Networked Researcher presentation for the AHRC Digital Transformations Moot

1. Dr Ernesto Priego & Dr Sarah-Louise Quinnell
UCLDH
@networkedres
http://www.networkedresearcher.co.uk/

2. Mission
• Develop a collaborative research networking and learning
platform based on blogging (WordPress) and
microblogging (Twitter).
• Promote best practices in online publishing and social
media for networking and research.

3. Mission
• Encourage the critical practice and discussion of
social media and digital educational technologies for
research.
• P romote a culture of online collaboration,
reciprocity and collegiality amongst researchers.

4. Origins
• Starting officially in May 2011, the project originally
grew out of the doctoral research which Sarah
undertook in the Geography Department at King’s
College London.
• The project is now coordinated by Sarah and
Ernesto, both currently affiliated with the UCL Centre
for Digital Humanities.

5. Experience & Expansion
• We offer a collaborative multi-author blogging platform,
encouraging researchers of different ages and disciplines
to blog about their areas of expertise, current research
and experiences and to practice other forms of online
engagement.
• Networker Researcher also offers tailored social media,
online publishing and e-learning training to Higher
Education and GLAM sector organisations.

6. OA Blogging Unconference
• Open Access Week 2012 took place 22-28 October,
all over the world.
• We participated with a “Blogging Unconference”
• We posted a call for participants on September 2012
Those interested in participating were required to
contact us telling us a little bit about themselves and
their online work.

7. OA Blogging Unconference
• Papers in our were presented as blog posts, and any
discussion carried out through comments and other
posts.
• Contributors got author accounts (bylines) and posted
without intermediation.
• 19 registered participants; 11 authors from 11 different
institutions and 5 different countries participated with
11 posts.
• We anthologised and published the proceedings as
a free PDF.

8. The Future
• Development of the platform to look at how
researchers build their research identities &
communities of practice online
• Secure funding for present and future sustainability
• Examine the transformative potential of digital
technology on the process of Doctoral education
• NR Digital Research Conference in 2014

9. Contact Us
Dr Sarah-Louise Quinnell Dr Ernesto Priego
sarah@sarahlouq.co.uk efpriego@gmail.com
@sarahthesheepu @ernestopriego

10. These slides are shared by
Ernesto Priego and Sarah-Louise Quinnell under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0
UK: England & Wales License.