Open Research Digest, December 2025

This month, we’re pleased to launch a new Open Research Spotlight series, focusing on the work of our Open Research Fellows. In the first instalment of the new series, Prof Ellen Poliakoff is in conversation with Open Research Librarian John Hynes, reflecting on the outcomes and impacts of her Open Research Fellowship project so far. 

In addition to the latest Open Research news, events and resources from Manchester and beyond, we share a round-up of the thought pieces shared by Open Research experts and advocates in the Digest in 2025, and highlight the newly launched Open Access monograph competition for 2025/26. 

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