# Open Research for Academics ### *A free workshop & hackathon* #### Saturday, 29th October 2016 #### Goldsmiths, University of London Open access is one step in a bigger journey that researchers have been slow to take. Supported by the British Academy, Goldsmiths are organising a one-day workshop with a strong practical element that aims to inspire and educate researchers across all disciplines on how to benefit from opening up their research. Open research is much more than open access. It is about making all aspects of the research process open to all possible interested parties. It involves innovative approaches to communicating results and sharing outputs. It is about accessibility, inclusivity, citizen science, public engagement, radical transparency, reproducibility, data sharing, social media and more. The workshop is an opportunity to hear from champions of open research. We will teach you how to open your research and explain the benefits of doing so. It will be organised as a combination of keynotes, master-classes and a mini hackathon with prizes! UPDATE: 1 Nov 2016 This event is now over. If you missed the event You can [see videos from the keynote speakers here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL12ZvHvSCl7G6IgLJ9b02WBdk6UakC9Zb) You can read LSE Impact Blog post [about why we held the event here](http://tiny.cc/OpenAcadLSE) Here are [Mark Carrigan's notes from his talk](https://markcarrigan.net/2016/10/26/social-media-and-open-research-what-does-open-mean/) You can [read a nice summary from attendee David Jenkins here](http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/the_orb/?p=1604 ) or [Hiyashi's blog post](https://hiyashi.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/open-research-openacademia/) about the event We gave attendees a USB stick containing 44 FREE ebooks from Open Humanities Press and others. You can [download them all here: Warning: 140Mb zip file]( https://www.dropbox.com/s/gtho446sgpj7whr/Free%20books.zip?dl=0) *This workshop was funded by British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award (BARSEA EN150192)* *If you are interested would like to kept updated, please add yourself as contributor or email Caspar Addyman <c.addyman@gold.ac.uk>*