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Open Research at York community of practice

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 Open Research Advocates network was launched in January 2021 to help promote and support open research practice locally within schools and departments.

  • The Open Research Operations Group reports into the Open Research Strategy Group and works with colleagues across the University to foster a community of open research practice and to position ourselves to meet REF and funder requirements in this area.

  • 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 Internet Archaeology - an open access, independent journal which has been awarded the Directory of Open Access Journals Seal.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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.

  • 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.

Social Sciences

  • Education Research for Open Science (EROS) is an Open Science 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.

  • OASIS makes research on language learning, use and education available and accessible to a wide audience through one-page summaries of published research articles. 

  • IRIS 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.

  • The York Law Review is a student-run open access journal for legal scholarship, written by undergraduates and postgraduates within the York Law School.