Festival of Research Culture

At the University of Bristol, our vision is to create and sustain a research culture that values and celebrates the diversity of research, encourages collaboration and innovation, promotes openness and transparency, provides a range of stable career pathways for researchers and ensures effective management and leadership at all levels.

Over the course of the last two years our work in this area has been kickstarted through dedicated funding from Research England enabling us to support academic, technical and professional services staff through a range of different research culture activities.

We’d like to invite colleagues from across the University to MShed for our annual Festival of Research Culture, where we celebrate the excellent activities and work taken place to date and look forward to the future of research culture at the University of Bristol.

Join us to;

• Find out about key Research Culture projects and activities from across the University
• Discover interdisciplinary opportunities from outside your field or area of work
• Hear from our key note speaker Vice-Chancellor and President Evelyn Welch about the future of research culture at University of Bristol
• Discuss how we can continue striving to make the University of Bristol an innovative, inclusive and collaborative research environment

Refreshments including lunch will be provided throughout the day during this free event, with opportunities for networking and collaboration.

Interested in Research Culture and can't wait until July? Watch the video below to hear about 2022's Festival of Research Culture, and click here to learn more about last year's projects.

Agenda

09:30 - Arrivals and refreshments

09:45 - Welcome and introduction: Marcus Munafo, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor Research Culture

10:10 - Find out about key research culture projects (parallel sessions)

Session A: Leadership ethos - Emily Pitt, Nadia Soliman and Hilary Stevenson

Session B: Research team culture toolkit - Claudia Gumm

11:00 - Break

11:10 - Find out about key research culture projects (parallel sessions)

Session A: Collaboration to improve research culture and practice - Neil Jacobs

Session B: PGR finance, policies and recommendations - Phil Smith

11:55 - Break

12:00 - Find out about key research culture projects (parallel sessions)

Session A: Open Access databases for cultural change in research and practice - Manar Othman, Numan Aloko and Jorge Paredes Estacio

Session B: Resilience through nature - Viv Kuh, Mireia Bes Garcia, Roy Kareem and others

12:40 - Lunch and showcase of posters and materials. Projects include:

> A collective examination of parenting and academic culture - Jenny Crane and Erika Hanna

> Open the unopenable: Open science in qualitative research with vulnerable participants - Colin Yang and Isabella de Lucas

> Small talks for big change - Caroline McKinnon, Susie Jim, Robert Crowe and Heather Child

> Promoting positive research culture through lab manuals - Poppy Statham and Emma Mellor

> Developing a toolkit for increasing inclusivity in PPI in Neurodegenerative Diseases - Katie Lloyd

13:30 - Consultation on research culture strategy - Marcus Munafo and Yasmine Rhoseyn

14:20 - Break

14:25 - Find out about key research culture projects (parallel sessions)

Session A: Developing ethical researchers: Universities' approaches to developing ethical research practice in PGT dissertations - Jo Rose, Felicity Sedgewick and Anne-Laure Donskoy

Session B: UNESCO open research checklist - Kirsty Merrett

15:15 - Break

15:20 - Research culture funding opportunities - Gurjeet Kaur

15:30 - Keynote speaker: Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Bristol

15:55 - Closing

16:00 - Networking, canapes and drinks served

16:45 - End of event