This year, the Annual Forum will offer a mixture of individual presentations, moderated round table discussions, and workshops. As accessibility lies at the hearts of everything we do, this will be a fully hybrid event, with all in-person activities live streamed, in English and Arabic. The programme will include a full day of online presentations, […]
This year’s theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and how, in a time of disruption, communities can reassert control over the knowledge they produce. It also challenges us to reflect on not only who has access to education and research but on how knowledge is created and shared, where it has come […]
Disputed openness: universities, epistemic inequality and market forces in open science in the era of artificial intelligence This Higher Education Policy (HEP) special issue invites scholarly contributions that critically examine the promises and contradictions of open science. 'Contributions should critically engage with the ways in which financial interests, policy frameworks, geopolitical asymmetries, and disciplinary hierarchies shape […]
Participants are invited to submit COST Action proposals contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal knowledge advancement and development of Europe. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. The Open Call Action proposal submission, evaluation, selection and approval (SESA) procedure is fully science and technology-driven and will ensure a simple, transparent and competitive proposal evaluation and […]
Program Overview This workshop explores how ethical reflection, legal regulation, and responsible data use intersect in research practice in the age of AI and large language models (LLMs). Participants will explore how principles such as ethics, democracy, and scientific integrity translate into concrete research practices with AI and data, addressing issues like bias, transparency, and the responsibilities of universities […]
Open Science NL is delighted that the University of Groningen (UG) and the University Medical Center (UMCG) have generously offered to host this year’s festival. The one-day event will be held in the buildings of the UMCG. Like last year, the festival is organised by a team with representatives from the host institution, Open Science […]
Call for Papers, Posters & Lightning Talks FAIR Digital Objects (FDO) are autonomous information units that virtually bind all information in a machine-actionable way that is required to make data FAIR, including various kinds of metadata and globally unique and resolvable persistent identifiers (PIDs). FDOs provide a conceptual and implementation framework to develop scalable cross-disciplinary capabilities, […]
ZBW ─ Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, DIW Berlin (the German Institute for Economic Research), WZB (Berlin Social Science Center), and RWI ─ Leibniz Institute for Economic Research are pleased to invite to the Leibniz Open Science Day 2025: Better Science for Better Policies. With the growing importance of the social sciences in addressing societal […]
The seventh annual Open Science Day will take place on 28 October 2025. This year, BERD@NFDI and the Open Science Office have co-organized the Open Science Day to showcase, share, and discuss the diverse range of open science activities and experiences taking place at the University of Mannheim and beyond. We are delighted to announce that our […]
Over the course of three days, October 29-31, 2025, you will have the opportunity to engage with experts from a variety of fields, including bibliometrics, research policy and library & information science. The aim of the workshop is to integrate bibliometric research with research policy, showcase the latest bibliometric research from the Nordic region and […]
Please mark your calendars for the EOSC Symposium 2025, the largest and most in-demand event on the EOSC calendar. Organised by the EOSC Association for the second consecutive year, the Symposium will take place 03-05 November in Brussels. Check back for details on venue and registration. As an appetizer, please enjoy our compilation video from the 2024 Symposium […]
The current geopolitical landscape is characterised by rising political and trade tensions as well as heightened economic interest in scientific innovation. This polarisation has significant implications for the global scientific community, particularly in the pursuit of Open Science. Could the naivety of science be exploited? Where is the line between scientific idealism and naivety? As […]
Open Science Week 2025, organised by the Open Science Working Group of the Association of Libraries of Czech Universities, is approaching! We are preparing three days full of inspiration, experience sharing, and practical demonstrations focused on Open Science, research data management, open access, citizen science, and the legal aspects of open science. You can look […]
For research assessment to truly support Open Science, we must prioritise transparency, inclusivity, and fairness in how we recognise research activities and contributions. This means not only ensuring that all contributions to Open Science are valued but also promoting openness in the data, tools, services, and other resources used in the assessment process. We invite […]
The Austrian ERA Symposium 2025: "Towards Europe’s Fifth Freedom" will be held as a full-day, in-person event in Vienna on 17 November 2025. This year’s symposium offers a unique opportunity to explore and shape the future of the European Research Area (ERA). We are honoured to welcome Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva, who will share […]
Exzellente Forschung an COMET-Zentren in Kooperation von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft In COMET-Zentren forschen Unternehmen gemeinsam mit Forschungseinrichtungen an einem mehrjährigen Forschungsprogramm. COMET-Zentren betreiben exzellente, kooperative Forschung auf hohem internationalem Niveau und setzen neue Forschungsimpulse. Sie bauen entsprechende Kompetenzen und Humanressourcen auf und bieten Forscher:innen vielfältige Aus- und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten. Erfolgreiche Zentren zeichnen sich durch die Dissemination […]
This is the programme for the 19th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing 2024. All presentations will take place in Auditoria 1 and 2 (see information about the conference venue). Registration, poster sessions and coffee breaks will take place in the hall outside of the auditoria. The workshop rooms are above the conference hall, accessible by lift or […]
We are pleased to announce that the 5th General Assembly of the EOSC Support Office Austria will take place on November 18, 2025, at TUtheSKY, TU Wien. This event brings together members of the EOSC SOA community to review achievements over the past year, elect new representatives to governing bodies, and discuss the strategic direction […]
Der Cluster Forschungsdaten lädt herzlich ein zum FAIR&AI Symposium am 27. November 2025 an die TU Graz. Die Veranstaltung thematisiert die Schnittstellen zwischen Forschungsdatenmanagement (RDM) und Künstlicher Intelligenz (AI): Wie können FAIR-Prinzipien KI-Anwendungen unterstützen, und wie kann KI RDM-Prozesse beeinflussen? Das Programm beinhaltet Keynotes von internationalen und nationalen Expert*innen, Lightning Talks und Breakout Sessions für interdisziplinären […]
Die European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) schafft einen integrativen, föderierten Raum für die gemeinsame Nutzung wissenschaftlicher Forschungsdaten in Europa. Sie stärkt die europäische Datensouveränität, indem sie gemeinsame Standards und sichere, transparente Rahmenbedingungen für den Austausch von Forschungsdaten etabliert. Mit dem weiteren Ausbau der EOSC-Föderation entstehen neue Möglichkeiten für Institutionen, sich zu beteiligen und entsprechende Förderangebote […]