Is Open Research really changing the world?
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Much research claims to benefit communities globally but are research outputs really available to everyone, even if they are made open access? We'll take a world tour with Dr Nilam Ashram-McGrath, Phil Weir, Dr Rafael Mitchell and Dr Alexandra Freeman to discover what is possible when researchers and governments make their research outputs available openly. What kind of impact do they have outside the academy – and outside the global north? What more can we do to make these outputs useful to innovators and to those researching outside the academic sector?
This event was held to celebrate Open Access Week 2018 and the University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas, at Mill Lane Lecture Theatres on 25 October 2018. |
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| Created: | 2018-11-19 16:52 | ||||||
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| Collection: | Events hosted by the Office of Scholarly Communication | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||||
| Copyright: | Office of Scholarly Communication, Cambridge University Libraries | ||||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Open Research; Festival of Ideas; Open Access; Innovation; Africa Educational Trust; | ||||||
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| Abstract: | Much research claims to benefit communities globally but are research outputs really available to everyone, even if they are made open access? We'll take a world tour with Dr Nilam Ashram-McGrath, Phil Weir, Dr Rafael Mitchell and Dr Alexandra Freeman to discover what is possible when researchers and governments make their research outputs available openly. What kind of impact do they have outside the academy – and outside the global north? What more can we do to make these outputs useful to innovators and to those researching outside the academic sector?
We welcome our speakers from Cambridge and beyond: Dr Nilam Ashra-McGrath, COMDIS Health Service Delivery Research Programme, University of Leeds Dr Rafael Mitchell, REAL Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Dr Phil Weir, Flax & Teal, winner of the 2016 Northern Ireland Open Data challenge Dr Alexandra Freeman, Executive Director, Winton Centre for Risk & Evidence Communication, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge |
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