Research Talk

In this episode, Kathryn Smith speaks with Sue Starbuck (Royal Holloway University of London) and Sophie Collet (University of Bristol) about how universities can collaborate to achieve efficiencies, strengthen processes, and tackle shared sector challenges. The conversation draws on themes from the Collaboration for a Sustainable Future report and recent discussions at the ARMA Conference, coveri...

In this episode, Liesl Rowe, Ellie Clement and Peter Findlay talk about rights retention policies, focusing on what needs consideration when a policy has already been published by an institution. They also explore the vital importance of institutions working together to develop the policy landscape, rights retention and the research excellence framework (REF) and the fact that senior leadership su...

In this episode of Research Talk, host Tim Fellows, product manager for the UKRI funded Octopus open research publishing platform, is joined by James Canton, deputy director of public policy and engagement at the economic and social research council (ESRC), and Nicola Buckley, chair of the universities policy engagement network (UPEN) sub-committee and Associate director of the policy fellowships...

In this episode of Research Talk, Emily Wild is joined by Dr. Amelia Morris and Professor Marcus Munafo to discuss the hurdles and opportunities in sharing research openly at different stages of an academic career. Amelia Morris reflects on the barriers facing early career researchers, such as the high costs of academic publishing and job insecurity, while Marcus shares how open research practices...

In this episode of Research Talk, Liz Bal leads a discussion on the UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF), exploring its evolution, current practices, and future directions. Steven Hill discusses the strategic needs and priorities of REF 2029, highlighting shifts towards emphasising research culture and open practices. Rachel Bruce elaborates on the impact of UKRI's open access policy and the b...

In this episode, we dive into the transformative world of open access monographs with Anna Hughes, Dr Joe Deville and Lucy Barnes. Our guests Dr. Joe Deville, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, and Lucy Barnes, Senior Editor and Outreach Coordinator at Open Book Publishers bring a wealth of experience in open access publishing, from managing community-led initiatives to driving policy develo...

Exploring the findings from the University of Bristol's research culture report, Dr Pen-Yuan Hsing's work on research culture, and identifying markers for change. Join our host, Emily Wild as she interviews this episode's guest Dr Pen-Yuan Hsing, a senior research associate at the University of Bristol. Pen's research is in open source, open research, and citizen science, with previous work in eco...

Anna Vernon hosts an exploration of the recently launched review of transitional agreements with community experts Chris Banks and Professor Stephen Curry. In this episode, our guests discuss the review of transitional open access agreements. They focus on reactions to the review, what the review means for the research sector, and the feasibility of achieving a more open research culture. All view...

Emily Wild hosts a discussion on research culture and assessment with Alex Freeman, creator of Octopus, and Simon Hettrick, chair of the Hidden REF. In this episode, our guests discuss the need for change in research assessment and how this can be achieved. Delving into the limitations of traditional methods, the conversation introduces the innovative Hidden REF initiative, championing a shift tow...

We've reached the final episode of our "Is AI for me?" miniseries, in which Ruth Ahnert joins guest host Peter Findlay to discuss the relationship between humans and machines. In the final instalment of our miniseries "Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities", we're joined by Ruth Ahnert, professor of literary history and digital humanities at Queen Mary, University of London. A Turing Fell...

In the penultimate episode of our "Is AI for me?" miniseries, guest host Peter Findlay is joined by Huw Jones to discuss the age of artificial intelligence. We've almost reached the end of our miniseries, "Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities", with the fifth instalment as Huw Jones, head of the digital library unit and digital humanities coordinator at the University of Cambridge, joins...

Our 'Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities' miniseries returns with part four with guest Leif Isaksen and guest host, Peter Findlay. Our miniseries returns after its summer break with part four, and we're handing over to a new guest host, Peter Findlay, our subject matter expert for digital scholarship. In this episode, Peter is joined by professor of digital humanities at the University...

Tim Fellows is joined by Dr Alex Freeman, founder of Octopus.ac, to discuss the platform and its future developments. Together, they explore how Octopus could align with researcher incentives and positively impact research culture. Dr Alex Freeman, executive director at Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication and founder of Octopus.ac, started her career at the BBC. Alex's work not only...

Paola Marchionni brings the third instalment of, 'Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities' mini-series In part three of our miniseries, Paola Marchionni is joined by Jane Winters, professor of digital humanities and director of the digital humanities research hub at the school of advanced study, University of London. Starting out working with thirteenth-century materials, Jane is a trained...

Paola Marchionni brings the second instalment of, 'Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities' mini-series In this episode, James Baker, Director of Digital Humanities at the University of Southampton, joins Paola to discuss the skills for artificial intelligence. A historian by training, James works at the intersection of history, cultural heritage, and digital technologies. His interests lay...

Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities – the highs and lows of artificial intelligence Host Helen Clare hands over to Paola Marchionni to bring you, 'Is AI for me? Perspectives from the humanities' mini-series Research talk resumes with Paola Marchionni, head of engagement, content and discovery, at Jisc. Over the next six episodes, she and her colleague Peter Findley will take over Resear...

During this episode of the Research talk, Helen Clare was joined by professor of physical chemistry and head of computational systems chemistry at the University of Southampton, Jeremy Frey. As well as his conducting his own experimental research he is; investigating how e-Science infrastructure helps make an intelligent laboratory; an enthusiastic supporter of interdisciplinary research, the PI o...

During this exciting episode of the Research Talk, Helen Clare was joined by Tony Hey to discuss current and future research environments. Tony's extensive career began in 1970 as a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Since, he's worked with Nobel Prize winners in physics, been a professor and head of department at the University of Southampton, held the positi...

Last month Helen Clare, was joined by Stuart Fancey, Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and Ben Raynor, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), to discuss the future research assessment programme (FRAP), from why it was initiated, its scope and the key aims of the programme. Together, they delve into why it's important the UK has a way of assessing research on a national scale, what has ch...

Research talk: achieving an integrated research management ecosystem - Donna Swann by Jisc

We are thrilled to be joined in this episode by Dr Alex Freeman, a Cambridge scientist, turned accidental inventor. Throughout Alex's career, she has focused on bringing science to the broadest possible audience. From working on television programmes with Sir David Attenborough to designing games and learning resources, she is now using her talent as a storyteller to reshape the narrative surround...

In this episode we chat with Kathleen Shearer, Executive director of Confederation of Open Access Repositories, hearing her views on repositories in open research. View Kathleen's bio on the COAR website: https://www.coar-repositories.org/about-coar/

In the first episode of the Research Talk podcast, host Helen Clare is joined by Cameron Neylon, an international leader in open research and co-leader of the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative. They discuss striving for universities to become open knowledge institutions by bringing together their different cultures and systems to create inclusive and innovative data. Read the full transcript of the...