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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👀In a few weeks' time we'll be launching our NEW catalogue of open research practices in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences - ~30 open research practices across AHSS disciplines that we've documented so far, with detailed descriptions, examples and resources.
👀In a few weeks' time we'll be launching our NEW catalogue of open research practices in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences - ~30 open research practices across AHSS disciplines that we've documented so far, with detailed descriptions, examples and resources.
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 PM
👀In a few weeks' time we'll be launching our NEW catalogue of open research practices in the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences - ~30 open research practices across AHSS disciplines that we've documented so far, with detailed descriptions, examples and resources.
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Together with @joedeville.bsky.social I will be giving the opening keynote at the @copim.bsky.social Conference 2026: What Next for Community-led Open Access Book Publishing?(26-27 February). Would be lovely to see you there, either in person or virtually: copim.pub/join-us-for-... #CopimConference
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Together with @joedeville.bsky.social I will be giving the opening keynote at the @copim.bsky.social Conference 2026: What Next for Community-led Open Access Book Publishing?(26-27 February). Would be lovely to see you there, either in person or virtually: copim.pub/join-us-for-... #CopimConference
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I'm so excited to see what this turns into. We put out a call for people interested in joining a community a few months ago, and we've now got 400+ researchers.
Qualitopia will be a space to build community, speak to policy, do metascience, and advocate for qualitative methods in their own right.
Qualitopia will be a space to build community, speak to policy, do metascience, and advocate for qualitative methods in their own right.
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I'm so excited to see what this turns into. We put out a call for people interested in joining a community a few months ago, and we've now got 400+ researchers.
Qualitopia will be a space to build community, speak to policy, do metascience, and advocate for qualitative methods in their own right.
Qualitopia will be a space to build community, speak to policy, do metascience, and advocate for qualitative methods in their own right.
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Open Research Week 2026 registrations are live and open! 🎉Once again we've teamed with our open research comrades at Edge Hill, Essex & Liverpool to curate a fantastic week: www.liverpool.ac.uk/open-researc... We're excited to get to learn from so many we respect and admire! Online+open+recorded
www.liverpool.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Open Research Week 2026 registrations are live and open! 🎉Once again we've teamed with our open research comrades at Edge Hill, Essex & Liverpool to curate a fantastic week: www.liverpool.ac.uk/open-researc... We're excited to get to learn from so many we respect and admire! Online+open+recorded
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On the 5th day before break the OA community gave to us: the launch of the @morphss.bsky.social project!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
On the 5th day before break the OA community gave to us: the launch of the @morphss.bsky.social project!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
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Happy Friday! Recordings and slides are now available from Open and Engaged Conference 2025: "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" Here is the link to the collection of fantastic talks and presentations. #OpenEngaged doi.org/10.22020/dgz...
Open and Engaged Conference 2025 - Who owns our knowledge? // British Library
This year’s Open and Engaged Conference aligns with the Open Access Week 2025 theme, “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”, by exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is…
doi.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Happy Friday! Recordings and slides are now available from Open and Engaged Conference 2025: "Who Owns Our Knowledge?" Here is the link to the collection of fantastic talks and presentations. #OpenEngaged doi.org/10.22020/dgz...
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"The essay argues that the study of scholarly communication would benefit from attending to a “modal” sensibility—that is, a self-conscious sensitivity to the differences that different mediums make in understanding published works of scholarship"
By @jpooley.bsky.social
By @jpooley.bsky.social
The Modal Mode of Thinking about Scholarly Publishing
The essay argues that the study of scholarly communication would benefit from attending to a “modal” sensibility—that is, a self-conscious sensitivity to the differences that different mediums make in...
journals.publishing.umich.edu
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"The essay argues that the study of scholarly communication would benefit from attending to a “modal” sensibility—that is, a self-conscious sensitivity to the differences that different mediums make in understanding published works of scholarship"
By @jpooley.bsky.social
By @jpooley.bsky.social
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Well worth checking these SAS Reshaped Humanities resources out. Courses and hubs available include Open Access in the Humanities, Public Engagement, Interviews as a Research Method, Digital Humanities, Going Freelance with a Humanities PhD and more. Free, but you'll need to register. 2/2
RESHAPED
RESHAPED is our new online training platform providing free and accessible training resources designed to support the learning and development needs of humanities researchers.
