Deborah Thorpe

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About

I am Research Data Steward at University College Cork Library.

FAIRSharing Community Curator with a focus on the humanities.

Member EOSC Task Force Data Stewardship Curricula and Career Paths

Member OpenAIRE Training Coordinators Community of PracticePreviously I was Education and Outreach Manager for the Digital Repository of Ireland (2019-22)I have been Training and Education Officer for DARIAH-EU (the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) (2019)Prior to this, I have been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Fellow for 2017-18 at Trinity College Dublin Long Room Hub. My fellowship was in association with Trinity’s School of Histories and Humanities and the Manuscript, Book and Print Cultures research theme. I joined TCD from the University of York where I was a Postdoctoral Fellow with jointly with the Department of Electronics and Department of English (2014-17)

Education

I completed my PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of York in 2012. Before then, I took an M.St. in English at the University of Oxford and a BA in English at the University of Birmingham.

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If you are around (or could be around) The Hague on 8 May, you may be interested in this workshop that explores the CARE Principles in relation to fieldwork and participatory research contexts: Explore how the #CAREPrinciples — Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, and Ethics—can inform ethical data governance and sharing within fieldwork and participatory research contexts. We will feature lightning presentations and interactive discussions to explore how current ethics and data management practices at Dutch universities already support the CARE principles and identify barriers to their implementation. 🔸 Learn to balance community engagement with research objectives. 🔸 Exchange insights and experiences with fellow researchers. 🔸 Contribute to shaping ethical data governance and sharing practices. Registration is free but spaces are limited! Registration link: https://dans.knaw.nl/en/agenda/the-ethics-of-sharing-fieldwork-data-and-the-care-principles/ #DataSharing #FAIR #SocialSciences #OpenScience #IndigenousKnowledge (2025-04-07 ↗)

I've been feeling a bit unnerved by the third party AI notetakers in so many meetings that I've joined lately… Including in meetings that already have collaborative notes and recordings made through the service (e.g. Teams/Zoom) (2024-12-09 ↗)

Balancing privacy and reusability: The why, what, and how of de-identifying research data A new post on the Odissei blog, by Ricarda Braukmann and me. I really enjoyed writing this post! Hopefully it is useful for those seeking more insights into the delicate balance between the need and obligation to protect research participants and their personal data, and the importance of maintaining the utility and reusability of your data. https://odissei-data.nl/2024/09/18/de-identifying-research-data/ #FairData #SensitiveData #Anonymity #Ethics #RDM #ResearchData (2024-09-26 ↗)

Two workshop acceptances to the National Open Science Festival in Maastricht in October in my inbox today! And of course, as usual I'm lightly chastising 'past me' for creating additional work for the upcoming months – but also excited about attending this event! (2024-08-14 ↗)

I'm not sure that I saw 'humanities' as a narrow concept, and I worry about eroding the humanities focus… Hmmn, will have to keep reflecting on this (2024-05-02 ↗)

Blog Posts

Publications

‘A history of left-handed writing’ – http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/history-left-handed-writing

‘Unusual things found in medieval manuscripts’ – http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/unusual-things-found-medieval-manuscripts

Projects

https://www.dri.ie/

https://www.dariah.eu/

Research Data Steward

University College Cork