Open Data?! Benefits and strategies for sharing research data
Opening Research Data is a key strand of Open Research. This session brought together researchers from the Universities for North East England (Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside) to share their experience and understanding of sharing research data. From planning stage, to sharing data in repositories, they explored some of the strategies, benefits and challenges of sharing different types of research data.
This session included contributions by:
- Dr Eamonn Bell, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science (Durham University)
- Dr Martin P Eccles, Artist. (Graduated from Newcastle University).
- Associate Prof Martina Ferracane, Associate Professor of International Digital Trade in the Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre (Teesside University) and Assistant Professor (European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole)
- Prof Sarah Lonbay – Professor of Social Science and Social Care (University of Sunderland)
- Dr Sebastian Potthoff, Chartered Health Psychologist and Assistant Professor in Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing (Northumbria University)
- Dr Louise Rayne, Newcastle University Academic Track Fellow, School of History, Classics and Archaeology (Newcastle University)
David Watson and Daisy Campbell organised the session, which was recorded by Catherine Elliott, all from Teesside University Library. Daisy Campbell presented this session.
In addition to the speakers listed above, the session also featured short contributions from Daisy Campbell (Teesside), Beth Houlis (Northumbria), Bogdan Metes (Newcastle), and Delphine Doucet (Sunderland, and on behalf of Durham), who detailed the Research Data Management support provided at their respective institutions.
This session took place online at 2pm on Monday 24th March 2025 as part of the Universities for North East England (UNEE) Open Research Week 2025. The UNEE Group consists of the Universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside.
The files consist of a recording of the session with video and audio, a transcript in English in .docx format, and a transcript in English in .vtt format.
