AI, Openness & Future Publishing – Event summary TAGS: open data This is a guest blog post written by Veronica Cano, Open Data and REF Manager The CAHSS Research Cultures team organised the half-day event “AI, Openness & Publishing Futures”, which …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025 Highlights TAGS: conference | open data | Open Research | open science On 4th June 2025, we held the 4th annual Edinburgh Open Research Conference. The conference welcomed anyone who is part of a research community, from researchers and technicians to support …Continue reading →

DataShare spotlight: Human MotionLess Dataset (HuMoLs) and the creative potential of research data TAGS: data reuse | DataShare | Edinburgh DataShare | open data | videos For the second installment of the spotlight on DataShare blog posts, I would like to showcase a fascinating item containing videos of people not doing anything! The dataset in question …Continue reading →

DataShare spotlight: History, Classics and Archaeology in DataShare TAGS: data reuse | Digital Preservation | Edinburgh DataShare | Humanities data | open data To celebrate World Digital Preservation Day 2024, this is the first in a series of occasional blog posts which seek to shine a light on some interesting examples of datasets …Continue reading →

RESPIRE Fellowship TAGS: conference | open data | open science This is a guest blog post from Tapas K Mohanty, Informatics & Data Science Liaison Officer for the RESPIRE project, who recently dropped by for a visit. Tapas, who is …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2024 TAGS: conference | open data | open science This is a guest blog post from Emma Wilson, Emma is a final year PhD student in the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences. She is currently interning with the Library …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2024 TAGS: conference | open data | open science Join us on May 29th for the 2024 edition of the Open Research Conference. This year we are addressing the big challenge: culture change. It is not simply enough to …Continue reading →

Coming full circle TAGS: open data | research support The ins, outs and upside downs of Digital Research Services and lessons learned in the process. I’ve spent the past three months working as a Researcher-in-Residence for Digital Research Services …Continue reading →

Diverse climate change data in DataShare’s newest thematic collection TAGS: climate change | DataShare | open data | Software ‘Code red for humanity’ was the galvanising message of the sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published on 9 August. The report draws on thousands of academic …Continue reading →

Open up! On the scientific and public benefits of data sharing TAGS: open data | Open Research | open science Research published a year ago in the journal Current Biology found that 80 percent of original scientific data obtained through publicly-funded research is lost within two decades of publication. The …Continue reading →