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Our York Open Research community of practice brings together researchers, PGRs and professional services staff to discuss and support open research in different areas.
York Open Research AdvocatesOur network of Open Research Advocates was launched in January 2021 to help promote and support open research practice locally within schools and departments. The network currently has around 30 members, representing all three academic faculties and a wide range of career stages and roles.
Advocates have been involved in delivering events and training, and developing initiatives such as the York Open Research Awards.
Find an Advocate in your field, or take a look at the Become an Advocate page on the York Open Research wiki for details on how to join the network.
If you have access to Slack then you can join the #york-open-research channel to share expertise or ask questions.
There are also a growing number of practitioner-led groups and initiatives across the University with an interest in supporting and advocating for open research practice. If you are aware of, or involved in, any groups not listed below then please get in touch via our feedback form.
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.
Contact: help@archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
Blog: Sound Bytes from the ADS
Twitter: @ADS_Update
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.
The journal editorial board received a York Open Research Award in 2022.
Contact: histart-aspectus@york.ac.uk
Twitter: @AspectusJournal
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.
Music Cognition Matters is a talk series and podcast from the York Music Psychology Group which aims to promote interdisciplinary, collaborative Music Cognition research, and to disseminate research in more open, accessible and inclusive ways.
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, sharing educational resources, and organising peer support.
The introductory workshop, Open Science: The What, Why and How, received a York Open Research Award in 2022.
Contact: Angela de Bruin
Workshop materials available on OSF
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.
The group received a York Open Research Award in 2021.
Discussion materials available on OSF
Research Coding Club is an informal discussion group for anyone at York who works with research software. They maintain a Slack channel and mailing list, and run code clinics and seminars (see Google Calendar for dates).
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.
Contact: eros-education-group@york.ac.uk
Workshop materials and resources available on OSF and Google Drive
The OASIS database makes research on language learning, use and education available and accessible to a wide audience through one-page summaries of published research articles.
Contact: oasis@oasis-database.org
Twitter: @OASIS_Database
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.
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