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Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.

Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.

https://morphss.hcommons.org/
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MORPHSS @morphss.bsky.social · Feb 9
NEW resource for open research in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences:

The MORPHSS catalogue documents 30 open research practices in AHSS disciplines, with detailed descriptions, examples, and suggested resources and further reading.
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opencriminology.bsky.social
We are glad to announce this year's winner of the early career Open Criminology Award, sponsored by @nscr-instituut.bsky.social: Danielle Stibbe! A PhD student on cybercriminal decision making, the committee was impressed by her consistent engagement with open science practices. Congratulations! 🎉
September 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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The Open Criminology Award for established researchers, sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, goes to Prof Scott Jacques, founder of @crimrxiv.com, for advancing transparent, accessible, and collaborative research practices in criminology. 🏆
September 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
morphss.bsky.social
'The word traceability, in place of reproducibility, [...] refers to the extent to which the decisions made by the researcher are transparently documented, allowing readers to see how conclusions were reached'

@maddipow.bsky.social in new paper 'Can open science speak qualitative?' ⬇️
Can open science speak qualitative? Rearticulating open science vocabulary for qualitative research
‘Open research’ (or ‘open science’) has substantially reshaped conversations surrounding rigor, transparency, and accountability, yet its vocabulary remains largely rooted in quantitative, positivi...
doi.org
September 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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"Rearticulating open research through a qualitative lexicon, as we do here, does not dilute standards of quality [...] but simply relocates them within epistemic framing where interpretation, context, and collaborative meaning-making are central to knowledge production."

Quite enjoyed this piece.
September 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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openresleeds.bsky.social
@morphss.bsky.social gets a mention

#OpenRes26
September 15, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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openresleeds.bsky.social
Adopting a juntos (together) stance to co producing knowledge with teachers through collaborative ethnography
Ester Ehiyazaryan-White (SHU)

Ester cites @morphss.bsky.social in the motivation for the project

‘openness as equitable and inclusive knowledge creation’

#OpenFest26
September 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
morphss.bsky.social
NEW blogpost introducing the most recent MORPHSS outputs around qualitative data sharing in the social sciences ⬇️

morphss.hcommons.org/2026/09/11/n...
New outputs from MORPHSS on qualitative data sharing in the social sciences – MORPHSS
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September 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
morphss.bsky.social
Arts, humanities & social science researchers, are you aware of any journals in your field that make good use of plain language summaries to make publications more accessible to non-academic or practitioner audiences?

If so, we'd love to hear from you - do reply in-thread!
September 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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cghlewis.bsky.social
Issue 61 of #rdmweekly!

➡️ Open Research in the Arts, Humanities and Qualitative Social Sciences @jenniad.bsky.social
➡️ CODECHECK: An Open Science Initiative for the Independent Execution of Computations
➡️ Intro to Synthetic Data @ukdataservice.bsky.social

rdmweekly.substack.com/p/rdm-weekly...
RDM Weekly - Issue 061
A weekly roundup of Research Data Management resources.
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September 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social
These are great and I think a number of the recommendations could and should be adapted for humanities work as well. A report like this for humanities scholars would be invaluable.
September 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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meganeve.eurosky.social
Spent the afternoon planning an Open Research session for the Arts, using this training material 🙂 It sits so nicely with the soft launch of the practice based repository page I've been developing! @morphss.bsky.social

doi.org/10.17613/7ex...
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September 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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reddite.eurosky.social
It was a real pleasure to be part of creating this - materials for teaching open research in AHSS works.hcommons.org/records/jenn...

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@jenniad.bsky.social

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September 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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jenniad.bsky.social
NEW training slides on open research in the arts, humanities & qualitative social sciences, codeveloped by staff from 15 UK universities at a hackathon event earlier this summer.

Including colleagues from @uoyopenres.bsky.social, @edopenresearch.bsky.social, @openresleeds.bsky.social & more
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September 1, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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sarahhlib.bsky.social
Been chewing up and digesting all the information I know to create a 'Basics of open science' course for the scientists (Using the UNESCO pillars) and Basics of open research for the not!scientists (Thanks @morphss.bsky.social for all the information for this one!) they're looking quite good!
August 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
morphss.bsky.social
Version 2 of the MORPHSS article 'Cataloguing and Theorising Open Research Practices in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: Problematising and Diversifying ‘Open Science’ is now available on F1000 research:

doi.org/10.12688/f10...
F1000Research Article: Cataloguing and Theorising Open Research Practices in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: Problematising and Diversifying ‘Open Science’.
Read the latest article version by Jenni Adams, Miranda Barnes, Samuel Moore, Stephen Pinfield, at F1000Research.
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August 21, 2026 at 8:54 AM
morphss.bsky.social
NEW MORPHSS resource for qualitative researchers: Qualitative Data Sharing with Care: A Concise Guide

Incorporating examples & case studies, this resource is informed by a series of interviews with qualitative researchers on decision-making processes around data sharing ⬇️

doi.org/10.17613/khv...
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August 21, 2026 at 8:38 AM
morphss.bsky.social
NEW MORPHSS PREPRINT on Mixed methods and ethnographic researchers’ perspectives on sharing qualitative research data in the social sciences

doi.org/10.31222/osf...

