A new report shared by an expert panel at Digital Universities UK discusses the potential for extending and identifying new collaborative digital research infrastructure (DRI) for a resilient, sustainable and inclusive research sector.
The report, entitled “Mapping federation journeys for optimising the UK digital research infrastructure”, demonstrates the vital role it plays in supporting inclusive, collaborative research and innovation systems across the UK and internationally.
The UKRI digital research infrastructure committee (DRIC) engaged Jisc to lead on the report which makes recommendations across seven themes and develops a roadmap to set out a collaborative research culture through the DRI supportive of multi-sector, inclusive and innovative research. It identifies the potential to transform DRI to be more collaborative and federated, offering an opportunity for sector-wide influence similar to the opportunity for open access 20 years ago.
The report was shared and discussed by an expert panel at the Digital Universities UK conference at Exeter University focused on optimising the UK’s digital research infrastructure in support of a low-bureaucracy, impactful research culture.
