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Isabella Lewis @irvlewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On Saturday, 7 November, I will be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon around the theme of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints. I hope that this workshop will help to improve the coverage of women and LGBTQ+ history on Wikipedia. To attend, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wiki-edit-...
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Wiki Edit-a-Thon: Byzantine Women & Genderqueer Saints
An in-person edit-a-thon that aims to improve the coverage of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints on Wikipedia. No prior experience needed.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Digital Scholarship & Data Science Topic Guides @libereurope.bsky.social libereurope.github.io/ds-topic-gui... 💡 Getting Started in DS 🤖 AI & Machine Learning in Libraries 🌐 APIs: A starter guide for Librarians 📚 Collections as Data: Getting Started ©️ Copyright & Licensing And many more...
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Topic Guides – Digital Scholarship & Data Science Topic Guides
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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What if creativity wasn't an add-on to health, but part of the solution? The new Creative Health MASc explores how arts, culture & community action can tackle health inequalities and improve wellbeing. Working across disciplines & with partners turning ideas into action. Learn more: bit.ly/4rzehFe
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees www.nature.com/articles/d41... #OpenAccess
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Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees
A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models — especially over the past few years.
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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🎉 We’re celebrating 10 years of White Rose University Press! And we’re marking the occasion by looking ahead: What should scholarly book publishing look like in the next 5–10 years? Our anniversary event is now OPEN FOR BOOKING! 🧵👇 Find out more 👇 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/announcement...
White Rose University Press event banner promoting a discussion on the future of scholarly book publishing, celebrating 10 years of WRUP.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Driving good practice in data sharing and use of data availability statements to support funder requirements osf.io/zp4tg/overview #OpenFest26
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Open Research, University of Sheffield @openresshef.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Amie talked us through LJMU's data-as-a-story exhibition. Through a series of visual, interactive, and narrative‑driven pieces, the exhibition explored how open data can be transformed into meaningful stories through creative approaches that spark curiosity. Exhibition catalogue below 👇
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We may struggle to get along to sessions today. Do please post updates and links 😀 #OpenFest26
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Holly Ranger @themauvedesert.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A theme that emerged today at OpenFest was *being* open: open-minded, open to play, open to diverse outcomes and outputs. Nick's talk made me think about how this is something that research professionals have more freedom to do. Academics have to pin down research questions in advance for funders...
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Outputs from the “co-production experiment” available here knowledgeequitynetwork.org/casestudies/... #OpenFest26
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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hearing now from @nickshepp.bsky.social and Thom Freeth repping @openresleeds.bsky.social who are talking about the Knowledge Equity Network and connecting “the opens” (Open Education, Open Science, Open Access and Open Infrastructure) #OpenFest2026
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Barriers to sharing qualitative interview data and suggestions to overcome them: a scoping review centaur.reading.ac.uk/131425/ #OpenFest26
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Barriers to sharing qualitative interview data and suggestions to overcome them: a scoping review - CentAUR
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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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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Afternoon sessions now at #OpenFest26 Data as a Story: supporting researchers to engage with open data through storytelling Amie Longthorne (Liverpool John Moore University) Data as a story Exhibition Catalogue & Open Research Guide: researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28...
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Take-home number 3 *Openness” looks different in different disciplines *Open research does not mean open STEM *Learning from disciplines that are wedded to their principles and values #OpenFest26
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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
#OpenFest26
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
3. Arts and humanities Open research often privileges quantitative and positivist ideas of rigour
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Take-home number 2 *Critically consider what we mean by ‘kin’ *Whose knowledge? Who gets to decide? *Who owns, and is responsible for, data? #OpenFest26
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“That is, data are relational, culturally situated, and connected to people and communities” Te Mana Raraunga www.temanararaunga.maori.nz
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Our Data, Our Sovereignty, Our Future
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
2. Indigenous scholars Whose research is it? Who owns it? Whose interests does it serve? Who will benefit from it? Linda Tuhiwai Smith #OpenFest26
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Take home number 1: *Cite women *Undo injustice through citation *Consider historical and cultural dimensions of who we credit #OpenFest26
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
1. Feminist scholars “Feminist scholarship has been talking about bias, reflexivity, representation, and power long before contemporary Open Research discourse” #OpenFest26
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Citation Politics Toolkit @forrt.bsky.social forrt.org/citation-pol... #OpenFest26 #HotKnowledge
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<header class="header"> <h1 class="main-title">Citation Politics Toolkit</h1> <p class="subtitle">A toolkit to encourage thoughtful citation</p
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#OpenFest26 keynote: Who Built Open Research? Reclaiming the Intellectual Lineage of Open @maddipow.bsky.social
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Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On my way to #OpenFest2026 to give a keynote on open research and intellectual lineage and I’ve seen that my paper with Sarahanne Field on open research language & qualitative methodologies was just published! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Leeds is well represented at #OpenFest26 in Sheffield today with a keynote from @maddipow.bsky.social, and Thom Freeth (@knowledgeen.bsky.social) & @nickshepp.bsky.social talking about Knowledge Equity & Open Scholarship week #KEOS26 Full programme here libguides.shu.ac.uk/openresearch...
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Knowledge Equity Network (@knowledgeen.bsky.social)
A network of global Higher Education partners focused on sharing the power of knowledge equitably to create a fairer and better world. Co-founded by the University of Leeds and the University of Pre...
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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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Researcher Development @ Leeds @researcherdevleeds.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Can AI Become Your Research Partner? In a new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast, Dr Heledd Jarosz-Griffiths, @heleddhaf.bsky.social speaks to Dr Marc-Oliver Gewaltig about AI in academic writing, transparency & why human judgement must remain at the heart of research. buff.ly/NIxpunc
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(Episode 170) Can AI Become Your Research Partner?
