When: October 29, 2025, 16:00–17:30 CET Where: online At the end of October, the first meeting of the Diamond Open Access Policy Forum will bring together policymakers and research funders from Africa, Europe, and Latin America. The Forum is part […]
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CZARMA Coffee Talk on New Act on Research (cze)
When: October 30, 2025, 10:00–11:00 Where: online CZARMA is organizing a coffee talk on the topic “New Act on Research, Development, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer” which will take place online via MS Teams on Thursday, October 30, 2025. During the […]
Read moreGraspOS Webinar: Reforming Researcher Assessment with OPUS
When: October 30, 2025, 11:00–12:00 CET Where: online Research evaluation has traditionally focused on publications in high-impact journals and bibliometrics, despite the fact that researchers perform a wide range of activities in their daily practice. The shift towards open science […]
Read more4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference
When: October 16–18, 2025 Where: online & Tokyo The Fourth UN Conference on Open Science and Open Education, organized by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library of the United Nations in collaboration with several UNESCO thematic sectors, will serve as a platform […]
Read moreNew Act on Research, Development, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer
The long-awaited new Act, which will significantly reshape the Czech research environment, was adopted on July 23, 2025, and published in the Collection of Laws on September 9, 2025, as Act No. 328/2025 Coll. It will enter into force on […]
Read moreWebinars on Developing Research Data and Software Management Policies
When: every Monday from September 8 to September 29, 2025, starting at 14:00 (CEST) Where: online The Digital Curation Centre (DCC), in collaboration with RDA Europe, is hosting a four-week series of online workshops and sessions designed to help research […]
Read moreOP JAK – aknowledgement for publishers
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT), through the managing authority of the program, has published Open Science Policy, which beneficiaries can reference when communicating with publishers. The Open Science Policy within the OP JAK program is now also […]
Read moreThe Value of Open Science: A Case Study Analysis
Is investing in open science infrastructure worth it? This is the question addressed in Deliverable D4.4 of the European PathOS project, which assesses the costs and benefits of two established open science tools: UniProt and RCAAP. PathOS (Open Science Impact […]
Read moreWebinar: Rethinking AI Regulation
When: July 17, 2025, 15:00 CEST Where: online The European debate on AI regulation has recently focused primarily on using copyright law as a tool to restrict the training of AI models. An upcoming online webinar titled “Wrong Question, Wrong […]
Read moreDORA’s Responsible Research Assessment Guide
Across the research world, there is growing recognition that the way we evaluate research and researchers needs to change. Many current systems rely on narrow indicators – such as publication counts or journal impact factors – that don’t reflect the […]
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