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First edition of the EOSC Federation Handbook now available
The first edition of the EOSC Federation Handbook has been published on Zenodo. The document outlines the organisational, operational and technical characteristics of the EOSC Federation.
Th...
GraspOS Chats #11 Get to know Kumar Guha and Samuel Scalbert
In this interview we feature Kumar Guha and Samuel Scalbert from Inria. Kumar is Responsible of the Open Archive Unit at Inria Scientific Information Department, and Samuel is an Exp...
Connecting the Dots: Monitoring Open Science at university level for research assessment
The third edition of Connecting the Dots brings together representatives from the European University Association (EUA), the Université de Lorraine, and the University of Belgrade - Faculty of...
Open Science and Research Assessment reform: key priorities in the next ERA Policy Agenda
On 28 February 2025, the European Commission (EC) adopted the proposal for a Council Recommendation on the European Research Area (ERA) Policy Agenda 2025-2027, reaffirming the central role of Open...
Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment: the CoARA Working Group publishes its first report
The transition towards Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) is at odds with commercially controlled systems that underpin traditional evaluation methods, such as Web of Science or Scopus. While th...
GraspOS Chats #10 Get to know Zenia Xenou
In this interview we feature Zenia Xenou, engagement and training officer at OpenAIRE AMKE. Zenia sheds light on the develoment of a novel framework for Researcher Profiles framework within Gr...
Strengthening the EOSC Federation: the EOSC Winter School 2025
The EOSC Winter School 2025 has marked another important milestone in the process of fostering cooperation between Horizon Europe (HE) EOSC-related projects and advancing the build-up phase of the ...
Connecting the Dots: The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information – Openness of research information as a prerequisite for research assessment reform
The second edition of Connecting the Dots brings together representatives from CoARA, the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and GraspOS to discuss ways in which open research ...
Assessing Open Science: an overview of the Science Europe survey report
Several European research performing and funding organisations are embracing Open Science and research assessment reform, while international initiatives like the Coalition for Advancing Research A...
WOOC 2025: Call for contribution and participation now open
OpenCitations and the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information have announced that the call for participation and contributions for the 2025 edition of the Workshop on Open Citations and ...
Operationalising the transition to Responsible Research Assessment with the Open Science Assessment Framework
The recently submitted GraspOS Deliverable 2.4 OSAF Specifications for Pilots details the structure and main components of the Open Science Assessment Framework (OSAF).
This latest iteration of th...
GraspOS Chats #9 Get to know Chiara Di Giambattista
This month, we had a chat with Chiara Di Giambattista, a Research Fellow at the University of Bologna and the Communications Director & Community Development Manager at OpenCitations, an O...
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...
GraspOS Chats #3 Get to know Ludo Waltman
Today we introduce you to Ludo Waltman who is leading the Leiden University team in GraspOS (check out his accounts on Mastodon, Twitter and Linkedin).
Ludo Walman i...
Skills4EOSC Fellowship Programme Call Now Open: Join the Future of Open Science!
The first call for the Skills4EOSC Fellowship Programme is now open and accepting applications until October 31, 2023.
This initiative is a part of the Skills4EOSC Horizon Europe project and aims ...
GraspOS Chats #2 Get to know Giulia Malaguarnera
In this edition, get to know Giulia Malaguarnera.
Check out her online profiles (Twitter, Linkedin).
Giulia Malaguarnera works at OpenAIRE, a Non-Profit organisation which aims to ...
The University of Bologna and the CNR will lead the Italian National Chapter of CoARA
Towards a European reform of research assessment: the proposal to set up the Italian National Chapter of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) has been approved by the CoARA Steer...
CoARA Working Group Towards Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment announced
A few months have passed since the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) launched its call for members to propose Working Groups and National Chapters on 28 March 2023. Being the firs...
Recognition and reward of open science practices in research assessment at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
Under the spotlight in this first edition: Anestis Amanatidis, presenting the ongoing activities in the pilot focused on the Recognition and reward of open science practices in research assessment ...
GraspOS chats #1 Get to know Thanasis Vergoulis
In this first edition, get to know Thanasis Vergoulis. Check out his online profiles (Twitter, Linkedin, and Mastodon).
Thanasis Vergoulis works at the Athena Research and Innov...
Roadmap for Open Science approved by the Italian National Research Council
On April 28, 2023 the Italian National Research Council (CNR) approved the Roadmap for Open Science.
The objective of this roadmap is to outline a path for the implementation of open s...
GraspOS Landscape Survey on Reforming Research Assessment
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The purpose of this survey is to gain overview of the state-of-the-art research assessment practices at the research performing and funding organisations, and other organisations...
NEW: Open Science and Responsible Research Assessment Community on Zenodo
A new community dedicated to Open Science and Responsible Research Assessment has been created on Zenodo. The community will be curated by GraspOS, it is envisioned as a place to&nbs...
GraspOS kickoff meeting
The EU-funded project GraspOS kicked-off on the 19th and 20th of January 2023 in Athens and will run for 36 months, until the 31st of December 2025.
Its aim is to investigate ...