CIVICA Research Blog

CIVICA Research gathers experts from the eight-member CIVICA alliance to contribute knowledge and solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
This blog brings you their latest research in an accessible format as well as news from our joint research initiatives.

Latest articles

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07-07-2022 Open science

Three false starts on the road to open social science

The shift to ‘open’ working across the social sciences as a discipline group entails a welcome but demanding cultural change with three false starts, according to Patrick Dunleavy.

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13-01-2022 Open science

Eight components for ‘open social science’ – An agenda for cultural change

LSE's Patrick Dunleavy sets out initial ideas to foster a cultural shift towards open social science, explored in a current CIVICA Research project.

01-12-2021 Open science

Towards an alliance-wide adoption of open science

In the first CIVICA Research open science roundtable, researchers and staff from the alliance discussed how to promote and deepen open science practices.