Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference 2024
2024-05-23 - 2024-05-24 | Arts Millennium Building, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland
RESSH 2024 – Open Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Evaluation, Infrastructure and Practices
The RESSH 2024 Conference, titled “Open Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Evaluation, Infrastructure, and Practices,” aims to explore the intersection of open research and evaluation criteria within the social sciences and humanities.
It discusses the promotion of an open research culture and its societal impacts, with a focus on ethics, diversity, and the societal relevance of research.
For more details, including registration, visit the conference website.

The WorldFAIR Project: The journey so far and next steps
2024-05-22 12:00 - 2024-05-23 14:00 (Europe/Paris) | Online
This special double session co-located with the RDA Virtual Plenary 22 is designed to show case the outputs from the WorldFAIR project and to discuss next steps. The event is open to all; you do not need to be a member of the WorldFAIR consortium to join.
WorldFAIR has a number of distinctive features that are worthy of attention and will be of interest to the RDA community. WorldFAIR is a two-year European Commission funded project to advance the implementation of the FAIR principles. Coordinated by CODATA and with the RDA as an important partner, WorldFAIR has the distinction of being a genuinely global project and – thanks to special EC rules – has funded partners from around the world.
The core of the WorldFAIR project are the 11 case studies, which represent a wide range of sciences, communities and challenges, with global geographical coverage. These were identified from groups active in CODATA, RDA or both. Among the partners in these case studies are number of organisations that play an important role in articulating and agreeing metadata and terminology standards for researchers in various domains. The first session will explore the outputs from these case studies and in particular the recommendations made. A selection of the Case Studies will describe their work, their experience of using FIPs and will articulate key recommendations for the use of metadata standards and terminologies and structured around the most important themes and issues encountered.
The second session will focus on one of the key outputs of WorldFAIR: the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF). CDIF provides a set of guidelines and practice for using domain-agnostic standards to support the interoperability and reusability of FAIR data, especially across domain and institutional boundaries. CDIF has been developed based on input from WorldFAIR’s 11 case studies, including their FIPs, a series of dedicated meetings, and the participation of all the case studies in two successive workshops hosted at the Leibniz Foundation’s Dagstuhl Centre. Thirty invited experts have participated in drafting the CDIF guidelines, including members of many related FAIR initiatives and standards bodies, and has therefore, drawn on significant expertise both within and outside the WorldFAIR project. This session will present the key CDIF ‘modules’ which cover the most important functional areas for using data across domains: discovery, integration, controlled vocabularies and mappings, provenance and process description, temporal and spatial description, etc.
Both sessions will invite feedback and discuss activities to continuing this work beyond the lifetime of the EC funded project under the banner of WorldFAIR+

Stronger Together | EURASHE 33RD Annual Conference
2024-05-22 - 2024-05-23 | St. Pölten, Austria
FOSTERING TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION IN APPLIED UNIVERSITIES
With a focus on collobration and cooperation the EURASHE 33rd conference will bring together a number of different stakeholders from the Higher Education community to discuss and draft a shared path on relevant topics for the present and the future of education.
See the full programme and book your spot!

UNESCO Working Groups on Open Science: Policy and Policy Instruments
2024-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The subject of our discussion will be ways to assess the impact of policy and policy instruments pertaining to open science.

