Essex Blogs02 February 2026

Open Research Week is one month away!

Open Research Week 2026: 2-6 March. With logos of Edge Hill University, Liverpool John Moores University, University of Liverpool, and University of Essex.

What is Open Research Week?

Open Research Week is a free, online series of events celebrating open research practises and showing how best to make research open. It takes place on 2-6 March and is aimed at anyone who is doing, supporting, or interested in research.

This is a collaboration between the University of Essex and several institutions based in North West England - the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, and Edge Hill University. We at Essex have been involved since 2024.

Together we always put on an exciting programme with talks that you can’t see anywhere else, and regularly receive around 1300 registrations. This year is no exception, and you can expect the following:

Dr Ameet Doshi from Princeton University explaining – ‘What is the public value of openly accessible research?’
TADA! Simple guidelines to improve code sharing – Dr Joel Pick (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Edward Ivimey-Cook (University of East Anglia) introduce a new way to support computational reproducibility
An interactive session on ‘Replication Games’ led by Dr Lenka Fiala and Dr Derek Mikola, University of Ottawa

…and that’s just in the first two days! We also cover open research communities, archives and special collections, open practices, research culture, and we close we a relaxed ‘Fika’ session where we reflect and put plans into action.

Graphic for Open Research Week's Friday Fika, a time for discussion over coffee

Check the programme, register for any sessions that interest you, then join live or pick up the recording afterwards. We hope to see you there!

About the Author:

Liam Bullingham

Assistant Director (Academic and Research Services), Library and Cultural Services, University of Essex

Liam leads the Academic and Research Services team in Library and Cultural Services at the University of Essex.

He is also a Trustee of UKSG and co-organise the November Conference, sits on the Library Advisory Group for Open Research Europe, co-organiser of 'Open Research Week' with colleagues in Liverpool and Lancashire, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Hannah Crago

Open Research Development Librarian, Library and Cultural Services, University of Essex

Open Research Development Librarian who leads the Research Services Team within Library and Cultural Services at the University of Essex.

Hannah is based in the Albert Sloman Library at our Colchester Campus.