Dr Gail Sheppard presented “Boundary Spanners and (In)visible Work: Data Stewards and Public-Private Research Partnerships” (Marie Dunne, Kalpana Shankar, Gail Sheppard) at the International Conference on the Science of Science and Innovation (June 16–18, 2025) in Copenhagen. For more information see the conference schedule
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Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy
Dr Alesia Zuccala recently presented “Open Science, Intellectual Property, and Tensions in Public-Private Research Partnerships: The Irish Context” (Kalpana Shankar, Gail Sheppard, Alesia Zuccala) at the Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy (May 15, 2025). A link to the session can be found here
Paper accepted to EURAM 2025
The paper “Open Research Practices in Public-Private Research Partnerships in Ireland: An Institutional Logics Approach” (Gail Sheppard, Kalpana Shankar, Marie Dunne) has been accepted for EURAM 2025 Conference (June 22–25) in Florence.
White Paper: Research Funding Organisations’ Policies on Open Research in Ireland
ROCHE team members Prof Kalpana Shankar, Dr Gail Sheppard and Sara Dunny Fox have released a white paper on open research funder policies in Ireland in the context of university industry collaboration. The paper highlights the gap in supportive infrastructure for the implementation of Open Research in Ireland. Further information and access to the fullContinue reading “White Paper: Research Funding Organisations’ Policies on Open Research in Ireland”
Sonrái Conference & 4S/EASST Conference
Prof Kalpana Shankar and Dr Gail Sheppard presented their work in progress at the Sonrái Conference at University College Cork on 19 June 2024, and and at the Society for the Social Studies of Science/European Association for the Studies of Science and Technology (4S/EASST) Annual Conference in Amsterdam on 17 July 2024.
Copenhagen University Visit
Professor Kalpana Shankar was at the University of Copenhagen 23-29 November 2023 as a visiting researcher and guest of Dr Alesia Zuccala in the Department of Communication. In addition to giving a talk in the Department on the ROCHE project, she discussed the policies and practices around open science, commercialization, and research funding/evaluation in DenmarkContinue reading “Copenhagen University Visit”
STI Conference 2024
Prof Kalpana Shankar and Dr Gail Sheppard, in collaboration with Dr Alesia Zuccala of the University Copenhagen, had a paper, Open research in public-private research partnerships: comparing practices in Ireland and Denmark, accepted at the Science and Technology Indicators 2024 conference in Berlin, 16-20 September.
MU Research Week
As part of Maynooth University Research Week 2023 Dr. Gail Sheppard gave a presentation on the current open research landscape in Ireland and, specifically that of Irish public-private research partnerships (PPRP) embedded in incubation centres in Irish universities.
Data Management in Health Research
On the 25th of October Professor Kalpana Shankar spoke at Data Management in Health Research in the University College in Cork.
Open Research in Health 