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Reframing Research Assessment: towards a comprehensive framework for Researcher Profiles
On 4th December, in the special session on responsible research assessment at the REvaluation Conference 2024 in Vienna, Zenia Xenou (OpenAIRE) and Lottie Provost (National Research Council of...
Advancing Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment: Progress from the CoARA Working Group OI4RRA
In the context of CoARA, the Working Group (WG) on Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment (OI4RRA) is at the forefront of transforming research assessment by promoting the shift f...
Exploring Research Assessment and Open Infrastructures
In this news piece, GraspOS project member Fotis Mystakopoulos (OPERAS) reflects on research assessment and open infrastructures, sharing takeaways from the PUBMET 2024 Conference and the Paris Con...
Connecting the Dots: EOSC Projects enhancing scholarly data interoperability
The first edition of Connecting the Dots is a discussion between four EOSC projects representatives about advancing scholarly data interoperability.
Stefania Amodeo - Sc...
GraspOS: A New Approach to Research Assessment
In August 2024, the GraspOS project reached a significant milestone with the release of its infrastructure architecture and the beta version of the Federated Open Infrastructure. These developments...
Rethinking Research Assessment - a comprehensive Researcher profile for a broader and more personalised representation of researchers’ contributions to science
This month, the Inside Stories from the Pilot Studies welcomed Ioana Spanache and Alina Irimia from UEFISCDI, the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research and Innovation Funding in Roma...
EOSC projects enhancing scholarly data interoperability: a joint session at the EOSC Symposium 2024
The EOSC Symposium 2024 will take place in Berlin, from 21 to 23 October, and will gather policy makers, funders, and representatives of research institutions, research communities, and data-...
CNR, a reform in the making - analysing and supporting career progressions
In this edition of the Inside stories from the Pilot studies, we welcomed Andrea Mannocci (CNR-ISTI) and Fabrizio Pecoraro (CNR-IRPPS) to discuss about the pilot study taking place at the Italian N...
EOSC projects advancing the research assessment reform
Towards a reform of the research assessment system in Europe
The European Commission (EC) has taken significant strides towards reforming research assessment practices, aiming to enhance the diver...
Open Science policy uptake and Responsible Research Assessment at INRAE
In this edition of the Inside stories from the Pilot studies, Odile Hologne, Director of INRAE’s Directorate for Open Science, shared her insights with us about the pilot supporting Open Science an...
Building Roadmaps for the GraspOS Pilots: identifying pathways for service inclusion
The GraspOS pilots and services teams reconvened in Athens in May 2024 for a two-day workshop, and made significant progress in choosing appropriate methods and tools for context-specific research ...
GraspOS Chats #8 Get to know Carol Delmazo
This time we welcomed Carol Delmazo, Service Marketing and Community Outreach Officer at OPERAS Research Infrastructure, to discuss about Open Science, current challenges in the ongoing resear...
European Commission Action Plan highlights the role of GraspOS in advancing the research assessment reform
The recent Action Plan by the Commission to implement the ten commitments of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA) recognises the GraspOS project as one of the particularly relevant...
Providing insights beyond mainstream research assessment objects in Computer Science
We had the pleasure to discuss with Laurent Romary (Inria),Silvio Peroni (University of Bologna), and Angelo Di Iorio (University of Bologna) about the Computer Science pilot in GraspOS. ...
Vote is open for EOSC Symposium Unconference proposals
EOSC Collaborative Frontiers to Achieve Interoperability and Enhance Scholarly Data
Participate in shaping the EOSC Symposium 2024 agenda by voting for our joint proposal bringing together Horizon...
GraspOS Chats #7 Get to know Natalia Manola
This month, Natalia Manola answered our questions on Open Science and the reform of research assessment, and the role GraspOS can play to support the reform. Natalia is CEO of OpenAIRE, a ...
Open Science and Responsible Research Assessment strategies at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry
This month, Ana Đorđević, librarian and institutional repository manager at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry (UNIBE), answered our questions about the GraspOS pilot study...
SSH Pilot Consultation Workshops
Have your say in the future of research assessment in the SSH
The GraspOS pilot on Research Assessment in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) is looking to hear from the community. ...
Report from the GraspOS Pilot Workshops
On the occasion of its second plenary meeting in Leiden in January 2024, the GraspOS consortium celebrated the first year of the project, highlighting progress in various areas, and notably in the ...
GraspOS Chats #6 Get to know Silvio Peroni
We had the pleasure to chat with Silvio Peroni, Associate Professor at the Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna, where he teaches Basic Informatics, Com...
Open bibliographic references and the role of OpenCitations
Bibliographic references are crucial in scientific literature, ensuring reproducibility, serving as a source of in-depth information, and assessing the impact of scientific work. However, if thes...
Novel methods in responsible research assessment and Open Science evaluation at the University of Eastern Finland
We had the pleasure to exchange with Katri Rintamäki and Heikki Laitinen, both working at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), on the pilot they are working on. In this pilot, UE...
Indicators for Institutions and the OpenAIRE MONITOR
Acknowledge, understand and place thyselves in the research landscape unlocking Research Excellence
In order to shed light on the importance of monitoring research outputs and to unveil the functi...
GraspOS Chats #5 Get to know Francesca Di Donato
This month, WP6 Leader Francesca Di Donato answered our questions about what is going on in GraspOS and the need for an Open Science-aware Research Assessment system. Francesca works at the Institu...
BIP! Scholar: redefining academic profiles
In the first training session of the GraspOS project, Thanasis Vergoulis, researcher at ATHENA RC and the technical manager of the project, presented a series of challenges related to tra...
Findings from the GraspOS Landscape Survey
Sharing good practices in recognition of diversity in research and further development of open infrastructures for research information is crucial for advancing the assessment reform.
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Assessment criteria for the Social Sciences and Humanities
This time, it is Fotis Mystakopoulos, Project Policy Officer at OPERAS AISBL, who answered our questions on the pilot focused on Assessment criteria for the Social Sciences and Human...
GraspOS Chats #4 Get to know Janne Pölönen
We had the pleasure to chat with Janne Pölönen from the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies (Tieteellisten Seurain Valtuuskunta - TSV) about his activities in GraspOS, the need ...
Assessing openness at National level in Finland
In this edition, Laura Himanen from CSC - IT Centre for Open Science answered our questions regarding the pilot focused on Assessing openness in research activities at national level in Finlan...
Roundup from the EOSC Symposium 2023
This year, the EOSC Symposium took place in Madrid from 20-22 September under the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). The event was organised by the EOSC Future project an...