Get Ready for an extensive recap! The CoARA WG Co-Chairs Forum 2024, held on September 11th in Helsinki, brought together key stakeholders to drive forward pivotal discussions on evolving research assessment. Keep reading for more insights and outcomes from the event!
From bold principles to real-world change: at the Open Science Fair 2025 in Geneva, the workshop “Collaborative Pathways to Responsible Research Assessment via Open Infrastructures” tackled the pressing question of how to truly reform research assessment. The global debate has moved beyond why change is needed; now it’s about how to build the infrastructures, both technical and social, that can turn vision into practice.
The 2025 CoARA Working Group Co-Chairs Forum, held on 12–13 November in Graz, marked an important moment of transition for the Coalition. With most first-wave Working Groups approaching the end of their formal mandate, the meeting served as both a retrospective and a forward-looking exercise: assessing what has been achieved, where challenges remain, and how the substantial labour invested across WGs can continue to support CoARA’s evolving mission.