Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MORPHSS)

Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MORPHSS) will devise ways to encourage and embed innovative open research practices within humanities and social science disciplines.

It starts from the premise that although there are varied and rich cultures of open research in the humanities and social sciences (HSS), these practices often remain at the periphery of HSS research because of both institutional pressures shaped by research cultures and the dominance of a scientific understanding of openness imposed on HSS disciplines.

Over 36 months (1 October 2024 to 30 September 2027), the project will: (1) catalogue, pilot and showcase experimental open research practices in the humanities and social sciences; (2) explore how to support these practices for the development of a nuanced conception of openness that is appropriate for humanities and social sciences disciplines and distinct from more traditional understandings of ‘open science’; and (3) devise and implement strategies for materialising and sustaining these HSS- appropriate open practices more widely.