Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MORPHSS)
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Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MORPHSS) will devise ways to encourage and embed innovative open research practices within humanities and social science disciplines. It starts from the premise that although there are varied and rich cultures of openness in the humanities and social sciences (HSS), these practices often remain at the periphery of HSS research because of both institutional pressures shaped by research cultures and the dominance of a scientific understanding of openness imposed on HSS disciplines.
The project is a collaboration between Cambridge University Library, the University of Sheffield, University of Southampton and Coventry University.
Over 3 years, the project will:
- Catalogue, pilot and showcase experimental open research practices in the HSS
- Explore how to support these practices for the development of a nuanced conception of openness that is appropriate for HSS disciplines and distinct from more traditional understandings of 'open science'
- Devise and implement strategies for materialising and sustaining these HSS-appropriate open practices more widely
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Project team
Dr Janneke Adema
Project Co-Lead
Coventry University
Professor Stephen Pinfield
Project Co-Lead
University of Sheffield
Dr Siddharth Soni
Project Co-Lead
University of Southampton
Dr Rebekka Kiesewetter
Project Co-Lead
Coventry University
Miranda Barnes
Research Associate
Cambridge University Library
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