2024-2025 Open Research Fellows

Matthew Parkes, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Project title: Towards ‘Better Coding Practice’: Improving Transparency & Reproducibility in Clinical Trial Analytical Code using Open Science Principles.

I'm Matt, a Research Fellow in Biostatistics based at the Centre for Biostatistics. I'm a statistician with an interest in clinical trials, particularly applying Open Research principles to regulated clinical trials. These trials often involve challenges related to privacy, commercial interests, and other pressures, which can hinder the process of making research more open.

My project focuses on enhancing the openness and transparency of clinical trials, as well as developing accessible teaching and learning resources to encourage the adoption of these practices in various institutions and units. I am particularly interested in employing Literate Programming approaches to make research reports and their underlying code more transparent and reusable.

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Ellen Poliakoff, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health.

Project title: Sharing principles of transparent and responsible research with patients and the public: coproduced resources and training.

I’m Ellen Poliakoff, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. I have expertise in involving people with Parkinson's and autistic people in research in the Body Eyes and Movement (BEAM) lab, as well as in incorporating other open research practices such as pre-registration and data sharing. My project aims to share open research practices with the public and PPI (Patient and Public Involvement) volunteers by developing resources and training. I will co-create the resources with several PPI volunteers, consult with Expert by Experience groups, and conduct a wider survey of PPI volunteers to inform the development of these resources.

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Murilo Marinho, Faculty Science and Engineering

Project title: Open Executable Books in Robotics.

I'm Murilo, a Lecturer in Robotics at the School of Engineering. My project focuses on creating open executable books for robotics, aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice. By integrating theoretical concepts (equations etc) with practical implementation (including coding), I aim to optimise the learning experience. As I develop this content, I will establish best practices for open executable books and work to disseminate these practices within the department, school, university, and beyond.

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Hannah Long

Project title: Developing a Data Note guide for qualitative research datasets (D’NOTE)

I'm Hannah Long, a Research Associate in Health Inequalities (with a background in Health Psychology) based in the Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work. My project focuses on developing and supporting open data practices for qualitative health researchers. I will co-design a Data Note guide specifically for qualitative research datasets. Data Notes are scientific articles that describe open, publicly accessible research datasets in a way that allows others to understand and reuse the data. Currently, these templates are only available for quantitative datasets, so I'll be looking to develop a suitable version for qualitative datasets. To achieve this, I will collaborate with a wide group of experts, forming a network to help me spread the word!

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Georgia Vesma

Project title: Boundless Opportunities: tools for open cross-disciplinary collaboration.

I'm Georgia, a Research Support professional in Humanities. My project, Boundless Opportunities, will explore the intersections between Open Research and interdisciplinarity. I will investigate best practices for co-authorship, cross-disciplinary peer review, and open methods approaches in research involving multiple disciplines.

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