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Research

Research Publications

Our research publications are searchable in our OpenAir Repository.

Research Magazine

The new RGU Research Magazine is an exclusively online and interactive publication which intends to highlight the latest developments in research and innovation at the University. Inside you’ll find captivating stories, videos, and insights from a range of different schools and academics.

If you have any news or feedback for the Communications team regarding the new RGU Research Magazine, please contact them via rgucommunications@rgu.ac.uk


Open Air

OpenAIRis the Robert Gordon University Open Access Institutional Repository. Operational since 2006, it contains the full text of high quality research publications produced by staff and research students at RGU.

The content includes:

  • Artefacts, designs and exhibitions
  • Books and book chapters
  • Conference papers
  • Journal articles
  • Reports
  • Research data
  • Theses

A full list of the types of content is available in the repository policy.

OpenAIR enables the University’s researchers to meet the Open Access requirements of funders and the REF, reinforced by the University’s own Open Access mandate


Contact the OpenAIR team


Further information

Publications and other research outputs can be added to OpenAIR after being recorded in the “Outputs” module of Worktribe, the University’s research information system. The Publications Team provide training for researchers on how to use Worktribe Outputs. A list of upcoming training sessions is available online:

News

Published: Thursday 06 February 2025

A PhD researcher from RGU has been shining a light on some of the reasons why diners want to snap a picture of their meal before tucking in.

News

Published: Tuesday 14 January 2025

Gray’s School of Art, in partnership with Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, has been awarded over £400,000 funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to lead a major research project to explore Yugoslavian Art.

News

Published: Friday 29 November 2024

An academic from Robert Gordon University has been presented with a Queen’s Nursing Institute of Scotland Fellowship Award, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Community Nursing.

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