This is part one (of two) of a Data Interview with Dr David Ellis (@davidaellis). David is a Lecturer in Computational Social Science and holds a 50th Anniversary Lectureship in Psychology at Lancaster University. David presented at the first Data Conversations on Data Visualization.
This is the first interview of hopefully a series to come about the impact of Open Data on research. The interview was conducted by Hardy Schwamm.
The below is a very quick summary of things that I found interesting, remarkable or funny at IDCC17. But before I start, a big thank you to Kevin Ashley and his team for organising such an interesting event with a varied programme! And thanks for all the conference pictures on Flickr!
The first Data Conversations happened on Monday, 31st of January 2017. Below is a quick overview of the action. You can find slides of four talks below.
The event was opened by Professor Adrian Friday from the Data Science Institute (DSI) who emphasised that the DSI is all about collaboration between disciplines which is also the spirit of Data Conversations. In fact the 25 attendees came from a range of Departments: Biological and Life Sciences, Chemistry, Computing, Educational Research, History, Law, Lancaster Environment Centre, Politics, Psychology and others.
Continue reading First Data Conversations 30 January 2017 – Summary of event & slides
We are very excited about the first Data Conversations event at Lancaster University coming up on 30 January 2017, 1.45-4pm. There will be 6 short talks from academics talking about aspects of their research data. We can now publish the agenda.
| 13:45 | Registration and Coffee | |
| 14:00 | Welcome to Data Conversations | Nigel Davies
(Data Science Institute) |
| 14:10 – 14:50 | First round of short talks | |
| 14:10 – 14:20 | 1. Does Linked Data have to be Open? Reflections from the Pelagios Commons | Leif Isaksen
(History) |
| 14:25 – 14:35 | 2. The Politics of Counting: Is Violent Crime Increasing or Decreasing? | Jude Towers
(Sociology) |
| 14:40 – 14:50 | 3. Protecting participants and their data on a sensitive topic | Alison Scott-Baumann
(PPR) |
| 14:55 – 15:10 | Tea and coffee | |
| 15:10 – 15:55 | Second round of short talks | |
| 15:10 – 15:20 | 4. Building interactive data visualizations to support publications | David Ellis
(Psychology) |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | 5. Efficient sharing of numerical output | Chris Jewell
(Medical School / CHICAS) |
| 15:35 – 15:45 | 6. Mining and mapping places with multiple names’ | Chris Donaldson & James Butler (History) |
| 15:55 | Close | Hardy Schwamm (Library) |
We are very happy that we get speaker from a range of disciplines! We are looking forward to the first Data Conversations and will report on how it went. Watch this space!
Are research institutions engaging their researchers with Research Data Management (RDM)? And if so, how are they doing it? In this post Hardy Schwamm (@hardyschwamm), Research Data Manager, Lancaster University, and Rosie Higman (@RosieHLib), Research Data Advisor, University of Cambridge, and explore the work they are doing in their respective institutions.
Whilst funder policies were the initial catalyst for many RDM services at UK universities there are many reasons to engage with RDM, from increased impact to moving towards Open Research as the new normal. And a growing number of researchers are keen to get involved! These reasons also highlight the need for a democratic, researcher-led approach if the behavioural change necessary for RDM is to be achieved. Following initial discussions online and at the Research Data Network event in Cambridge on 6 September, we wanted to find out whether and how others are engaging researchers beyond iterating funder policies.
Continue reading RDMF16 – Creating a Research Data Community
The Repository Fringe modestly claims to be the “UK repository community’s unmissable gathering” and happened on 1 & 2 August 2016.
This was my third visit to the RepoFringe conference which is organised by the Digital Curation Centre, Edina and the University in Edinburgh. Why do I think it is a conference worth attending?