www.sas.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Well worth checking these SAS Reshaped Humanities resources out. Courses and hubs available include Open Access in the Humanities, Public Engagement, Interviews as a Research Method, Digital Humanities, Going Freelance with a Humanities PhD and more. Free, but you'll need to register. 2/2
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Join us TODAY 16:00-17:30 CET for a special hybrid ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas session on research integrity and #reproducibility in the age of #genai with guest speaker @dingemansemark. The recommended (but optional!) preparatory reading is […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Join us TODAY 16:00-17:30 CET for a special hybrid ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas session on research integrity and #reproducibility in the age of #genai with guest speaker @dingemansemark. The recommended (but optional!) preparatory reading is […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
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We’re hiring! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
We're hiring! We have 2 jobs advertised: Library Engagement Lead and Operations Manager, deadline Tues 6 January 2026. Links:
openjournalscollective.org/static/engag...
openjournalscollective.org/static/opera...
Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!
openjournalscollective.org/static/engag...
openjournalscollective.org/static/opera...
Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!
openjournalscollective.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We’re hiring! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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#Booktalk tomorrow!
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, exploring how commons-based publishing can offer fair and ethical alternatives.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, exploring how commons-based publishing can offer fair and ethical alternatives.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#Booktalk tomorrow!
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, exploring how commons-based publishing can offer fair and ethical alternatives.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
Join Samuel Moore & Heather Joseph for PUBLISHING BEYOND THE MARKET, exploring how commons-based publishing can offer fair and ethical alternatives.
📆 Thurs Dec 4th
🕙 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
📍 Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1839631951...
@SamuelMoore.org @HJoseph.bsky.social
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One thing that's great about PRC is that it's leading to different experiments in re-structuring publishing processes based on community norms, so every approach is different. It's less reliant on openness as the dominant motivation and more on responding to how scholarly communities actually work.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
One thing that's great about PRC is that it's leading to different experiments in re-structuring publishing processes based on community norms, so every approach is different. It's less reliant on openness as the dominant motivation and more on responding to how scholarly communities actually work.
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Funny reading this quote because it's exactly the same way I'm now thinking about open research with @morphss.bsky.social
A reminder that "[o]ne should not think of OA as a thing-in-itself; rather, it should be seen as a process of understanding, engaging and experimenting with the ways in which research is presented and disseminated." (@samuelmoore.org, 2017)
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Funny reading this quote because it's exactly the same way I'm now thinking about open research with @morphss.bsky.social
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#OPERASConference2025 | We are delighted to announce the dates for the OPERAS Conference 2026 in collaboration with the SCIROS project, under the theme:
<< One Network, Many Possibilities: Strengthening the OPERAS Community >>
Stay tuned for updates!
<< One Network, Many Possibilities: Strengthening the OPERAS Community >>
Stay tuned for updates!
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#OPERASConference2025 | We are delighted to announce the dates for the OPERAS Conference 2026 in collaboration with the SCIROS project, under the theme:
<< One Network, Many Possibilities: Strengthening the OPERAS Community >>
Stay tuned for updates!
<< One Network, Many Possibilities: Strengthening the OPERAS Community >>
Stay tuned for updates!
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In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Registration for #CopimConference is now LIVE 🚀
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
Our FREE 2--day hybrid event will bring together the people and projects shaping the future of equitable, community-driven #OpenAccess book publishing
📆 26-27 February 2026
📍 Loughborough University | London [or online]
🔗 buff.ly/DhtaOAJ
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This Wednesday I'm giving an online talk about my new book. It's at 4pm UK time and you can register here:
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons
In the seventh lecture of the Open Divide Series, Samuel Moore will present “Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons”. In his talk on November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM CET, Samuel...
opendivide.hypotheses.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This Wednesday I'm giving an online talk about my new book. It's at 4pm UK time and you can register here:
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
opendivide.hypotheses.org/625
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This is maybe the best news I’ve read today! A new journal on @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, and what’s particularly interesting is that this is a so-called data journal, in the humanities. #openscholarship
Diamond #openaccess 💎 funded by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
Diamond #openaccess 💎 funded by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
🔔 Newsflash!
📅 As of today Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences has transferred to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, a platform specifically for diamond open access publishing.
📅 As of today Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences has transferred to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, a platform specifically for diamond open access publishing.
Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
researchdatajournal.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is maybe the best news I’ve read today! A new journal on @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, and what’s particularly interesting is that this is a so-called data journal, in the humanities. #openscholarship
Diamond #openaccess 💎 funded by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
Diamond #openaccess 💎 funded by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social & @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
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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...