How to: Aufbau eines institutionellen OER-Ökosystems - Einblicke in Open Educational Resources an der Universität Wien
2024-05-15 10:30 - 12:00 | Online
In der dynamischen Hochschullandschaft hat sich die Integration von Open Educational Resources (OER) zu einer zentralen Kraft entwickelt, die Zugänglichkeit von Wissen, Innovation in der Lehre und Zusammenarbeit
von Expert*innen vorantreibt. Dieses Webinar befasst sich mit dem Aufbau eines institutionellen OER-Ökosystems aus der Hochschul-Perspektive und gibt Einblicke in eine Umsetzung am Beispiel der Universität Wien.
Im Kern geht es auf dem Weg zum Aufbau von OER-Support-Strukturen – die je nach Gestaltung des OER-Ökosystems eng verbunden u.a. mit FDM-Support wirken – darum, die vielfältigen Bedürfnisse und Perspektiven der verschiedenen Interessengruppen zu berücksichtigen, darunter Nutzer*innen, Produzent*innen, Infrastrukturmanager*innen und Entscheidungsträger*innen. Indem diese unterschiedlichen Perspektiven beleuchtet werden, können Institutionen fundierte Wege zur praktischen Umsetzung von Open Education aufzeigen.
Parallelen zur institutionellen Verankerung von Open Access und Open Data in der Forschung zeigen, dass OER als offen lizenzierte Publikationen aus der Lehre eine Transformation eben dieser bedeuten. Dazu ist es notwendig, nicht nur die Kompetenz für die Nutzung und Erstellung von OER zu fördern, sondern auch ihre nachhaltige Verfügbarkeit für alle Beteiligten sicherzustellen – all dies unterstützt durch Infrastrukturen und Services des jeweiligen OER-Ökosystems, oft eng verzahnt mit forschungsunterstützenden Services.
Im Webinar wird vor diesem Hintergrund vor allem die Rolle der transdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit zwischen den wichtigsten Akteuren im Auf-/Ausbau eines institutionellen OER-Ökosystems, einschließlich E-Learning-Zentren, zentralen IT-Diensten und Bibliotheken aufgezeigt. Durch die enge Kooperation dieser Abteilungen können Hochschulen Lehrkräfte und Mitarbeiter*innen effektiv bei der Einbettung von OER unterstützen. Zudem werden für Hochschulen nachnutzbare Ergebnisse aus dem durch das BMBWF geförderte OER-Gesamtpaket für den österreichischen Hochschulraum „Open Education Austria Advanced“ in diesem Kontext beleuchtet und mögliche weitere Wege der Umsetzung aufgezeigt.

URN:NBN webinar
2024-05-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
Join us for an exciting URN:NBN webinar hosted by the National Library of Finland on 15 May 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (UTC +2) or 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Finnish time).
Explore the upcoming URN:NBN landscape report and discover the PID meta resolver developed for EOSC by the FAIRCORE4EOSC project. Dive into case studies presented by current URN and NBN providers from European national libraries.
Engage in discussions on URN use and policy, and contribute to shaping future URN:NBN development and collaboration.
URN:NBN service providers, users, and PID enthusiasts are all invited to participate!

Please note the day’s schedule is still subject to change.
9:00-9:05 Welcome (NatLibFin)
9:05-9:25 URN:NBN Landscape Report (Ulriika Vihervalli)
9:25-9:45 PID Meta Resolver (FAIRCORE4EOSC)
9:45-10:00 Discussion / Q&A
10:00-10:15 Break
URN:NBNs at National Levels
10:15-10:25 National Library of Finland (Jyrki Ilva & Emma Pietarila)
10:25-10:35 National Library of Germany (Stephanie Palek)
10:35-10:45 National Library of the Netherlands (Sam Alloing)
10:45-10:55 National Central Library of Florence (Chiara Storti)
10:55-11:05 Discussion / Q&A
11:05-11:20 Break
Future of URN:NBNs
11:20-11:40 Small Group Discussion: URN:NBN Development and Collaboration
11:40-11:55 Open Floor: Group Discussion Results
11:55-12:00 End of Webinar (Ulriika Vihervalli)

Emerging trends for international collaboration in the CRIS domain
2024-05-15 - 2024-05-17 | Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, 4.OG., Wien, 1040, Austria
CRIS 2024 is organised by euroCRIS in cooperation with the RIS Synergy Project and with friendly support of TU Wien and the University of Vienna.
CRIS 2024 is the sixteenth edition in a biennial series of conferences devoted to improving the availability of and access to research information systems across Europe. The target audience includes managers of research-performing and/or funding institutions, evaluators, librarians, ICT experts, as well as policy makers. euroCRIS is a non-profit professional association of CRIS experts and custodian of the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF).

Assessing national current FAIR-enabling capabilities
2024-05-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The “FAIR Implementation Workshop – Assessing national current FAIR-enabling capabilities” will take place on 14 May 2024 14:00-16:00 CEST. Confirm your registration below. Note: Registration for the workshop is free but mandatory.
The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) is a group of organisations who work on harmonising the assessment of research. It takes into account practices and activities that maximise the quality and impact of research. It involves basing assessment primarily on qualitative judgment, for which peer review is central, supported by responsible use of quantitative indicators.
This two-hour workshop will focus on the topic of research assessment to help the selected candidates to draft their FAIR implementation action plan by taking into account the research assessment aspect.

