Funders increasingly support Open Research (OR) highlighting its potential to make research environments more equitable and inclusive. The 2021 UNESCO recommendations on Open Science embrace the notion that OR will enhance research and provide equity across the world of research.

In the UK, research and higher education institutions are deploying a range of initiatives to embed OR practices in their research culture and ways of working. This session brings together a panel of experts to discuss OR's potential to create an equitable, fairer and more trustworthy research environment. Can the range of Open Research practices (Open Access, Open Data, Open Software and Codes, Citizen Science, Engaged Research, Open Educational Resources) foster a more equitable and inclusive research environment?

The panel includes:

• Professor Matthew Campbell, Professor of Human Metabolism and Integrative Physiology (University of Sunderland) 
• Dr Catalinai Neculai, Assistant Professor Academic (Coventry University) 
• Professor Stephen Pinfield, Professor of Information Services Management (Sheffield University)

This event is part of the Universities for North East England (Universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside) Open Research Week 24-28 March 2025.