Welcome to RCEN
Let's work together to improve research culture
New members can sign up using our registration formLink opens in a new window.
Within a week you should be forwarded invitations to the RCEN Teams group and calendar invitations to our every-two-months meetings.
What happens next?
RCEN Teams Group
The Teams group is ideal for informal chats with like-minded colleagues from across the network and for getting advice. We're focused on sharing best practices and avoiding duplication. No question is too basic — so please ask away.
Once you join the network, you'll receive an invite to the Teams group.
Networking Slides
In the RCEN Teams group, you'll find a Networking Slides template, which you can use to share details with fellow members, including your research culture journey, key priorities, areas of expertise, and what you hope to learn from others. This information will help us understand the makeup of the network and enhance training and collaborative activities.
RCEN co-leads
RCEN is shaped by colleagues from different institutions and professional backgrounds. Our co-leads drive our working groups and other activities and partnerships, helping to keep the network grounded in what members care about. Do you have ideas for enhancing our network activities? We'd love to hear from you — get in touch at researchculture@warwick.ac.uk
How often does the network meet?
Every two months, we get together for:
- Group networking and 'roadmapping' on specific research culture challenges
- Sector updates on Research Culture
- Presentations from RCEN members
- Talks by external guest speakers
- Q&A sessions and informal networking
Meetings are usually held virtually on Microsoft Teams.
How can I promote research culture work I am doing?
Speak at an RCEN meeting
One of our key goals is to enhance our thought leadership. If you have exciting research culture work to share, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact us at researchculture@warwick.ac.uk
Research Culture Knowledge Exchange LinkedIn Group
We're keen to spotlight great work happening across the sector. Feel free to post relevant contentLink opens in a new window, including surveys, to our group. We have over 1,900 members passionate about research culture.
Connect with the National Centre for Research Culture (NCRC)
The Research Culture Enablers Network is just one initiative of the NCRC. Have a look at our websiteLink opens in a new window for more opportunities, including our Research Culture Conversation Series and International Research Culture Conference. NCRC is also leading research on research culture, so please get in touch if you are interested in collaborating on funding bids or other strategic initiatives to catalyse change at scale.
RCEN working groups
Through consultation with the network and hundreds of responses from members, we have identified three priority areas where collaboration across institutions can add the greatest value.
Each working group is led by RCEN members and provides a space to explore challenges in greater depth and develop practical outputs for the wider research culture community.
Research Culture Data Capture and Evaluation
This group explores how institutions can better evidence and evaluate research culture. It is bringing together existing approaches and indicators to support meaningful and proportionate evaluation.
Find out what the DCE working group is working onCollective Advocacy and Collaboration with Funders
This group provides a mechanism for collective engagement with funders and policymakers on issues affecting research culture. It aims to ensure that practitioner perspectives are represented in conversations about policy, funding and implementation.
Find out what the CACF working group is working onDeveloping Reward and Recognition for Good Research Culture
This group explores how institutions can better recognise and reward the diverse contributions that support positive research cultures. It is examining approaches from across the sector and considering how these can be adapted within different organisational contexts.
Find out what the RRGC working group is working onWhat, ultimately, is the network trying to achieve?
In the short term
Help people working on research culture find one another and feel less isolated when tackling common challenges.
In the medium term
Create more opportunities for people in these roles to develop professionally and receive greater recognition for their work.
In the long term
Bring people together around the issues that matter most and contribute to lasting change through evidence and collective initiatives, including research on research.
Be part of what comes next
RCEN is shaped by its members. If you are working to improve research environments, you are welcome to share your experience and connect with others doing similar work.