MORPHSS
@morphss.bsky.social
Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
https://morphss.hcommons.org/
Research project funded by AHRC, Wellcome Trust & Research England.
Co-delivered by Cambridge, Sheffield, Coventry & Southampton universities.
https://morphss.hcommons.org/
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MORPHSS
@morphss.bsky.social
· Sep 4
If anyone missed our talk at #OpenFest25 but would like to find out more about MORPHSS - our new project to surface & support open research in the arts, humanities & social science, do take a look at our webpages, including planned project deliverables:
morphss.hcommons.org/project-deli...
morphss.hcommons.org/project-deli...
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“These aren’t ‘soft’ alternatives to ‘hard’ research. They are different technologies of knowledge that can access realities other methods miss.”
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
Art as Knowledge – Why research needs a non-aligned revolution - Impact of Social Sciences
Drawing on political theories of non-alignment, Annalena Oppel argues universities should take a more plural approach to art as research.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“These aren’t ‘soft’ alternatives to ‘hard’ research. They are different technologies of knowledge that can access realities other methods miss.”
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
Excellent piece on the need for plural & inclusive visions of knowledge creation.
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Really brilliant today hearing from @samuelmoore.org about the @morphss.bsky.social project and all the @oipassoc.bsky.social members discussing their work for the half-day online OIPA Symposium 👏
Thanks to all the speakers for their time and contributions, and attendees for the discussion! 🎉
Thanks to all the speakers for their time and contributions, and attendees for the discussion! 🎉
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Really brilliant today hearing from @samuelmoore.org about the @morphss.bsky.social project and all the @oipassoc.bsky.social members discussing their work for the half-day online OIPA Symposium 👏
Thanks to all the speakers for their time and contributions, and attendees for the discussion! 🎉
Thanks to all the speakers for their time and contributions, and attendees for the discussion! 🎉
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The symposium has kicked off with @samuelmoore.org talking about @morphss.bsky.social and their various work packages on defining, cataloguing, encouraging and embedding open research practices in AHSS 🙌
#OAWeek #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #Humanities #Research
#OAWeek #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #Humanities #Research
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The symposium has kicked off with @samuelmoore.org talking about @morphss.bsky.social and their various work packages on defining, cataloguing, encouraging and embedding open research practices in AHSS 🙌
#OAWeek #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #Humanities #Research
#OAWeek #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #Humanities #Research
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On December 4th I'll be in conversation with @hjoseph.bsky.social about my new book Publishing Beyond the Market. Part of the @authorsalliance.bsky.social and @archive.org book talk series.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Book Talk: Publishing Beyond the Market
Join author Samuel Moore in conversation with Heather Joseph as they reimagine open access through collective, scholar-led publishing.
www.eventbrite.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
On December 4th I'll be in conversation with @hjoseph.bsky.social about my new book Publishing Beyond the Market. Part of the @authorsalliance.bsky.social and @archive.org book talk series.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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📣 Open Call: Share Your Content on the #OpenMethods Blog!
Have you come across some interesting content or methodology on Digital Arts & Humanities you would like to share? Have you published exciting content or contributed to inspiring venues? Get in touch!
ℹ️ openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call/
Have you come across some interesting content or methodology on Digital Arts & Humanities you would like to share? Have you published exciting content or contributed to inspiring venues? Get in touch!
ℹ️ openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call/
October 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📣 Open Call: Share Your Content on the #OpenMethods Blog!
Have you come across some interesting content or methodology on Digital Arts & Humanities you would like to share? Have you published exciting content or contributed to inspiring venues? Get in touch!
ℹ️ openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call/
Have you come across some interesting content or methodology on Digital Arts & Humanities you would like to share? Have you published exciting content or contributed to inspiring venues? Get in touch!
ℹ️ openmethods.dariah.eu/open-call/
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New Issue Out Now!
Explore the Journal of Embodied Research (JER) 8.1, featuring new work in #videographic scholarship and embodied research.
Includes 4 #videoarticles and 1 #videoessay
jer.openlibhums.org/issue/1724/i...
Explore the Journal of Embodied Research (JER) 8.1, featuring new work in #videographic scholarship and embodied research.
Includes 4 #videoarticles and 1 #videoessay
jer.openlibhums.org/issue/1724/i...
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
New Issue Out Now!
Explore the Journal of Embodied Research (JER) 8.1, featuring new work in #videographic scholarship and embodied research.
Includes 4 #videoarticles and 1 #videoessay
jer.openlibhums.org/issue/1724/i...
Explore the Journal of Embodied Research (JER) 8.1, featuring new work in #videographic scholarship and embodied research.
Includes 4 #videoarticles and 1 #videoessay
jer.openlibhums.org/issue/1724/i...
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TOMORROW at 11:30 CET, don't miss the very first #FridayFrontiers of the Autumn, entitled "Fostering Data Sharing in the Humanities with Open-source software: The archeoViz Portal for Spatial & Statistical Exploration of Archaeological Data" 👀
➡️ Register: www.dariah.eu/2025/06/13/r...
➡️ Register: www.dariah.eu/2025/06/13/r...
October 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
TOMORROW at 11:30 CET, don't miss the very first #FridayFrontiers of the Autumn, entitled "Fostering Data Sharing in the Humanities with Open-source software: The archeoViz Portal for Spatial & Statistical Exploration of Archaeological Data" 👀
➡️ Register: www.dariah.eu/2025/06/13/r...
➡️ Register: www.dariah.eu/2025/06/13/r...
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Call for contributions: OxFOS 2026 conference
Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS), 2–6 March 2026, is a free University-wide conference exploring how to make research more open, transparent, & accessible.
Submit your proposal to present a talk/workshop by 3 Nov 25: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfos
Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS), 2–6 March 2026, is a free University-wide conference exploring how to make research more open, transparent, & accessible.
Submit your proposal to present a talk/workshop by 3 Nov 25: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfos
Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS)
OxFOS is an annual event for Oxford University researchers, academics, staff and students covering developments in open access and open research.
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Call for contributions: OxFOS 2026 conference
Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS), 2–6 March 2026, is a free University-wide conference exploring how to make research more open, transparent, & accessible.
Submit your proposal to present a talk/workshop by 3 Nov 25: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfos
Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS), 2–6 March 2026, is a free University-wide conference exploring how to make research more open, transparent, & accessible.
Submit your proposal to present a talk/workshop by 3 Nov 25: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfos
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Lovely interview with our new OLH colleague Dr Maddie Sinclair who reflects on the importance of research being publicly available. "As a researcher, I became aware very early on of the structural inequalities in publishing systems, and I didn’t want to perpetuate them." #OpenAccess #AcaSky
Read this interview with Dr Maddie Sinclair / @maddiesinclair.bsky.social (Editorial Officer, Open Library of Humanities) about her journey into scholarly publishing, her thoughts on open access, and the day-to-day realities of editorial work: www.openlibhums.org/news/858/ #OA #AcademicPublishing
Interview with Dr Maddie Sinclair: A Journey into Open Access and Editorial Work at OLH
In this interview, we speak with Dr Maddie Sinclair, Editorial Officer at the Open Library of Humanities, about her journey into scholarly publishing, her thoughts on open access, and the …
www.openlibhums.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Lovely interview with our new OLH colleague Dr Maddie Sinclair who reflects on the importance of research being publicly available. "As a researcher, I became aware very early on of the structural inequalities in publishing systems, and I didn’t want to perpetuate them." #OpenAccess #AcaSky
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Congratulations to the winners of the OLH Open Access Award 2025! 🎉🏆
• Free to Publish, Free to Read: Diamond Open Access Workshops in Malaysia, Pakistan, and Singapore
• Open Philosophy
• Data as a Story: A Humanities Dataset Exhibition
Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/857/
• Free to Publish, Free to Read: Diamond Open Access Workshops in Malaysia, Pakistan, and Singapore
• Open Philosophy
• Data as a Story: A Humanities Dataset Exhibition
Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/857/
Winners of the OLH Open Access Award 2025 announced
Earlier this year, the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) launched the fourth OLH Open Access Award 2025, an initiative dedicated to advancing open access in the humanities and to knowledge …
www.openlibhums.org
September 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Congratulations to the winners of the OLH Open Access Award 2025! 🎉🏆
• Free to Publish, Free to Read: Diamond Open Access Workshops in Malaysia, Pakistan, and Singapore
• Open Philosophy
• Data as a Story: A Humanities Dataset Exhibition
Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/857/
• Free to Publish, Free to Read: Diamond Open Access Workshops in Malaysia, Pakistan, and Singapore
• Open Philosophy
• Data as a Story: A Humanities Dataset Exhibition
Read more: www.openlibhums.org/news/857/
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This is a really exciting journal (re)launch at @openlibhums.org working with @the87press.bsky.social ! This poetry journal is doing such important work to address the massive under-representation of writers of colour and entrenched inequalities in literary publishing. #OpenAccess #AcaSky #poetry
Exciting collaboration alert! 🚨🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that the OLH is partnering with award-winning poetry publisher @the87press.bsky.social to relaunch its flagship poetry journal The Hythe Review. Read all about it here: www.openlibhums.org/news/854/
#literature #londonpoetry #openaccess
#literature #londonpoetry #openaccess
OLH collaboration with award-winning poetry publisher
We’re thrilled to announce that the OLH is partnering with award-winning poetry publisher the87press to relaunch its flagship poetry journal The Hythe Review. Established in 2018, the87press is an Asi...
www.openlibhums.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This is a really exciting journal (re)launch at @openlibhums.org working with @the87press.bsky.social ! This poetry journal is doing such important work to address the massive under-representation of writers of colour and entrenched inequalities in literary publishing. #OpenAccess #AcaSky #poetry
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ATRIUM is delighted to invite contributions from partners and beyond to #CAA2026 for Session 38 ‘End-to-End Reusable Archaeological Data Workflows: Spotlight on the Demonstrator Model’, to be held in Vienna!
⚠️ Deadline 26th October
🔸 Read more atrium-research.eu/news/caa-202...
⚠️ Deadline 26th October
🔸 Read more atrium-research.eu/news/caa-202...
September 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
ATRIUM is delighted to invite contributions from partners and beyond to #CAA2026 for Session 38 ‘End-to-End Reusable Archaeological Data Workflows: Spotlight on the Demonstrator Model’, to be held in Vienna!
⚠️ Deadline 26th October
🔸 Read more atrium-research.eu/news/caa-202...
⚠️ Deadline 26th October
🔸 Read more atrium-research.eu/news/caa-202...
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Ever wondered why you don't hear more about engagement in arts and humanities research? Esther Lisk-Carew and I talk about how co-production is often business as usual for these subjects and the typical outputs can be more accessible than standard publications. Listen in your podcast app.
September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ever wondered why you don't hear more about engagement in arts and humanities research? Esther Lisk-Carew and I talk about how co-production is often business as usual for these subjects and the typical outputs can be more accessible than standard publications. Listen in your podcast app.
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📣 Save the date!
Join @copim.bsky.social to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online)
📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!
Join @copim.bsky.social to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online)
📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!
September 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
📣 Save the date!
Join @copim.bsky.social to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online)
📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!
Join @copim.bsky.social to explore the future of community-led #OA books at #CopimConference2026
🗓️ 26–27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University, London (plus online)
📲 More info, including registration details, to follow next month!
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I have an op-ed out today in @resprofnews.bsky.social introducing my new book on the commercialisation of open access publishing.
Make academic publishing a commons, not a market - Research Professional News
Commercialisation has thwarted the promise of openness—it’s time for new priorities, says Samuel Moore
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have an op-ed out today in @resprofnews.bsky.social introducing my new book on the commercialisation of open access publishing.
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Our #OpenFest25 presentation from last week is now available to watch. Enjoy @kjsanders.bsky.social and I talking about the spirit of experimentation in open research through our work with Radical Librarians Collective, Copim's Experimental Publishing Group, and @openbookcollective.bsky.social.
Open Fest 2025 @Sheffield Towards an equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystem-20250903_100458-Meeting Recording
shu.cloud.panopto.eu
September 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our #OpenFest25 presentation from last week is now available to watch. Enjoy @kjsanders.bsky.social and I talking about the spirit of experimentation in open research through our work with Radical Librarians Collective, Copim's Experimental Publishing Group, and @openbookcollective.bsky.social.
The session recording from #OpenFest25 which includes our brief intro to the MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences) project is now available, with our talk beginning at 34.50 in the recording: shu.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The session recording from #OpenFest25 which includes our brief intro to the MORPHSS (Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities & Social Sciences) project is now available, with our talk beginning at 34.50 in the recording: shu.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...
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In this morning's #OpenFest2025 session on building diverse networks, we heard how openness is being explored as a mechanism for inclusivity in research. So much to follow-up on!
RDA Ambassadors www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-a...
Global OER Graduate Network go-gn.net
MORPHSS morphss.hcommons.org
RDA Ambassadors www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-a...
Global OER Graduate Network go-gn.net
MORPHSS morphss.hcommons.org
RDA Ambassadors - RDA
www.rd-alliance.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In this morning's #OpenFest2025 session on building diverse networks, we heard how openness is being explored as a mechanism for inclusivity in research. So much to follow-up on!
RDA Ambassadors www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-a...
Global OER Graduate Network go-gn.net
MORPHSS morphss.hcommons.org
RDA Ambassadors www.rd-alliance.org/groups/rda-a...
Global OER Graduate Network go-gn.net
MORPHSS morphss.hcommons.org
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So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!
Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration
digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!
If anyone missed our talk at #OpenFest25 but would like to find out more about MORPHSS - our new project to surface & support open research in the arts, humanities & social science, do take a look at our webpages, including planned project deliverables:
morphss.hcommons.org/project-deli...
morphss.hcommons.org/project-deli...
September 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If anyone missed our talk at #OpenFest25 but would like to find out more about MORPHSS - our new project to surface & support open research in the arts, humanities & social science, do take a look at our webpages, including planned project deliverables:
morphss.hcommons.org/project-deli...
morphss.hcommons.org/project-deli...
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Some kinds of data creation can be massively expensive - open data can improve equity in terms of who can do research.
But some kinds of data are easier to share than others- do open data mandates favour STEM over AHSS, where things can be trickier?
@drbeth.bsky.social at #OpenFest25
But some kinds of data are easier to share than others- do open data mandates favour STEM over AHSS, where things can be trickier?
@drbeth.bsky.social at #OpenFest25
September 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Some kinds of data creation can be massively expensive - open data can improve equity in terms of who can do research.
But some kinds of data are easier to share than others- do open data mandates favour STEM over AHSS, where things can be trickier?
@drbeth.bsky.social at #OpenFest25
But some kinds of data are easier to share than others- do open data mandates favour STEM over AHSS, where things can be trickier?
@drbeth.bsky.social at #OpenFest25
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Join us TOMORROW as part of #OpenFest2025
🌐 Towards an equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystem
📍 Online via MS Teams
⏰ Weds. 3 September (10.00-11.00am)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/jTIYWPV
🌐 Towards an equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystem
📍 Online via MS Teams
⏰ Weds. 3 September (10.00-11.00am)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/jTIYWPV
OpenFest 2025
OpenFest 2025 will take place between 2nd-5th September 2025. View the programme and book your place:
buff.ly
September 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Join us TOMORROW as part of #OpenFest2025
🌐 Towards an equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystem
📍 Online via MS Teams
⏰ Weds. 3 September (10.00-11.00am)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/jTIYWPV
🌐 Towards an equitable, inclusive and bibliodiverse publishing ecosystem
📍 Online via MS Teams
⏰ Weds. 3 September (10.00-11.00am)
Book your place 👉 buff.ly/jTIYWPV
Coming up this Thursday, 10-11am UK time.
Session details and booking link here: sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...
Session details and booking link here: sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...
We're looking forward to introducing the MORPHSS project at #OpenFest25 on September 4th, in a session on "Building diverse open research networks & communities."
Sign up to hear more about our plans to surface & support open research practices in the humanities & social sciences - details below:
Sign up to hear more about our plans to surface & support open research practices in the humanities & social sciences - details below:
🔊Registration is NOW OPEN for OpenFest 2025, the annual open research event led by Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam unis.
2nd-5th September - all welcome.
This year's theme is Open Research & Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - in all the meanings of those terms.
More details and registration:⬇️
2nd-5th September - all welcome.
This year's theme is Open Research & Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - in all the meanings of those terms.
More details and registration:⬇️
September 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Coming up this Thursday, 10-11am UK time.
Session details and booking link here: sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...
Session details and booking link here: sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...
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Research environments and publishing environments are often segregated from one another, but you can't have healthier publishing environments without (significantly) healthier research environments. That's why I'm super excited that @morphss.bsky.social is underway!
August 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Research environments and publishing environments are often segregated from one another, but you can't have healthier publishing environments without (significantly) healthier research environments. That's why I'm super excited that @morphss.bsky.social is underway!
New open access book out from our MORPHSS project lead @samuelmoore.org:
"By deploying theoretical literature on science & technology studies, care ethics, & the commons, the book critically interrogates open access & reimagines a more ethical future for researcher-led publishing."
#OA #AHSS
"By deploying theoretical literature on science & technology studies, care ethics, & the commons, the book critically interrogates open access & reimagines a more ethical future for researcher-led publishing."
#OA #AHSS
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New open access book out from our MORPHSS project lead @samuelmoore.org:
"By deploying theoretical literature on science & technology studies, care ethics, & the commons, the book critically interrogates open access & reimagines a more ethical future for researcher-led publishing."
#OA #AHSS
"By deploying theoretical literature on science & technology studies, care ethics, & the commons, the book critically interrogates open access & reimagines a more ethical future for researcher-led publishing."
#OA #AHSS