Assessing Open Access Books: Shedding Light on Peer Review with PRISM
2024-05-14 10:00 - 23:00 | Online
This webinar will present the Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM) and discuss how it can be used in research assessment. PRISM aims to enhance trust in Open Access book publishing through increased transparency in the peer review process, offering publishers a standardised platform to display their peer review procedures, integrate metadata, ultimately building trust in Open Access book publishing.
After attending this webinar, you should:

Understand peer review in relation to Responsible Research Assessment;
Learn how PRISM works and how it helps increase transparency in Peer Review for OA books;
Reflect on how PRISM could be useful in the context of Responsible Research Assessment.

SYMPOSIUM „CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES“
2024-05-14 09:00 - 16:00 | TUtheSky, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien, Gebäude BA, 11. OG, Vienna, 1060, Austria
Der Cluster Forschungsdaten spielt eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Koordinierung der Aktivitäten zu Forschungsinformationssystemen, Forschungsdatenmanagement und digitalen Technologien/Infrastrukturen. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf der Identifizierung von Synergien und Potenzialen für eine ressourcenoptimierte Zusammenarbeit zwischen den verschiedenen österreichischen Forschungseinrichtungen.
Die Vertreterinnen und Vertreter des Clusters Forschungsdaten laden zum Symposium „Cross-cutting Research Support Services“ ein. Informieren Sie sich über aktuelle Projekte, lernen Sie europäische Umsetzungen kennen und diskutieren Sie die Herausforderungen der Zukunft.

RDA’s 22nd Plenary Meeting
2024-05-14 - 2024-05-23 | Online
The Research Data Alliance’s 22nd Plenary meeting (VP22) is now confirmed and will take place as a fully virtual event. Organised by the RDA Secretariat, VP22 will be held for half-days spread across two weeks, between 14-23 May 2024.
With the theme “Local Action – Global Connection”, which also aligns with the four themes of RDA’s Strategic Plan, the plenary will focus on collaboration and engagement with our global community through the sharing of local experiences, best practices and recommendations.
We invite individuals and groups at all stages of their careers to contribute to the discussions, meet data professionals, and get involved in the RDA community. Over the course of two weeks, RDA Working and Interest Groups, Communities of Practice and Birds of a Feather sessions will address the most significant challenges that data leaders face today, presenting ongoing research that are building the fundamentals for data science.
Regardless of where you are in the world, you won’t need to travel anywhere! Join VP22 from the comfort of your preferred place.
Planning for the VP22 is underway, and we look forward to sharing further details soon!

FAIR-IMPACT's 2nd open call for repository support programme
2024-05-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
FAIR-IMPACT’s second open call for Route 1 for expert support (non-financial) for Repositories and Data Service Providers launched on 2nd May, 2024. This open call includes support actions relating to help you assess your current FAIR-enabling capabilities and develop action plans to improve them. The structure of our support programme is based on a range of services and tools that can be used to become more FAIR-enabling, such as:

Repository policy, e.g. ACME-FAIR, Data support policy for photon and neutron science;
Making objects in the repository more FAIR, e.g. CESSDA Data Archiving Guide, FAIR Cookbook;
Automated FAIR assessment, e.g. F-UJI, Framework for assessing FAIR services;
Repository certification, e.g. CoreTrustSeal+FAIRenabling Capability Maturity Model, FAIRsFAIR repository support.

This FAIR-IMPACT webinar will provide more info about the support actions that are available, what financial support will be made available for each and how to apply. The hour long session also provides information on what is expected of applicants and specific skills and expertise necessary to participate in each offer. There is also time for questions from the participants.
Registration for this webinar is free and open to all.
For more information on FAIR-IMPACT’s support routes, key dates, and FAQs, please check out our dedicated webpage.

1st Symposium of Research Infrastructures
2024-05-07 | Madrid, Madrid, Spain
The Symposium will be the occasion to highlight Horizon Europe’s support for Open Science, broader access to RIs and contribution of RIs to green and digital transistion, showcase relevant funded projects, educate National Contact Points and encourage global Research Infrastructures dialogue.
The event will be hosted by the Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII).
You can use the QR code in the Save the Date or this link to register. Registration to the symposia will be open until the 26th of April 2024.
For practical information about the location, metro and hotel Click Here.
Here is the Agenda.

