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...

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...