#OpenResearch #OpenQualData
Title and abstract of preprint. ‘Trying to apply a care-based approach’: Mixed methods and ethnographic researchers’ perspectives on sharing qualitative research data in the social sciences' Expectations around qualitative data sharing have a vexed history. While some assert their importance, including in facilitating the impact of rich data beyond the confines of an individual research project, others highlight the barriers around sharing data that is often personal, sensitive, and highly situated, indicating a need for ongoing research on how these challenges are perceived and negotiated within specific methodological contexts. Responding to a scarcity of both research on ethnographers’ data sharing practices and attention to qualitative sharing in the context of mixed methods, this article details the findings from a series of 22 interviews with ethnographic and mixed methods researchers regarding their decision-making processes around whether and how to share qualitative data. We find that interviewees’ consideration of the rationale for and benefits of qualitative data sharing goes far beyond a focus on reproducibility or verifiability to embrace a broad range of factors. Among both mixed methods and ethnographic researchers, data is perceived as both a rigorous research output carrying profound evidentiary weight and a product of a co-created, contextually-situated endeavour, a finding that is reflected in the variety of factors that inform decision-making around whether and how it can be shared. This necessitates, we suggest, care-full, situated negotiation between the needs and interests of diverse actors alongside pragmatic handling of logistical parameters. After detailing the moderating mechanisms used to achieve such negotiation in instances where data sharing is possible, we conclude by highlighting the supportive environment within which such processes of care must in themselves take place.
August 21, 2026 at 8:17 AM
morphss.bsky.social
NEW MORPHSS resource for qualitative researchers: Qualitative Data Sharing with Care: A Concise Guide

Incorporating examples & case studies, this resource is informed by a series of interviews with qualitative researchers on decision-making processes around data sharing (doi.org/10.31222/osf...).
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August 21, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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danpoole.bsky.social
Our study of autism community perspectives about Open Data has now been published at @collabrapsychology.bsky.social (🔓)

online.ucpress.edu/collabra/art...

Participants were generally optimistic about open data to advance autism research and reduced participant burden. But,
Open Data in Autism Research: The Views of Autistic People and Parents of Autistic Children
Open data has been promoted as a tool to improve the transparency, robustness, and efficiency of scientific research. However, the perspectives of participant communities, particularly those who are m...
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August 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
morphss.bsky.social
New experimental preprint on zine-making, feminism and open research from MORPHSS colleagues @jenniad.bsky.social & @mirandab-oa.bsky.social alongside collaborators @domismithson.bsky.social and others:
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💥New preprint from @mirandab-oa.bsky.social , @domismithson.bsky.social , myself & others on creativity, collaboration & activism

Our experimental piece offers reflections on a recent zine making workshop on feminism & open research, drawing on zine logics & aesthetics ⬇️

doi.org/10.17613/r46...
Image of title and abstract of preprint: Creativity, collaboration and activism: Reflections on a zine-making workshop exploring feminism and open research
August 18, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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MORPHSS – Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences
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August 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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jenniad.bsky.social
“Cross-disciplinary exchanges are crucial in contesting the narrowness of dominant frameworks of open research…”

doi.org/10.36399/kgd...
Abstract of article ‘Leading cross-disciplinary conversations around open, transparent and rigorous research: Findings from a series of focus groups’
August 14, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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jenniad.bsky.social
“Disciplines need to speak to each other precisely to avoid the unquestioned proliferation of universalising assumptions about the forms of openness applicable to all fields”

New article on cross-disciplinary conversations around openness, transparency & rigour in research

doi.org/10.36399/kgd...
Leading cross-disciplinary conversations around open, transparent and rigorous research: Findings from a series of focus groups | Scottish Journal of Open Research
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August 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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metaror.bsky.social
💭 Why is change in scholarly communication so hard to imagine?

This article presents findings from a consultation for cOAlition S proposal Towards Responsible Publishing.

Reviewers were generally positive but urged the authors to include more detail and potential solutions.

👇 Read now on MetaROR
Why is change in scholarly communication so hard to imagine? Findings from a stakeholder consultation for the cOAlition S proposal ‘Towards Responsible Publishing’ - MetaROR
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July 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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atrium-eu.bsky.social
Call for Participation | Linked Pasts 2026

📅 23–25 November 2026
📍 University of Porto

The annual Linked Pasts Symposium brings together scholars, heritage professionals & other practitioners with an interest in Linked Open Data (LOD).

🔸 More info: atrium-research.eu/events/linke...
July 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM