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Posts about Open Access and research articles by academics at the College of Humanities and Social Science, University of Edinburgh.

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The most downloaded publication for October 2025 is ''Give birth to nightmares': The Marshallese nuclear legacy and women’s health in Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner’s ‘Monster’' by Michelle Keown.

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'Give birth to nightmares': The Marshallese nuclear legacy and women’s health in Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner’s ‘Monster’
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November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New in the top 3 most downloaded publications for September 2025 – “Not just BANAL: How branding shapes cybercrime ecosystems” by Ben Collier and Richard Clayton.

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Not just BANAL: How branding shapes cybercrime ecosystems
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October 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The most downloaded publication for August 2025 is 'Online Film in China' by Xiaobai Shen.

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Online Film in China
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September 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Join us at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh on 13th November at 1pm for a half-day event on AI, Openness and Publishing Futures. For further information, please visit cahss.ed.ac.uk/research-and...
Research updates | Research and Engagement | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Updates from around the CAHSS research community.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The call for abstracts is now open for the 2026 Digital Research Conference taking place on 26th February 2026 at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. For further information, visit digitalresearchservices.ed.ac.uk/digital-rese....
Digital Research Conference
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September 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Join the Bodleian Open Scholarship online event on 25th September at 4pm to hear more about the loss of open datasets and efforts to capture them before they are lost. To book your place visit go.glam.ox.ac.uk/data25
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August 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Sectarian tensions, Islamophobia, and decolonization: Comparing Jasser Auda's and Jonathan Brown's analysis of the Hadiths concerning Aisha's marital age" by Muhamad Rofiq Muzakkir et al. is the most downloaded publication for July 2025.

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Sectarian tensions, Islamophobia, and decolonization: Comparing Jasser Auda's and Jonathan Brown's analysis of the Hadiths concerning Aisha's marital age
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August 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"A Spanish genocide? Reflections on the post-war Francoist repression" by Julius Ruiz is the most downloaded publication for June 2025.

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July 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Scottish Funding Council has updated their page on Open Research:
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Open research - Scottish Funding Council
Open Access to research makes it easier for business and the voluntary and public sectors to access research findings.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Are you a researcher in the humanities looking to publish Open Access, but don't know where to begin? This free, online course from the School of Advanced Study, University of London is for you! reshaped.sas.ac.uk/course/view....
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June 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025 that took place yesterday was extremely interesting. All talks have been recorded and will be uploaded soon in the EOR website.

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Edinburgh Open Research
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June 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New in the top 3 most downloaded publications from May 2025 – “A study of diabetes mellitus within a large sample of Australian twins” by Julianne Condon, Joanne E. Shaw, Michelle Luciano, Kirsten O. Kyvik, Nicholas G. Martin and David L. Duffy.

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A study of diabetes mellitus within a large sample of Australian twins.
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June 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Our Open Research and Pure SharePoint is now open to all University staff:

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May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The CAHSS Open Research newsletter for June 2025 has now been published and is available to read here - uoe.sharepoint.com/sites/hss/co.... [University login required]
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May 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Research Data Service has also created a short survey to understand how University of Edinburgh researchers are being impacted by the decommissioning and blocking of public access to databases in the US. You can contribute with your experience at edin.ac/43k0KXT
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May 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Robin Rice's blog post on the Edinburgh Research Data Blog details efforts by the Data Rescue Project to try to save important US research data that could otherwise be lost.

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Researchers can contact data-support@ed.ac.uk to discuss potential actions to take and raise any concerns.
US Government Data: Lost and Found | Edinburgh Research Data Blog
Actions by the current US Trump administration (and others, including Trump’s first term) have spurred archivists, librarians and activists to archive, capture, collect, crawl, hoard, mirror, preserve...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
REF2029 have published some changes and clarifications to their forthcoming Open Access Policy and accompanying FAQ, including changes to licensing requirements. Their change log now allows you to view the current version of the policy alongside earlier versions of the text. Links in the comments.
May 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Implicit criticism of scriptures and Josephus’ rewritten Bible" by Timothy Lim is the most downloaded publication for April 2025.

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May 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The UKRI Open Data Policy consultation is now open until the 9th July 2025. For further information, and to book your place on an information webinar on 7th May, please visit engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-openres...
Developing UKRI's research data policy - UK Research and Innovation - Citizen Space
Find and participate in activities run by UK Research and Innovation
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April 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Edinburgh Open Research Conference (4-Jun-2025)

Full Conference Programme now live:

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EORC: 2025 Programme
On the 4th of June we are coming together to ask the question, "What's stopping us?" We are asking what barriers we face, the challenges slowing progress, and searching for strategies to overcome them...
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April 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
⚠️Pure Live will be upgraded to 5.313 on Tuesday 22nd April, and it will be unavailable between 0800 and 1200 on this day and considered at risk for the rest of the day.

Please do not log in to Pure while it is unavailable as any changes made may be lost in the upgrade.
April 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
UKRI has published a new draft research data policy:

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Developing UKRI's research data policy - UK Research and Innovation - Citizen Space
Find and participate in activities run by UK Research and Innovation
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April 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New entry in the top 5 most downloaded publications for March 2025: “The health benefits of walking” by Paul Kelly, Marie Murphy and Nanette Mutrie.

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The health benefits of walking
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April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Join us for an afternoon of talks on Wednesday 21st May, exploring some of the latest and most interesting issues around making Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences research open: cahss.ed.ac.uk/research-and...
Research updates
Updates from around the CAHSS research community.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The 2025 CAHSS Research Themes Showcase is now open for registration. Please join us on the 24th of April at this exhibition to showcase the activities and research across the 9 CAHSS Research Themes:

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CAHSS Research Themes Showcase 2025
You are cordially invited to attend the University of Edinburgh, CAHSS Research Themes Showcase Exhibition, 2025.
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March 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM