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Publicly-funded research in the era of Big Deals Publishers and Data Surveillance - new #policybrief by Lai Ma UCD iSchool explores the impact of oligopolistic publishers & data tracking on research activities #datasurveillance #bigdealspublishers tinyurl.com/6zv6ej6f

Delighted that our project has been awarded to explore open research in the humanities and social sciences. Looking forward to working with Jess Beck Agape Open Science SSH Research Eval @IOAP_community!

Happy to be hosting #RESSH2024 in Ireland with support by National Open Research Forum (NORF) Ireland! Save the dates 23-24 May. More details coming soon ☘️☘️☘️

Out next week! 🎉 The Scholarly Communications Handbook is a complete guide to navigating the world of academic publishing. Featuring discussions on open access, publication types and research metrics. Pre-order your copy now: facetpublishing.co.uk/scholarly-comm… #ScholComm #OpenAccess

#NORFest2023 is filling up fast! Register to join and hear from Dr. Chelle Gentemann Yensi Flores Bueso Noémie Aubert Bonn Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra Lai Ma Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar Chris Loughnane Catherine Ferris @skreilly @CoffeyAoife Eoin O'Dell Professor Jo-Hanna Ivers Ian Marder @GemmaMooreQPS @hegartyirl Aswathi S + many more!

University College Dublin’s Lai Ma Lai Ma discussing the importance of open data in research integrity and asking important questions for future #OpenResearch practices to support better practices UCD Research #NORFest2023 #OpenScience #OpenResearchIE

Don't miss next week's OASPA webinar "Research libraries in an Open Access world" Thu (Dec 14 1pm UTC). Libraries must engage with evolutions in scholarly communication if they wish to stay relevant. Are libraries prepared for the OA world? oaspa.org/research-libra… All welcome!

Last week's #R2AImpactPractitioners post showcased a study produced by Lai Ma & Rachel Agnew which laid out a framework for assessing tangible impact to support funding applications. ow.ly/7kEb50QKrYq Lai Ma UCD iSchool #Funding #ResearchImpact

Happy to announce registration for RESSH2024 is open! Keynote Sam Moore ⁦⁦Samuel Moore⁩ & Merle Jacob and an exciting programme. Many thanks to chair of the scientific committee ⁦⁦Evan Kulczycki⁩ and support by National Open Research Forum (NORF) Ireland ressh2024.wordpress.com

It was a pleasure to write a book review of The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age by ⁦Tom Mullaney⁩ Don’t miss it if you are interested in HCI, auxiliary languages, and the global history of computing. It’s a very good read! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

2nd leg of UCD Research Culture Initiative conference tour - Colleen M. Thomas & Patrick Phillips (+ Emma Dorris in absentia) brought a poster about our National Open Research Forum (NORF) Ireland #rurum project with Technological University of the Shannon Dublin City University UCC Ireland University College Dublin partners to #ressh #ressh2024 -great event! thanks Lai Ma ucd.ie/researchcultur…

This recent study by Lai Ma , Jane Buggle , and Marie O'Neill provides insights into the complexities of balancing open access and #bibliodiversity & highlights the crucial role of library publishing in improving our knowledge ecosystem. Read more: doi.org/10.1629/uksg.6…

Delighted to announce the publication of Lai Ma's "Generative AI for Academic Publishing? Some Thoughts About Epistemic Diversity and the Pursuit of Truth," the first commentary in the new section "AI and Academic Publishing" edited by Leslie Chan. doi.org/10.18357/kula.…

We invite you to the next Open Research Forum "Advancing Research Excellence through Open Publishing: Impact, Quality, and Responsible Practices," on 12th December Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Lai Ma, UCD Lai Ma Register: tinyurl.com/OPR-blog1 #openresearch

5 UCD researchers have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants! #ERCCoG 💫💫💫💫💫 Congratulations to Associate Prof Ruth Boeker @UCDPhilosophy, Prof Cathryn Costello, Dr Maebh Harding UCD Sutherland School of Law, Dr Lai Ma UCD iSchool & Associate Prof Aisling Ní Annaidh

We are enormously delighted to celebrate Lai Ma's award of an European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant! Well done to Lai and the 4 other UCD researchers who have been awarded this prestigious grant -- we cannot wait to see what these projects produce in 2025! #ERCCoG

Some of the speakers at the #openresearchforum, Open Publishing & Research Excellence yesterday here Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway. Incredible insights in #openresearch expressed by all. Lai Ma Donal Leech @cillianjoy charles

Welcome to RESSH2025 conference 19-21 May, 2025, in Helsinki, Finland! Deadline for paper and poster submissions is 31st of January, 2025. RESSH2025 of the international association SSH Research Eval has a special focus on the social sciences and humanities (SSH): vastuullinentiede.fi/en/events/ress…