Contents
- 1 Activities
- 1.1 Launch of the UKRN Newsletter
- 1.2 Wiley open research workshops: what did we learn?
- 1.3 University of Southampton joins UKRN
- 1.4 University of Wolverhampton joins UKRN
- 1.5 University of Surrey launches Open Research Position Statement
- 1.6 Dr Aneta Piekut awarded prestigious Fellowship by Project TIER
Activities
Catch up on the latest UKRN news and get involved in UKRN events and initiativesInitiatives and events
UKRN offers support for initiatives to promote robust and rigorous research, focusing on establishing conversations about reproducibility, providing tools and guidance to promote best practice, and encouraging professional development of researchers. UKRN runs and promotes events and regular workshops on the topic of reproducible research.
Events
UKRN hosts an annual meeting in March each year, and supports an annual conference in September: Reproducibility, Replicability and Trust In Science. We also run regular workshops on the topics of leadership, data management, research culture and methods.
Initiatives
UKRN supports initiatives to encourage appropriate methodology, accountability and the establishment of working groups, as well as promoting conversations around open science and open research, and providing tools that make reproducibility easier.
Latest news
We produce news to promote examples of reproducible research in the UK, as well as our events and initiatives. Do you want to write about reproducibility in your field? Please contact us about writing for our blog.
Launch of the UKRN Newsletter
The first issue of the new UKRN Newsletter was published last week, providing subscribers with the latest news, event information, publications and more from UKRN. The next newsletter will be released in March and from then on it will be published quarterly. For those...
Wiley open research workshops: what did we learn?
Wiley recently partnered with UKRN to host a series of open research workshops on topics such as preprints, authorship, registered reports, data sharing, and open access. Follow this link to read their blog post about what happened at the events, and what they learned...
University of Southampton joins UKRN
Congratulations to the University of Southampton who have officially joined UKRN. We welcome aboard Dr Alison Knight as Institutional Lead for Southampton, along with Dr Christian Bokhove (@cbokhove) as Local Network Lead. Dr Alison Knight said, "I am looking forward...
University of Wolverhampton joins UKRN
Congratulations to the University of Wolverhampton who have officially joined UKRN. We welcome aboard Institutional Lead Professor Maria Uther, as well as two Local Network Leads, Dr Ian Lahart (@IMLahart) and Dr Samuel Westwood (@westwoodsam1). Click here to read...
University of Surrey launches Open Research Position Statement
The University of Surrey has launched its Open Research Position Statement, which publicly supports the values of openness, transparency and reproducibility in research. The position statement was written by Surrey Library’s Open Research team and Professor Emily...
Dr Aneta Piekut awarded prestigious Fellowship by Project TIER
Read here to find out more about Project TIER and Dr Piekut’s plans for promoting reproducibility practices at the University of Sheffield in partnership with the Sheffield Reproducibility Network.