9th July 2024, 10am-3pm
Workroom 2, the Wave, University of Sheffield
In person, with online attendance available for keynote talks only
In anticipation of REF2029’s heightened emphasis on People, Culture and Environment, ‘research culture’ is increasingly coming into scope as a focus of attention for UK institutions. But critical and reflective work is needed to avoid the term becoming, like ‘excellence’ itself, a floating signifier that obscures the genuine conditions, processes and limitations of academic practice.
This one-day workshop will address this task with a particular focus on practices around openness and transparency. With reference to UKRIO’s component principles of research integrity, we will examine the degree to which open practices present a necessary condition of a culture of research integrity and inclusion and explore the extent to which embedding and facilitating open practices offers a significant mechanism of culture change.
Keynote speakers:
- Tanita Casci, Director, Research Strategy & Policy Unit, University of Oxford
- Stephen Curry, College Consul and Professor of Natural Science, Imperial College London, and Chair of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)
More details and booking links: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch/events/changing-research-culture