Our Mission

We (the Dublin Open Research Network, DORN) are a peer-led network of academics in Dublin. Our aim is to promote open research practices, with a view to enhancing research integrity, and improve the quality (rigour, reproducibility, replicability) of published research. We meet informally and discuss how open research principles can be implemented effectively, to improve research transparency across different disciplines.

We encourage awareness of open research ideas and training opportunities. We believe that open research is suitable for any career stage, from early-career researchers to senior academics. We encourage collaboration between colleagues across disciplines and universities regardless of their career stage.

We promote the use of open research and research integrity within the teaching curriculum as part of an agenda for supporting students’ critical thinking. We want to grow students’ awareness of the range of relevant topics and methods, and embed their understanding within the undergraduate and graduate curriculum. The use of open science covers the spectrum from reproducibility issues, data management practices and ethical issues, open data, and the impact of statistical and analytic procedures on decision making and community outcomes.

We also encourage innovation and IT support that can facilitate student and staff appreciation of open research. We promote the use of open-source software for conducting experiments and performing data analysis where practical and feasible.

We advocate for a widespread embracing of open research and look to celebrate positive examples of open research among students, staff, and stakeholders. Members of DORN have been involved in range of open research initiatives, including:

  • open source code projects
  • study preregistrations
  • large-scale multi-lab replication projects
  • open-access publishing
  • open data archiving

We welcome opportunities for workshops, talks, collaborations, and general expressions of interest from like-minded researchers to discuss where these and other initiatives might be productive. We recognise other open research groups that share our enthusiasm, such as the Open Science and Scholarship Group in NUI Galway, Maynooth Open Research, and members of the UK Reproducibility Network.