FAIR case studies in different disciplines

These video and textual case studies, organised by Faculty and department, provide an illustration of the ways in which you can make your data more FAIR, as well as the impact this can have.

If you have a success story around making your research outputs FAIR and would like to be featured, please get in touch at rdm@sheffield.ac.uk.

Engineering

Computer Science

Haiping Lu: PyKale - Accessible machine learning from multiple sources for interdisciplinary research

Haiping describes how his team formulated green machine learning principles to create the open software package PyKale. View the video case study here.

Materials Science and Engineering

Alice Pyne: DNA Supercoiling and molecular recognition

Alice discusses the software her team created to analyse changes in DNA structure, and how making it open and accessible has benefited her field. View the video case study here.

Health

Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research

Paul Schneider and Robert Smith: Creating new data with Parkrun

PhD students in the Wellcome Trust DTC for Public Health, Economics & Decision Science, Paul Schneider and Robert Smith conducted work with the ‘parkrun UK’ organisation. This case study focuses on their approach to open research using open access publications, open data and open source code. Read the case study here.

Science

Biosciences

Ian Sudbery: Identifying gene regulatory sequences in multiple myeloma

In the context of his research on multiple myeloma, Ian explains the benefits of sharing research data and code to address a wider range of research questions. View the video case study here.

Tom Webb: Climate change and marine ecology

Tom Webb has benefited from open research practices over the course of his career. In his project on the effect of increased environmental temperatures on marine species, Tom looks at how he is improving his own research practices using open data and open code. Read the case study here.

Chemistry

Tim Craggs - Developing a new open-source instrument

The Craggs Lab in the Department of Chemistry have developed a fully open-source instrument for Single-molecule Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET) measurements, a powerful technique with applications spanning many disciplines across biophysics, biology and biomedicine. This case study describes their approach to open research, how they have made smFRET more accessible and the benefits of this. Read the case study here.

Robert Shaw: Creating new open-source software in computational chemistry

Postdoctoral researcher Robert Shaw and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry successfully engaged with open research through the development of open-source software project, libecpint. This case study describes their approach to open research, lessons learnt and hopes for the future. Read the case study here.

Psychology

Claudia von Bastian: Training studies in Psychology

Claudia describes her work on how training affects cognitive ability, reflecting on the importance of good data management planning when sharing your data and software. View the video case study here.

Social Sciences

Architecture

Jim Uttley - Road lighting density and brightness linked with increased cycling rates after dark

Outlining his project on road lighting and cycling rates after dark, Jim discusses his data sharing methodology and how to take the first step in making your research data and software FAIR. View the video case study here.

Geography

Stephen Livingstone - Automated mapping of Antarctic surface meltwater (dataset and code)

Reflecting on a project that created software in Google Earth Engine to chart Antarctic meltwater, Stephen details the support available for FAIR data and software practices in Physical Geography. View the video case study here.

Arts and Humanities

Would you like to be our first Arts and Humanities FAIR case study? Contact us on rdm@sheffield.ac.uk .

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