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From Metrics to Meaning: Rethinking Research Assessment with Dr. Mathijs Vleugel
| Alane Brunschweiger
As research assessment evolves beyond traditional metrics, new approaches are emerging. Insights from a large-scale survey, shared by Dr. Mathijs Vleugel, highlight a shift towards more qualitative, inclusive evaluation practices and what this means for institutions and researchers.

FIZ Karlsruhe & OpenAIRE: Connecting Infrastructures
| Alane Brunschweiger
FIZ Karlsruhe and OpenAIRE have formalised a partnership to strengthen the integration, quality, and interoperability of research information across Europe.

Open Science Policy Training Programme 2026
| Tereza Szybisty
Applications are now open for the Open Science Policy Training Programme. Learn all about what this programme entails and apply now.

1.5M+ DOIs Unlocking Stronger Discovery and Monitoring for European Research
| Stefania Amodeo
The OpenAIRE Graph has recently integrated mEDRA’s DOI metadata, adding 1.5M+ DOI-identified records and strengthening persistent identifier coverage across Europe, with a major increase in Italian scholarly content.

SciLake’s Legacy: from fragmented research to Scientific Knowledge Graphs
| Stefania Amodeo
SciLake presented its results at the final event in March, demonstrating how the project's tools and methods can improve discovery and reuse for researchers, strengthen interoperability and service delivery for research infrastructures, and support evidence‑based analysis for science policy.

Supporting Secure Health Data Sharing: What’s New in Amnesia 1.4.0
| Manolis Terrovitis
Amnesia 1.4.0 is live, introducing new capabilities for anonymising medical imaging data, expanding support for secure and privacy-preserving data sharing in health research.

How SciLifeLab and OpenAIRE Co-created an Open Science Monitor
| Angeliki Tzouganatou, Harry Dimitropoulos, Alessia Bardi, Joanna Sendecka, Suné Joubert
What happens when an Open Science infrastructure and a research infrastructure build a monitoring system to understand how outputs connect across publications, data, and software? The collaboration between SciLifeLab and OpenAIRE shows how co-creation can turn fragmented information into a more connected, usable view of research.

The Scholarly Fabric of EOSC
| Androniki Pavlidou
OpenAIRE and OPERAS have officially joined the second wave of the EOSC Federation as the EOSC Scholarly Commons Node. This partnership represents a strategic alignment to ensure that scholarly communication is natively integrated into the European Open Science Cloud. Learn more.

OAPEN and OpenAIRE Partner to Strengthen Interoperability & Monitoring for Open Access Books
| Alane Brunschweiger
OAPEN and OpenAIRE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the visibility, discoverability and monitoring of open access books through improved metadata exchange, interoperability and shared open infrastructure practices.

CWTS and OpenAIRE Strengthen Collaboration
| Androniki Pavlidou
CWTS and OpenAIRE are delighted to announce the next steps we have agreed to take to deepen our relationship and strengthen our collaboration.

Welcoming Utrecht University: Meet Ingrid de Ruiter
| Sandra Franco, Alane Brunschweiger
As Utrecht University joins OpenAIRE, we are pleased to introduce Ingrid de Ruiter, Metadata Specialist Scientific Information at Utrecht University Library.

Announcement: OpenAIRE AI Hackathon
| Androniki Pavlidou
OpenAIRE and Alien Intelligence are launching a 12-week Open Science hackathon focusing on AI, starting June 2, with submissions due August 20. Whether you're a researcher chasing a question, a developer building the next tool, or an analyst turning data into evidence, there's a track for you.