OpenAIRE successfully concluded another edition of its flagship five-day online train-the-trainer bootcamp for Open Science trainers. Organised twice a year, the bootcamp continues to provide a dedicated learning environment for professionals seeking to strengthen their knowledge of Open Science while developing effective, learner-centred training practices. As in previous editions, participant feedback was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting not only the quality of the content but also the hi...

The University of Tartu is taking significant steps to strengthen Open Science and research data management support across all disciplines. Supported by funding from the University of Tartu Development Fund, the University of Tartu Library established in March 2025 a cross-disciplinary Open Science Competence Network and developing a university-wide support system for research data management and Open Science-related questions.The initiative marks a new phase in the university's efforts to embed...

Following the March General Assembly, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) has joined the OpenAIRE network, further strengthening a community committed to advancing Open Science across Europe.To mark the occasion, we spoke with Maria Constantin, Open Access Officer at EUR and lead of the Diamond Open Access Expertise Centre. In this interview, she shares her perspective on Diamond Open Access, emerging publication models, and the practical realities of making knowledge more accessible.  Can y...

OpenAIRE warmly thanks and sends our well wishes to Biljana Kosanović, long-standing NOAD for Serbia, as she prepares to retire at the end of the month. Over the years, Biljana has played an important role in strengthening Open Science in Serbia and across the wider regional community. Through her expertise, dedication, patience, and generosity, she has supported institutions, colleagues, and partners in advancing shared practices, building connections, and making Open Science more visible and m...

OpenAIRE contributed to the discussion on the future of research assessment at the 18th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2026), held from 26–29 May 2026 at the University of Bucharest, Romania.During the conference's Open Systems session, Leonidas Pispiringas presented the paper" Open Infrastructure for Research Assessment: A FAIR-Aligned Framework for Researcher Profiles derived from the OpenAIRE Graph", in the "Open Systems" session, chaired by Ma...

A new milestone has been reached in the development of open educational resources for higher education in France: the open interactive ebook Introduction to Legal Studies (Initiation aux études juridiques) is now freely available online for students, teachers and institutions. The project was developed through a partnership between the Bibliothèque interuniversitaire Cujas, the Institut de recherche juridique de la Sorbonne, Éditions Nouveau Monde and Numérique Premium, with the support of the C...

An invitation from Laura Himanen, a long-standing collaborator through CoARA's OI4RRA Working Group (Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment) and the GraspOS project, brought OpenAIRE to the 3rd Nordic Bibliometric Infrastructure Spring Meeting. What came as a genuine surprise was the discovery of a thriving and eagerly growing community working on research intelligence with a level of seriousness rare to find. The meeting crystallised something OpenAIRE has long argued: researc...

The French consortium Couperin has long been actively engaged in supporting open science infrastructures, fostering both their development and their uptake by the scientific community. In this context, it has steadily strengthened and diversified its support offer for its member institutions. This momentum is reflected in a significant increase in the number of proposals submitted, rising from two in 2019 to twenty-four in 2025, illustrating both the expansion of the scope of supported...

Did you know you can upload Open Access versions of your publications yourself in OpenAIRE CONNECT and EXPLORE? Making research openly available sometimes only takes one extra step. If a publication in OpenAIRE is currently listed without an Open Access version, you can help change that directly, in just a few clicks. Share Open Access versions in just a few clicks This feature, available in both CONNECT and EXPLORE, allows you to upload an Open Access version of your publication to Zenodo if on...

OpenAIRE recently participated in the 140th GIST Seminar, hosted by the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, with additional engagements in Kyoto. The visit, co-organised by Kyoto University Library, provided an opportunity to present the OpenAIRE Graph and explore future collaboration around Open Science policies and research intelligence.   From Open Data to Open Research Intelligence At GRIPS, Dr. Andrea Mannocci from the OpenAIRE Graph team delivered the lect...

After more than fifteen years as Austria's National Open Access Desk (NOAD), Gerda McNeill is stepping into a new role, closing an important chapter in OpenAIRE's community network.Over the years, Gerda has played a key role in supporting the development of Open Science in Austria, working with national initiatives, connecting institutions and funders, and helping researchers navigate evolving practices around Open Access and research data. Along the way, she has also been an active member of th...

Controlling its research intelligence is a critical pillar of European digital sovereignty. We explored this intersection at the European Economic and Social Committee's Civil Society Week 2026 during the Media and digital resilience as safeguards of democracy session. Despite the large amount of research generated by European academics, the infrastructure, analytics, and metadata that steer our scientific focus (research intelligence) are frequently controlled by foreign companies with their ow...

OpenAIRE actively participated in the EOSC Winter School 2026, held in Nice, France, from 27–29 January 2026, contributing its expertise to discussions on advancing and operationalising the EOSC Federation. Organised by the EOSC Association with support from the EOSC Gravity project, the event brought together more than 170 stakeholders to focus on onboarding processes, interoperability, and skills development across the EOSC ecosystem. Engaging the community on EOSC EU Node development Through ...

The EVERSE project was established to transform how Europe's research community approaches software quality. At the two-year mark, its services are now well consolidated, and its strategic priority is ready to transition from implementation to dissemination, enabling researchers to enhance the quality and sustainability of their software through structured, community-driven methodologies. As project coordinator, Fotis Psomopoulos emphasised at EVERSE's second General Assembly at CERN, that this ...

A virtual unconference (also called a barcamp) is a participant-driven event where the agenda is created collaboratively by attendees rather than set in advance by organisers. Instead of formal presentations, participants propose discussion topics beforehand, and sessions are then scheduled based on interest. The format places strong emphasis on networking and peer exchange, which offered participants an informal space to connect and reconnect with their fellow OpenAIRE Open Science Train-the-Tr...

Since October, Joeri Both has been serving as Chair of OpenAIRE's Executive Board. Stepping into the role shortly after the Open Science Fair in September, he began his mandate at a moment that highlighted both the strength of the OpenAIRE community and the growing global momentum behind Open Science.A few months into his chairmanship, we spoke with Joeri about his first experiences in the role and how OpenAIRE continues to build on the foundations laid under the leadership of the Board's previo...

On February 6, 2026, Pro-M Zrt. and the University of Debrecen University and National Library (DEENK) organized the popular online event, the Hungarian Open Science Forum, for the thirteenth time. The two-hour online event attracted 135 participants, and after the presentations, a very informative and thought-provoking Q&A session closed the day. The Forum traditionally covers the most current topics related to open science, and this time was no different. Three outstanding presentations pr...

The Interoperability & Networks for Open Science Working Group of the Couperin consortium has developed IMPACT-R, a poster in French addressing the key challenges of interoperability, sustainability, and robustness in research repositories. IMPACT-R provides a clear and operational synthesis of the seven pillars underpinning a sustainable, interoperable repository infrastructure capable of anticipating technological developments, particularly those related to artificial intelligence. The pos...

OpenAIRE hosted the second workshop in its series on Collaborative Pathways to Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) via Open Infrastructures, following the first successful hands-on session at the Open Science Fair 2025 at CERN. This new workshop brought together a diverse community of research managers, infrastructure providers, policy specialists, and open science practitioners committed to advancing RRA by understanding what infrastructures need to deliver in practice. The workshop continued...

The OpenAIRE Graph is a global open infrastructure linking over 400 million metadata records from more than 100,000 trusted sources. It provides interconnected metadata on publications, research data, software, grants, institutional affiliations, and impact indicators. As part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative, a unified digital space for European research, the OpenAIRE Graph plays a critical role in making research more accessible across Europe and beyond. Through our partici...