Call for Abstracts: EGI2024
2024-05-06 23:59 | Online
Aufruf zur Einreichung von Abstracts

Öffnungstag

21.03.2024, 00:09

Einreichungsdeadline

06.05.2024, 23:59

Timeline:
Call Open: March 21st
Deadline extension: Call open until May 6 2024 23:59
Confirmation of acceptance: Before June 7th.
Please note that EGI2024 is intended to be an in-person event. We expect all contributors (or their representatives) to attend the conference on the premises.
We invite you to submit your proposal for EGI2024. We are accepting different contribution types (short and long talks, posters, and demonstrations) in a range of topics.
Contribution types:

Short Talk (max. 10 mins): when accepted, your talk will be added to
the agenda of the appropriate session
Long talk (max 20 mins): when
accepted, your talk will be added to the agenda of the appropriate
session
Poster: format A0, will be displayed throughout the
conference + dedicated networking during opening reception + 1’ pitch
presentation opportunity
Demonstration (max 30’): demonstrations
showing a service, tool, or product + with dedicated networking
during opening reception + 1’ pitch presentation opportunity

SRIA 2.0 Community Consultation
2024-05-05 | Online
The development and deployment of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is a continuous and rapidly evolving process directed by the European co-programmed Partnership for EOSC.
The EOSC Partnership’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) defines the general framework for future research, development, and innovation activities in relation to EOSC, and will serve as the Partnership’s guiding document for the coming four years.
Recent developments in relation to EOSC have been considerable and are increasing in speed, giving rise to the need to formulate a new SRIA to guide the further development. The process to accomplish this will run throughout 2024. The new document will become SRIA 2.0 and will be the basis for the development of EOSC going forward. SRIA 2.0 will be especially important in its impact on EOSC for the period post-2027, when the implementation and operation of EOSC will move forward under the guidance of a new governance structure.
Link to the Survey: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/outlineofEOSCSRIA2

2nd open call for Route 1 expert (non-financial) support (OPEN)
2024-05-02 - 2024-06-14 | Online
Support programme for repositories and data service providers
The FAIR Principles focus on characteristics of digital objects that make them Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. Achieving and maintaining those characteristics depends on the individuals and organisations that create, store, curate, and preserve the objects. These activities are ‘FAIR-enabling’, and repositories and data service providers play an important role in facilitating them.
FAIR-IMPACT is here to help repositories and data service providers assess your current FAIR-enabling capabilities and develop action plans to improve them. We will introduce you to services and tools that address a wide range of topics, such as:

Repository policy, e.g. ACME-FAIR, Data support policy for photon and neutron science;
Making objects in the repository more FAIR, e.g. CESSDA Data Archiving Guide, FAIR Cookbook;
Automated FAIR assessment, e.g. F-UJI, Framework for assessing FAIR services;
Repository certification, e.g. CoreTrustSeal+FAIRenabling Capability Maturity Model, FAIRsFAIR repository support.

We go beyond the formal FAIR principles and also include guidance for effective strategies to engage with your community and position your organisation in the research landscape. In other words, we are here to make your organisation more successful.

UNESCO Working Groups on Open Science: Financing and Incentives
2024-04-30 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The subject of our discussion will be the desirability and feasibility of a Global Open Science Fund.

EGU General Assembly 2024 in Vienna (hybrid)
2024-04-25 - 2024-05-02
The EGU General Assembly 2024 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary, and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

Open Call for EOSC Association Task Force Members
2024-04-21
Fill out the online application form below, including your motivation letter, CV, and endorsement letter* from your organisation by 23:59 CEST on 21 April 2024.

UNESCO Working Groups on Open Science: Monitoring
2024-04-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The meeting will focus on the draft principles of open science monitoring, the preparation of which has been led by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and which were presented at an event on 19 December 2023.

„Digital Data Curators“ in Museen und Sammlungen
2024-04-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria
Das Naturhistorische Museum Wien lädt in Kooperation mit dem Museumsbund Österreich zu einem Workshop zum Thema Digital Data Curatorship in Museen und Sammlungen.
Die digitale Transformation erfordert andere Arbeitsweisen und bringt neue Stellenprofile mit sich. Wie könnte die Stelle eines Digital Data Curator für den Museums- und Sammlungsbereich aussehen?
Wir möchten gerne in einem Workshop dieses Jobprofil diskutieren und definieren.
Für wen? – Museumsmitarbeiter:innen, die Kulturerbe digitalisieren, (an-)sammeln und diese (kuratiert) veröffentlichen sowie alle an Digitalisierung Interessierte aus Sammlungen und Museen

Karrierewege in der Wissenschaft und Research Assessment
2024-04-11 10:00 - 17:00 | TUtheSky, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien, Gebäude BA, 11. OG, Vienna, 1060, Austria
Entlang welcher Karrierepfade können sich Wissenschafter:innen zukünftig entwickeln? Wie können Durchlässigkeit zwischen den Sektoren und internationale Mobilität unterstützt werden? Wie bewerten Universitäten Qualität in Berufungsverfahren? Diese Themen diskutieren wir mit nationalen und internationalen Expert:innen und Akteur:innen im Bereich Wissenschaftskarrieren sowie Forschenden. Im Fokus stehen die Präsentation und Diskussion der nationalen Empfehlungen der Arbeitsgruppe der österreichischen Hochschulkonferenz zu Karrierewegen in der Wissenschaft und Research Assessment, die mit Expert:innen aus dem Hochschulbereich erarbeitet wurden.

