Open Data Week 2025 LJMU

Liverpool John Moores University

Collection period:	
From	To
10 November 2025	14 November 2025

Owners
Longthorne, Amie, Dishman, Cath, Stephan, Katherine, Jones, Andrew Amorginos, Alex, Lucious, Ofeni, Ainali, Jan, Irizar, Patsy and Burton, Sam 

Overview
Open Data Week 2025 celebrated transparency, collaboration, and innovation in research. Across five days, we explored practical strategies for sharing data responsibly, improving research visibility, and fostering a culture of openness.

Slides and recordings provided in Powerpoint format and MP4 Videos

Welcome to Open Data Week – Introduction to OSF (Dr. Susi Zajitschek)
Using Open Science Framework for transparent and reproducible research.
License to Share – Open Data and Creative Commons (Jan Ainali)
Selecting and applying the right licence for research outputs.
Research Data Visibility & Metrics (Katherine Stephan)
Tools like Dimensions, OpenAlex, Datacite, Figshare, and LJMU repository.
Choosing the Right Journal and Avoiding Predatory Publishers(Katherine Stephan) Responsible publishing, red flags, and verification tools.
Boost Your Staff Profile (Cath Dishman) Tips to strengthen research profiles.
ReproducibiliTea –(Andrew Jones) Pre-registration and transparency in research. Some slides adapted , thank  you to Charlotte Pennington.
Anonymising Research Data (Patricia Irizar & Sam Burton) Practical and ethical approaches to anonymising surveys, interviews, and sensitive datasets.

Speakers
Susi Zajitschek – Open Science Framework
Tina Forrester & Adam Jones – Data Protection in Research (Slides and Recording for LJMU staff and students only)
Jan Ainali – Creative Commons Licensing
Katherine Stephan – Publishing & Visibility
Cath Dishman – Research Profile Boost
Andrew Jones – ReproducibiliTea
Patricia Irizar & Sam Burton – Data Anonymisation

Contact Details
Amie Longthorne
a.l.longthorne@ljmu.ac.uk 

Open Research Team 
openresearch@ljmu.ac.uk 

Please cite:
Longthorne, Amie, Dishman, Cath, Stephan, Katherine, Jones, Andrew, Amorginos, Alex, Lucious, Ofeni, Ainali, Jan, Irizar, Patsy and Burton, Sam (2025) Open Data Week 2025. [Data Collection] https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.d.00000252

Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.