Simon Hettrick
Professor Simon Hettrick is Director of Strategy at the Software Sustainability Institute, and a Director of the Southampton Research Software Group.
Recognising under-represented
Open Research contributions
Simon Hettrick
24 April 2025 - Festival of Open Research, Southampton ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195
If we don't recognise everything that is vital to research,
we limit our ability to conduct research
Use software
Fundamental to results
69%
92%
n=417
Who's writing all the software?
Researcher
Software
Engineer
Research
Software
Engineer
~10,000 RSEs worldwide
Image courtesy Ian Cosden
Why did it take until the 2010s to recognise that software is so important to research?
WHY ARE WE HERE?
Discovery, reliability, reproducibility, transparency.
How do we measure success in research?
What are the dangers of using...
Publications
...as the only metric of research success?
People who are
vital to research
People who are named in publications
Academics
RSEs, Technicians,
Librarians, Data
Stewards, PRISMS,
RMAs... and more
?
The Venn of academic importance and recognition
Imagine a world
where...
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome
- Charlie Munger
Recognising all research outputs and every role that makes research possible
www.hidden-ref.org
- Training materials and courses
- Grimpact
- Citizen science
- Enabling access to facilities
- Community building
- Standards
New categories
The Hidden Role
| CC-BY William Murphy |
Data stewards and managers, Librarians, Technicians, Lived Experience Contributors (including patients), Research Software Engineers, PRISMS (Professional Research Investment and Strategy Managers), Professional Services Personnel, Public Engagement Professionals (PEPs), RMAs (Research Managers and Administrators) and Clinical Trials Managers.
What's changed?
Text
In Birmingham...
...Autumn 2025
2025-2030
Over to you...
What outputs are vital to your work and how would you assess them?
- You'll have about 10-15 minutes
- Talk with the people on your table
- Decide on your top vital-but-unrepresented research outputs (max of 3) and add them to your worksheet
- Decide on how you could measure the importance/success/contribution of these outputs and these to the worksheet
- And your email addresses and names if you're interested in getting involved
Thank you!
@sjh5000
ORCID: 0000-0002-6809-5195, EPSRC Grant no: EP/S021779/1
Licence
© Simon Hettrick. These slides are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Link to slides
https://slides.com/simonhettrick/foor2025
Image credits
- Earth rise: public domain with thanks to NASA
Festival of Open Research 2025
By Simon Hettrick
Festival of Open Research 2025
Presentation for Festival of Open Research 2025
