Contributing to a Project Intermediate 1h

Collaboration in Open Research Projects

A comprehensive reference guide covering collaboration practices in open research — community setup, GitHub workflows, code review, meetings and events, leadership, and research infrastructure roles. Part of The Turing Way open handbook.

Learning outcomes

  • Apply Git and GitHub for collaborative research and code sharing
  • Demonstrate best practices for managing contributions in open science projects
  • Identify strategies for fostering transparency and reproducibility in research outputs
  • Implement collaborative workflows that support open science principles
  • Recognize the importance of version control in research reproducibility

Prerequisites

Git, GitHub

Cite this lesson

Metadata from CITATION.cff.

APA

The Turing Way Community (2025). The Turing Way handbook for reproducible, ethical and collaborative research. (Version 1.2.3). UC OSPO Network. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3233853

BibTeX
@misc{collaboration_in_open_research_projects_2025,
  author    = {{The Turing Way Community}},
  title     = {The Turing Way handbook for reproducible, ethical and collaborative research},
  year      = {2025},
  publisher = {UC OSPO Network},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3233853},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.3233853},
  version   = {1.2.3}
}