There is a packed agenda, including topics on: open knowledge, training, support, and infrastructure; embedding open research observing; & enabling openness.
There is also plenty of opportunities to network.
We would love to see you there!
Registration is now open for Edinburgh Open Research Conference (@edopenresearch.bsky.social) 2026!
📆 Thursday 18 June, 2026
📍 50 George Square, Edinburgh & Online
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We are a publisher member of OJC and can attest to how great this collective is!
If you’re in need of funding for your Diamond OA journals, consider applying to become a member.
TILT is adaptable across diverse disciplines and educational contexts. Plus, it's Open Access!
Download, share and integrate into your learning and teaching activities!
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Readers will find not only conceptual foundations but also rich pedagogical tools, including design patterns, teaching activities, student perspectives, video prompts, assessment matrices, and examples of interdisciplinary practice.
TILT was coordinated by @openededinburgh.bsky.social.
TILT cover shows Geometric prints of books, pie charts, globes, and science equipment. Text reads 'Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (TILT)'.
Welcome to the Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (TILT)!
TILT is a comprehensive and accessible resource designed to support educators, course designers, researchers, and learners engaged in interdisciplinary education.
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We can't believe our friends at @standrewsopenres.bsky.social Journal Hosting Service have turned 15 this month! (The service, not the people...)
Congratulations to the team, and long may Diamond OA library hosting reign!
While written primarily for queer and trans* communities in Central Asia, we hope it resonates widely and invites further reflection and dialogue.
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Rooted in decolonial queer and trans* theories, it emerges from lived realities and centres the voices of queer and trans* Central Asians.
Co‑edited by @levitanus.bsky.social & Mohira Suyarkulova, this book grew out of a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
A cover image for 'In Our Own Words' (showing blue line drawings of people reading, writing, and running) on a blue banner with the text: A collective work that is at once research, art, and activism. Rooted in decolonial queer and trans* theories, it emerges from lived realities and centres the voices of queer and trans* Central Asians. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/ED.9781836451518
Happy publication day to 'In Our Own Words: Documenting the Queer Everyday in Central Asia'!
Exceptionally proud to be the publishing partner for this collective work that is at once research, art, and activism.
Check it out!
#OpenAccess
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A very special day: In Our Own Words: Documenting the Queer Everyday in Central Asia is now open access via @edinburghdiamond.bsky.social
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Funded by AHRC and created through collective effort. My deepest thanks to all contributors.
Scottish Studies is #OpenAccess so join us in celebrating John Shaw's life and work!
Thank you, John 👏
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Editor, Virginia Blankenhorn, says: May these offerings stand as a lasting tribute to our friend and colleague John Shaw, to whom we express our warm congratulations on reaching his eighty-second birthday this month. May we all continue to enjoy his company for many years to come. Gum bu fada beò e!
Among other topics, the work of folklore collecting and stewardship – activities at the heart of Shaw’s own scholarly legacy – is touched upon.
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The latest issue of Scottish Studies celebrates former editor John Shaw (also retired Senior Lecturer in Ethnology in the School of Scottish Studies at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social).
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📣 Call for papers 📣
Contemporary Challenges Journal is looking for submissions that engage with issues of crime, justice, and security, particularly those with global, international, or transnational dimensions.
📅 Submission Deadline: 2 May, 2026
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Interdisciplinary Accounting Review publishes under a Diamond Open Access model, meaning there are no costs to publish with the journal and no fees to access its contents.
Also, IAR is now open for submissions!
Check out the journal and share with your networks 💎
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🚨 NEW JOURNAL 🚨
Delighted to announce we are the publishing partner for a brand new journal: Interdisciplinary Accounting Review!
Led by Christine Cooper of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, IAR will publish robust research that sheds light on accounting practices, institutions and technologies.
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Very proud to be the publishing partner for ‘A Field Guide to Artist-Researcher Collaborations’!
It’s completely Open Access, so check it out!
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In an Edinburgh Diamond triple whammy, @simonxix.com also presented at @uksg.bsky.social on the importance of opting for open source software instead of exploitative proprietary systems 💪
#UKSG2026
Catch Rebecca talking about Edinburgh Diamond at #UKSG2026 today!
Wonderful seeing our very own @earthowned.bsky.social at the @uksg.bsky.social plenary this morning, talking about the diversity of publishing models and how Edinburgh Diamond is approaching experimental publishing. Some wonderful shout outs for @oipassoc.bsky.social too!
#UKSG2026
UKSG panel featuring four speakers from LJMU, Edinburgh, Oxford and Lancaster on library-led publishing,
Breakout sessions now at #UKSG2026 - and great to see an entire panel of @oipassoc.bsky.social members doing this panel on ‘Library-led hosting and publishing: How it started and how it’s going’
We are proud to be represented on the OIPA stand at #UKSG2026!
If you’re interested in Diamond Open Access or Library Publishing, come chat to Rebecca at stand 67 💎
So proud to be a co-editor of this 'Field Guide to Artist-Researcher Collaborations' with colleagues from @thebinkshub.bsky.social, a creative, interactive guide to navigating meaningful + ethical collaborative relationships.
Freely available to read and download here!
We’re delighted to share this collaborative resource designed to support more ethical and effective working relationships between academics and creatives ✨
Whether you're an artist, researcher or student, this guide offers practical insights for more thoughtful ways of working. Please share widely!
How can you ensure that collaborations involving academic researchers and creative practitioners are as ethical and effective as possible?
Navigate this terrain in our latest book: 'A Field Guide to Artist-Researcher Collaborations'!
@thebinkshub.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @beckywojturska.bsky.social of Edinburgh Diamond, who is the new Co-Vice Chair of OIPA! 🥳
This panel on experimental publishing futures which I co-chaired with @openreflections.bsky.social is now available to view in its entirety on the Internet Archive. #CopimConference archive.org/details/copi...
Our very own @simonxix.com now co-chairing a panel about experimental publishing at the @copim.bsky.social conference, something we’re very keen to do more of at Edinburgh Diamond!
Great to hear what other publishers are doing in this area.
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