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Wikimedia UK @wikimediauk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
One of the driest summers on record, and almost none of it is in the free, permanent public record. If you're in an affected part of England or Wales, upload your photos to Wikimedia Commons and help us complete the record 👇
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Letter: University research must incentivise quality over quantity www.ft.com/content/391e... From Mandy Hill, Managing Director, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (March 2026)
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Letter: University research must incentivise quality over quantity
From Mandy Hill, Managing Director, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
From pilot to 100%: how the @orcid.org advocacy project is helping researchers increase their visibility leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/f...
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From pilot to 100%: how the ORCID advocacy project is helping researchers increase their visibility
This post is by Research Services Adviser Jen Dunhill. Since February 2025, the Library Research Services team has been working with schools across the University to increase engagement with ORCiD.…
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Beyond the Editathon: A New Contribution Model for Experts - White Rose Research Online
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🔏Beyond the Editathon: A New @wikipedia.org Contribution Model for Experts 🔗https://doi.org/10.48785/100/497 🖼️Poster presented at #Wikimania in July by @yclepit.bsky.social and @tatjana-baleta.bsky.social @wikimediauk.bsky.social
Flow chart describing the process of facilitating a Wikipedia expert review  

1. Experts review an off-Wiki version of a Wikipedia article.
2. They make their edits to this version of the article as
comments or track changes.
3. A Wikipedia editor makes their changes to Wikipedia.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
📣📘 Join the University of Leeds Open Education team for the launch of The Academic Language of Mathematics on Mon 3 Aug 2026 (11:30am-1:30pm) at the University of Leeds or online. 🔗 Register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4567938 #OpenEducation #MathematicsEducation #HigherEd #OER
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The Academic Language of Mathematics (open) book launch
You are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the launch of The Academic Language of Mathematics, an innovative open education resource by Costas Loizou, Shuwei Chen and Deak...
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Equator network - Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research www.equator-network.org
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EQUATOR Network | Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of Health Research
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Project Tier - Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research www.projecttier.org
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Project TIER | Project TIER | Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research
TIER Documentation Protocol provides instructions for assembling files documenting steps of data processing & analysis for a research paper.
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
7 steps towards Reproducible Research ampartridge.github.io/Reproducible... @ukrepro.bsky.social
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
From pilot to 100%: how the @orcid.org advocacy project is helping researchers increase their visibility leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/f...
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From pilot to 100%: how the ORCID advocacy project is helping researchers increase their visibility
This post is by Research Services Adviser Jen Dunhill. Since February 2025, the Library Research Services team has been working with schools across the University to increase engagement with ORCiD.…
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with @emrinke.bsky.social, @ukrepro.bsky.social Local Network Lead at @universityofleeds.bsky.social 🎧https://research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/building-communities-for-better-research-with-ukrn-local-network-lead-dr-eike-rinke #UKRN2026
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(Episode 165) Building Communities for Better Research with UKRN Local Network Lead Dr Eike Rinke - Research Culture Uncovered
In this episode Nick speaks with Dr Eike Rinke, Lecturer in Politics and Media, Co-Director of the Social Research Methods Centre, and Local Network Lea...
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Something to listen to on the way home? If it's a long journey, there's also an interview with Marcus Munafò from 2024: research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/s8e8... @ukrepro.bsky.social #ukrn2026
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(S8E7) Improving Research Quality with the UK Reproducibility Network: A Conversation with Marcus Munafò - Research Culture Uncovered
In this week's episode of Research Culture Uncovered, Nick Sheppard speaks with Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of ...
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Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Here’s when I handed over the *wooden* (not glass!) trophy to @emrinke.bsky.social #ukrn2026
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mapping Open Research Networks: An OER for Network Analysis on Open Research Practices and Infrastructures unisotonlibrary.github.io/Mapping-Open... #ukrn2026
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Mapping Open Research Networks – Open Research Networks
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Researcher Development @ Leeds @researcherdevleeds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode out now! Nick Sheppard @nickshepp.bsky.social chats with Dr Eike Rinke about open research, transparency, rigour & why it matters across all disciplines. Plus insights from a study showing how different analytic choices can shape results.
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(Episode 165) Building Communities for Better Research with UKRN Local Network Lead Dr Eike Rinke
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Disciplinary Differences Are Overlooked • We can fall pray to: (1) using the term ‘Open Research’ as a catch all; (2) assuming certain practices generalise, low usage ≠ bad! #ukrn2026
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Development of the Brief Open Research Survey (BORS) to measure awareness and uptake of Open Research practices (2022) ideas.repec.org/p/osf/metaar... #ukrn2026
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Development of the Brief Open Research Survey (BORS) to meas
Objectives: Whilst the need for Open Research practices is well documented, there remains a lack of validated questionnaires to assess their prevalence. This study validated the Brief Open Research Su
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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 · 09/07/2026
Entrained and heading back over the Pennines for day 2 #ukrn2026
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Journal Open Research Policy Evaluator jorpe.ronitibon.com #ukrn2026
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JORPE — Journal Open Research Policy Evaluator
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Also see the work of @samuelmoore.org in this area: Publishing Beyond the Market Open Access, Care, and the Commons press.umich.edu/Books/P/Publ... #ukrn2026
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Publishing Beyond the Market
Publishing Beyond the Market argues that the move to open access should focus less on the free accessibility of research outputs and more on who controls the publications and infrastructures for schol...
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