Contents
- 1 Activities
- 1.1 Open and transparent research is vital but relies on research professionals’ effective collaboration
- 1.2 Spotlight an ORCA: Alice Howarth
- 1.3 UKRN is a founding signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
- 1.4 April 2024 LNL Newsletter
- 1.5 New report explores aspects of rigour in psychology and arts practice research
- 1.6 First UK Reproducibility Network Annual Report
Activities
Catch up on the latest UKRN news and get involved in UKRN events and initiativesOpen Research Programme
UKRN has launched a five-year programme of work across our consortium of institutional members, supported by our project partners and Research England, to accelerate the uptake of high-quality open research practices, and the many benefits to research quality, integrity and public trust in research that will consequently flow.
Initiatives 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.
Open and transparent research is vital but relies on research professionals’ effective collaboration
UKRN and Jisc have released a set of case studies to help drive culture change in research. Our aim is to build mutual understanding of the contributions of professional and technical staff with researchers to open research. A smooth shift towards open research is...
Spotlight an ORCA: Alice Howarth
Alice is the ORCA at the University of Liverpool who is involved in a quite dizzying number of activities with the Open Research Programme, at Liverpool and beyond! Liverpool is heavily engaged in the Open Research Programme, playing a leading role in most of the...
UKRN is a founding signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
UKRN is proud to be a founding signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, launched today. Its aims – to promote transparency and reproducibility in the production and use of research information – align with UKRN’s vision, and with those of...
April 2024 LNL Newsletter
The April newsletter has just been published with lots of news, events and resources for our Local Network Leads and their network members.
New report explores aspects of rigour in psychology and arts practice research
The report, produced by the BPS, UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) and Practice as Research Advisory Group UK (PRAG-UK) explores how different terms are understood and used among psychology researchers and arts practice researchers. Its publication comes following a...
First UK Reproducibility Network Annual Report
Today we publish the first UKRN annual report, outlining some of the wide range of work done by the UKRN communities over the past year. We hope this will be a useful document both for UKRN members but also for others wanting to get a flavour of our work. It’s...