Open Research at York community of practice
Our York Open Research community of practice brings together researchers, PGRs and professional services staff to discuss and support open research in different areas. If you have access to Slack then you can join members of our community via the #york-open-research channel to share expertise or ask questions.
The https://uoy.atlassian.net/wiki/x/ng0MAQ was launched in January 2021 to help promote and support open research practice locally within schools and departments.
The Open Research Strategy Group provides the strategic guidance and direction for open research activities at the University of York. It reports to the University Research Committee and makes recommendations to identify and address issues with services, infrastructure and policies, in order to enable and promote an open research culture. The current membership of Open Research Strategy Group is listed on the Open research statement web page.
School and departmental groups and initiatives
There are also a number of practitioner-led groups and initiatives across the University with an interest in supporting and advocating for open research practice:
Arts and Humanities
The Archaeology Data Service (ADS), is a non-profit organisation hosted by the University of York. A world-leading digital repository for heritage data, ADS is an open access accredited digital archive for archaeological research outputs. The Archaeology department also hosts the Internet Archaeology open access journal.
Contact: help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
Aspectus is an open access journal for visual culture, run by doctoral students in the History of Art Department with a commitment to the principles of equality through access.
Contact: histart-aspectus@york.ac.uk
York Papers in Linguistics is a long-running open access journal run by postgraduates in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, aimed at highlighting research in the area of linguistics at York.
Contact: ypl@york.ac.uk
Sciences
The Department of Psychology Open Science Interest Group promotes and monitors the use of open science practices in their department and offers support for those who wish to engage in open science by organising workshops and sharing educational resources (materials available on OSF), and organising peer support.
Contact: Dr Dan Denis
ReproducibiliTea York is an informal ECR-led forum to discuss issues of open science and consider the reproducibility of research practices. They meet fortnightly in the Department of Psychology and welcome researchers from across disciplines. Discussion materials are available on OSF.
Research Coding Club is an informal discussion group for anyone at York who works with research software. They maintain a Slack channel, mailing list and GitHub repository, and run code clinics and seminars.
The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-York) Inclusive Citizen Science group researches, uses and improves best practice in citizen science and inclusive engagement for environmental sustainability. Our goal is to empower citizens, enhance research and improve lives.
Contact: lucy.way@york.ac.uk
Social Sciences
EROS (Education Research for Open Science) is a working group within the Department of Education who believe that the evidence based benefits of open science practices can apply to all paradigms/approaches, though at different levels and in different ways. Workshop materials and resources available on OSF and Google Drive.
Contact: eros-education-group@york.ac.uk
OASIS (Open Accessible Summaries in Language Studies) makes research on language learning, use and education available and accessible to a wide audience through one-page summaries of published research articles.
Contact: oasis@oasis-database.org
IRIS (Instruments and data for research in language studies) is a free, searchable, up- and downloadable collection of datasets and instruments, materials, and stimuli that are used to elicit data for research into first, second, and foreign languages. It also hosts postprints of publications in the language sciences.
Contact: iris@iris-database.org
The York Law Review is a student-run open access journal for legal scholarship, written by undergraduates and postgraduates within the York Law School.
Email: york-law-review@york.ac.uk