Open Research: towards a more inclusive and equitable research environment?
Funders increasingly support Open Research (OR) highlighting its potential to make research environments more equitable and inclusive. The 2021 UNESCO recommendations on Open Science embrace the notion that OR will enhance research and provide equity across the world of research.
In the UK, research and higher education institutions are deploying a range of initiatives to embed OR practices in their research culture and ways of working. This session brought together a panel of experts to discuss OR's potential to create an equitable, fairer and more trustworthy research environment. Can the range of Open Research practices (Open Access, Open Data, Open Software and Codes, Citizen Science, Engaged Research, Open Educational Resources) foster a more equitable and inclusive research environment?
The panel included:
- Professor Matthew Campbell, Professor of Human Metabolism and Integrative Physiology (University of Sunderland)
- Dr Catalina Neculai, Assistant Professor Academic (Coventry University)
- Professor Stephen Pinfield, Professor of Information Services Management (Sheffield University)
Delphine Doucet, from Sunderland University Library, organised, recorded, and chaired the session.
This session took place online at 10:30am 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.