UNESCO Working Groups on Open Science: Capacity Building
2024-04-04 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The meeting will focus on the potential development of a global skills and competencies framework for open science, as included in the Recommendation on Open Science.

2nd open call for Route 2 support
2024-03-31
The second call for Route 2 support will open for applications from 31st January-31st March 2024. Applicants can apply to join the following support actions.

EOSC Coffee Lecture: “Welche Möglichkeiten zur Beteiligung gibt es?”
2024-03-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Eine Webinar-Reihe zur European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), zu Zielen, Zukunftsperspektiven und Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten
Die Europäische Open Science Cloud (EOSC) ist eine wegweisende Initiative, die darauf abzielt, einen integrativen und offenen Raum für den Austausch und die Nutzung von Forschungsdaten in Europa zu schaffen.

2nd International Conference on FAIR Digital Objects
2024-03-21 - 2024-03-22 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The 2nd FAIR Digital Object Conference aims to bring together data scientists, data infrastructure architects, data solution developers, data stewards, data curators, industry data experts, and policy makers across sectors and from all over the world. It will offer inspiring keynotes and exciting panels with distinguished experts from different sectors and disciplines. There will be exchange formats to foster interaction with industry and SMEs, and early career professionals. Presentations and lightning talks from data scientists and developers engaged in Fair Digital Object activities will give deeper insights into FDO concepts and implementation.

Research and Innovation Week
2024-03-18 - 2024-03-21 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The Research and Innovation Week (R&I Week) is the 2024 European Commission’s flagship event on research and innovation which will take place between 18 and 21 March 2024 in Tour & Taxis (Brussels, Belgium).

EOSC Symposium 2024: Call for Unconference Sessions
2024-03-18
Submit a proposal and contribute to shaping the biggest EOSC event of the year.

OSCARS 1st Open Call for Open Science Projects and Services
2024-03-15 15:00 - 2024-05-15 17:00 | Online
The aim of the call is to support researchers engaging in or developing Open Data Research by conducting science projects that facilitate and foster sharing research data and results based on FAIR principles. Proposals that develop and/or make available services or tools (software; hardware; middleware; protocols; standards; benchmarks; documentation and training/mentoring materials; activities and resources), which enable Open Research in a field and encourage open science practice based on FAIR principles, are also eligible.
Open Science Projects or Open Science Services are research activities that exploit or foster the adoption of FAIR data, strengthen FAIR competences, practices and technologies. They are expected to leverage and/or exploit the Science Clusters’ services aimed at demonstrating and piloting the use of EOSC resources. They can be cross-RI and/or cross-domain as well as projects with a high societal relevance (potentially multidisciplinary and/or cross-cluster). These projects can be proposed over a large spectrum of scientific domains, including industrial sectors. Therefore, they can be submitted by organisations/researchers beyond the current group of RIs that are partners within the Science Clusters, emerging RIs or recently included in the updated ESFRI Road map. They can involve engagement with academic groups and industry, University Associations/Learned Societies, citizen scientists and the long tail of science.
The Principal Investigators of these activities have to commit to the FAIR management of the achieved scientific results and all associated digital objects. A particular attention will be reserved for relevant datasets from RIs, the innovative software and services for interoperability and legacy of data. Projects must deposit the digital research data generated in the Science Clusters’ trusted catalogues or other trusted repositories federated in the EOSC. The projects should aim at enhancing the involvement of researchers in Open Science.

OSCARS Call for Funding Kick Off Meeting
2024-03-15 | Online
To support the research communities to take up open science and foster the involvement of scientists in EOSC, OSCARS will launch two Open Calls (in total worth about 16 million Euro) to select third-parties for the development of new, innovative Open Science projects or services, that together will drive the uptake of FAIR-data-intensive research throughout the European Research Area (ERA).
Register: https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/32021/overview
