MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences) is designed to create frameworks and guidelines to encourage adoption of open practices in HSS as well contribute to our knowledge of such practices.
The three-year, £800,000 project is a collaboration between Cambridge University Library, Cambridge Digital Humanities, Coventry University, the University of Sheffield and the University of Southampton. It is jointly funded by the Research England Development (RED) Fund, the Wellcome Trust and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
The work to be carried out at Sheffield will be led by Stephen Pinfield, who now has a process in train to recruit a postgraduate research associate to work on the project for the next two years. The Sheffield team will contribute to the project as a whole but will focus for a significant proportion of their time investigating open practices in the Social Sciences, particularly data sharing, focusing on data generated in qualitative and mixed-methods research.
The Humanities and Social Sciences have to date received less attention than STEM disciplines in open research thinking and development. MORPHSS is an exciting opportunity to do something to redress the balance.
I am looking forward to collaborating with a fantastic team of colleagues and carrying out work that increases our understanding of open practices in HSS areas and creates guidelines for good practice to help HSS scholars engage in openness in ways that are appropriate to their disciplines. We also hope to encourage further experimentation and piloting of new approaches to achieving greater openness amongst HSS scholars in ways that benefits their research and enhances its impact."
Prof Stephen Pinfield
Professor of Information Services Management
Read more about the project announcement here.
