README file Title: Open Research Week 2026 Organisers and owners: Liam Bullingham – Assistant Director, Library and Cultural Services, University of Essex Esther Byrom - Research Data Manager, Edge Hill University Judith Carr – Head of Open Research Services, Library and Learning Services, Edge Hill University Hannah Crago – Open Research Development Librarian, Library and Cultural Services, University of Essex Cath Dishman – Open Research Librarians (Scholarly Communications) Librarian, Liverpool John Moores University Alice Howarth – Open Research Project Officer, Libraries, Museums and Galleries, University of Liverpool Katherine Stephan – Open Research Librarian (Development), Liverpool John Moores University Jacqueline Vigilanti – Research Data Services Manager, University of Liverpool Description: Open Research Week 2026 is a collaboration between the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, Edge Hill University, and the University of Essex. It is a week that celebrates and promotes open research for researchers and colleagues who support open research. Sessions explore key topics such as the public value of open research, data and code sharing, replication, open initiatives, making archives and special collections open, openness in the humanities and why open matters. Dates: 2nd - 6th March 2026 Resource Type: video recordings, PDFs and PowerPoint slides How to cite: Dishman, Cath, Stephan, Katherine, Bullingham, Liam, Byrom, Esther, Carr, Judith, Crago, Hannah, Howarth, Alice, and Vigilanti, Jacqueline (2026) Open Research Week (ORW) 2026. [Data Collection] DOI: https://doi.org/10.24377/LJMU.d.00000267 Keywords: Open Research, Open Science, Research Data, Research Culture, FAIR Principles, Open Access, Open Qualitative Data, Reproducibility, Open code, Humanities and open Contributors: Professor Keith George, Liverpool John Moores University Dr. Ameet Doshi, Princeton University Dr. Joel Pick, University of Edinburgh Dr. Michael Biddle, University of Leicester Dr. Ruth Nugent, University of Liverpool Dr. James Butler, University of Liverpool Emily Parsons, Liverpool John Moores University Megan Ashworth, Liverpool John Moores University Dr Sarah Fox, Edge Hill University Professor Chrissi Nerantzi, University of Leeds Nick Sheppard, University of Leeds Daniel Dollar, University of Yale Carol Hollier, University of Iowa Professor Helen Newall, Edge Hill University Dr Kathleen Gregory, Leiden University