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Doing ESRC data better: a study for the Economic and Social Research Council (PDF)
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ESRC’s response to the report (PDF)
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Details
The ESRC research data policy was last revised in 2018. Since then, the data landscape has seen changes and developments in data practices, technology and legal and policy frameworks that affect how social science data are collected and accessed for research.
Against this backdrop, ESRC commissioned Professor Angela Daly and her team at University of Dundee to:
- independently review and conduct empirical research with UK social science research data stakeholders
- make recommendations to ESRC about why and how the policy could be reformed to ensure it remains relevant and continues to promote a culture of open science
Provide feedback on this publication
Following the publication of Professor Daly’s report and recommendations, ESRC will work with stakeholders over the summer of 2024 to update the research data policy (contributing to broader UK Research and Innovation initiatives in open data policy), ahead of implementation.
If you would like to provide feedback to ESRC on the report, recommendations or ESRC’s work to update the policy, please get in touch with us.
Email: esrcdatapolicy@esrc.ukri.org
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Updates
- 19 September 2024
ESRC’s response to the report document updated. - 4 June 2024
New document added: ESRC’s response to the report.