In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? This episode is part of Season 3, hosted by Nick Sheppard who will be speaking to colleagues from both the University of Leeds and from other universities and organizations about open research, what it is, how it's practiced in different disciplines, and how it relates to research culture. In this episode Nick is joined by Dr Martin Poulter from the University of Bristol where he is website editor and technical developer for the School of Economics, Finance and Management. Martin is former Wikimedian in Residence at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, and in addition to his day job at Bristol, works with academics, librarians, and other experts with Wikimedia to help institutions get the maximum benefit in terms of reach, engaging the crowd and creating educational resources. He is currently Wikimedian for the Khalili Collections, a set of private art collections including the world's largest collection of Islamic art.With Martin's help we have been exploring the use of Wikimedia platforms at the University of Leeds, including a Wikimedia Champions project you can hear all about in next week's instalment.In this episode we talk about:how his academic background in Philosophy and Psychology led him to become a Wikimedian how Wikimedia is more than just Wikipedia, and comprises 16 different platforms including Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata and WikiSourceopportunities for education and research for universities, including sharing openly licensed research and student assignmentsbarriers to engaging with the Wikimedia platforms as an institution and where to go for supportsome of the misconceptions about how Wikipedia actually worksthe issue of bias in Wikipedia, how it reflects a primarily Western white male cultural outlook, and the importance of diversifying Wikipedia through initiatives like Women in Red and translation projectsBe sure to check out the other episodes in this season!Links:Martin Poulter - Open Culture, Open Data, Open Education (https://infobomb.org/)The Khalili FoundationWikimedia and universities: contributing to the global commons in the Age of Disinformation (Poulter & Sheppard, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.509)Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/ResourcesWikipedia:WikiProject Women in RedWikimedia UKWilson Armistead - British Quaker merchant, slavery abolitionist and author from Leeds Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeedsIf you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

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