Disseminating research in the 21st century

Every year the Australian government invests large sums of money in the research sector. To maximise returns on this investment, it is important that research findings are open, accessible and clearly communicated to relevant stakeholders. Best practice promotes rigorous science, and research that is open, engaging and reproducible. Nonetheless, It is still possible for gaps to exist between research outputs (code/data/results) and consumers of research (policy makers/other researchers/the general public). This is the Data Gap. Bridging the Data Gap requires formal, reproducible workflows, including reproducible computational environments, and analysis platforms that allow researchers to share their code, data and findings in an open and engaging format. We refer to these environments as interactive analysis platforms. This project focusses on the following questions: • Are Australian researchers currently using interactive analysis platforms? • What tools are they using? • How can the ARDC support Australian researchers to use these platforms