukrepro.bsky.social. What a rich & interesting community. It's great to see how much the work that @morphss.bsky.social are doing is influencing discussions in the #openresearch space!
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Charlotte Pennington discussing the MORPHSS report "Openness in the arts, humanities and social sciences: Documenting open research practices beyond STEM" (doi.org/10.17613/jn1...) in her keynote address at the @ukrepro.bsky.social conference:
Charlotte Pennington presenting a keynote address on the development of the Brief Open Research Survey (BORS) to assess awareness and use of various Open Research practices, at the UKRN conference 2026
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
MORPHSS's @jenniad.bsky.social took part in this panel discussion on open research in AHSS yesterday at the @ukrepro.bsky.social conference. @openresleeds.bsky.social 's posts give a great sense of the range of 'provocations' that were presented to panellists - well worth a read.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Excellent response from @jenniad.bsky.social that I'm not quick enough to capture! Perhaps she can post here later 👀 Arts based research shouldn't be about a 'paranoid' sense of reproducibility, rather a more generous and generative account of the creative process #UKRN2026
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Have you found the MORPHSS catalogue useful, e.g. in delivering training, proposing a project, or developing open research initiatives at your institution? Please do let us know! (webform below)
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
"Open documentation of methods is especially valuable in the context of research methods that are iterative, relational or responsive, and for which it is unlikely to be possible to fully document methods in advance via pre-registration." Read more about open documentation of methods for AHSS ⬇️
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Open Documentation of Methods | The MORPHSS Catalogue
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Jenni Adams @jenniad.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The introductory slides for our recent zine-making workshop on feminism & open research are available here. The slides include a useful overview of some of the key issues in feminism & OR. ⬇️ These could be adapted and reused by anyone interested in hosting a similar event.
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Slides for a feminism and open research zine-making workshop
These slides were used to introduce a feminism and open research zine-making workshop held at the University of Sheffield in June 2026. They include a short introduction to feminist issues in open research, and a short-introduction to zine-making. This content could be reused when developing similar sessions in other contexts or institutions.In this context, participants of the workshop used printed versions of the articles mentioned in the presentation, together with magazines, decommissioned books, paper, pens and a range of other materials to reflect on the issues raised, ultimately creating a collaborative zine.
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UEA Faculty of Arts and Humanities Graduate School @ueahumgrad.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Want to learn about open research this summer? Our @chase-dtp.bsky.social funded workshop, Open Research for the Humanities: Exploring Openness is now open to students at CHASE institutions: www.chase.ac.uk/events-1/ope... 20 July 2026 #OpenResearch #humanities @universityofessex.bsky.social
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Open Research for the Humanities: Exploring Openness — CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership
This in-person workshop on 20 July 2026 is the culmination of an open research resource creation programme funded by the Consortium for the Humanities and Arts South-East England (CHASE) doctoral trai...
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
What’s missing from the MORPHSS catalogue? Let us know!
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thanks so much to all the researchers & professionals who joined us for this - we're really excited about the training materials and look forward to sharing these when they're ready. Also, so many great conversations with colleagues from across the UK who are thinking about similar issues.
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Thanks to those who have shared suggestions so far - we really appreciate your input into how we can improve and develop the MORPHSS catalogue
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Send us your views on how we can best develop the MORPHSS catalogue of open research practices in AHSS! The catalogue is a living resource that will evolve and improve with community feedback. You can share yours using the webform below (the catalogue itself is at catalogue.morphss.work/about)
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Feedback form - MORPHSS Catalogue of Open Research Practices in AHSS
Please complete this feedback form before 30th June 2026. Thank you so much for your feedback, which will help us to improve and develop this resource.
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Looking forward vey much to speaking about 'Theorising open research for the arts, humanities and social sciences via the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science' at the @edopenresearch.bsky.social conference later this week ⬇️
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Programme | Library | Library
EORC26 has a packed agenda of full talks, lightning talks, posters, and networking opportunities. The programme includes five main sessions, addressing some of the big picture issues found in Open Res...
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"An online exhibition can be as simple as the presentation of artworks or artifacts on a static webpage via images or other files [...] Alternatively, a virtual three-dimensional space may be created..." Read the MORPHSS catalogue entry on virtual exhibitions as an open research practice for AHSS ⬇️
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Virtual Exhibitions | The MORPHSS Catalogue
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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Tomorrow 14:00 to 15:30 GMT+1 join us online for the #OpenResearch for Business Researchers webinar. For further information and to register visit: www.ukrn.org/event/ukrn-w...
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UKRN webinar - Open Research for Business Researchers
UKRN webinar - Open Research for Business Researchers
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