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We are delighted to announce our 2nd Open Research Conference at Ulster University on the 20 January 2026.
Our keynote speaker will be Professor Neil Jacobs (Bristol University) Associate Director and Head of UKRN Open Research Programme. In addition, we will also hear from colleagues throughout the university who support open research practices.
But, we need you!
We would love to hear about the great open research practices that you are engaged in these may be open-access publications, pre-registration, open data and code, or practice as research, etc. We are looking for case studies in any subject from members of staff and research students, which provide practical examples on how open research practices can be applied in different ways, across different research projects. For inspiration view the 2025 contributions here.
If you would like to give a short talk at this event (15 mins), please complete an abstract submission form by the16 December 2025. Your talk should focus on some area of open research that you have engaged with - Why did you do this? How did you do this? What were the benefits (and perhaps barriers) of engagement with open research practices?
We will aim to openly publish the abstracts online after the event.
Belfast Campus
2-24 York Street, Belfast, BT15 1AP
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