Research Culture
Building an environment where people can thrive and where research is conducted to the highest standards of integrity.
The Researcher Development Concordat Contact the Research Culture Coordinator
The University’s Strategy outlines a commitment to the development of an institutional culture that ‘promotes ambition, collective purpose, courage and the continued improvement of all that we do’ and to enabling the development of a community ‘without limits’. In the context of research, this means building an environment where people can thrive and where research is conducted to the highest standards of integrity.
Working together as a university community, we can bring about change to make our research environment as healthy and productive as possible. Research culture at York is a collective endeavour, uniting our academic staff, research students, and professional services staff to find ways to celebrate and build on our strengths and to find solutions where we identify gaps and challenges.
Building and maintaining a healthy research culture is an ongoing task: we will respond to the requirements of our research community, HE environments, and wider society, as we adapt to new needs and opportunities as they arise.
As a signatory to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, DORA and the Technician Commitment, and through our Bronze Athena Swan award, we have already pledged to develop an inclusive and supportive research environment at York. We have established a Research Culture Working Group, bringing together established and early career staff from across the three Faculties and our professional services, to build on these commitments.
Further information on future research culture events, activities, plans and opportunities will be published here. To get involved, or if you have any questions about research culture, please contact us.
Learn more about York's Culture & Community Framework
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Awards
We make annual awards for small research culture projects which are proposed and implemented by our research community through Research England's Enhancing Research Culture funding. Updates about future funding calls will be provided here. Any member of staff working in research at the University can apply.
See which projects have been funded previously:
- List of departmental and small awards for Enhancing Research Culture 2021/22 (PDF
, 123kb) - List of departmental and small awards for Enhancing Research Culture 2022/23 (PDF , 63kb)
Events
Research Culture Cafés
Our Research Culture Cafés are an opportunity for our research communities to informally raise issues, highlight best practice and share thoughts and ideas about research culture at York.
If you run a group which would like to host a Research Culture Café please get in touch - megan.mcloughlin@york.