The Open Research team works in partnership with academic and research staff, postgraduate researchers, and other staff facilitating research.

The team provides online and in-person support through individual appointments, departmental meetings and training workshops delivered through the Building Research and Innovation Capacity (BRIC) programme.

Contact us

Open Research team
Email lib-open-research@york.ac.uk or book an online appointment

The team

Team member Focus

Thom Blake, Open Research Manager

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  • Manager for the Open Research team 

Ben Catt, Open Research Librarian

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  • Coordinating Open Research at York community initiatives and communication channels
  • Guidance, training and advocacy to support and promote open research practices
  • Support for copyright and licensing issues relating to research and publication

Jon Cook, Open Research Project Officer

  • Communicating new policy and process changes to departments and researchers
  • Reviewing guidance materials and support activities
  • Skills training for staff and postgraduate researchers

Lindsey Myers, Open Research Librarian

 

  • Support and training for the principles and practice of research data management
  • Guidance and advocacy for data deposit and sharing, including Research Data York
  • Reviews of data management plans

Paula Schirrmacher, Research Intelligence Analyst

Matthew Herring and Amanda Briant, Open Research Specialists

  • Library services supporting open access and research data deposit 

Kirralise Hansford, Luqman Muraina and Melissa Kays, Graduate Engagement Leads 

  • Working with the Library and practitioners across the University to develop training, advocacy and community-building initiatives for open research

Contact us

Open Research team
Email lib-open-research@york.ac.uk or book an online appointment