Interview with POLIS lecturer on open research published

In a new interview, Dr Eike Rinke discusses the importance of open research in Higher Education.

Dr Rinke, POLIS lecturer and local network lead of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN), spoke to Dr Doreen Siegfried of the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics in a wide-ranging interview exploring where his involvement in open science started, what work is currently being conducted in this area, and why it is so important. 

The central goals of open science – transparency, social accessibility, robustness – apply across all disciplines.

You can read the full interview here. 

Dr Eike Rinke is a Lecturer in Politics and Media at the University of Leeds and Co-Director of the Centre for Democratic Politics. He is actively involved in the open science movement, is the local network lead of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) at the University of Leeds and a member of the BITSS Catalyst Programme for promoting transparency and reproducibility in the social sciences. In 2024, his contributions to open science practices were recognised with the University of Leeds’ Research Culture Award.

To find out more about Open Research at the University of Leeds, check out the Open Research Hub website here.