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Recognising Researchers for Their Work: New Author Identities in the Graph

04 November 2026

OpenAIRE is expanding how researchers are identified in the OpenAIRE Graph, building on its existing Person entities to connect authors more reliably with their research outputs, projects and affiliations. 

Research Libraries in a Changing Open Science Landscape: A conversation with Giannis Tsakonas

03 November 2026

Following his appointment as President of LIBER, we spoke with Giannis Tsakonas about the changing role of research libraries and their contribution to a more open and equitable research landscape.

POLEN Blueprint is live! Ready for researchers, connected to institutions

27 October 2026

POLEN Blueprint is live! Researchers in Portugal can now prepare, review and publish their DMPs through Portugal’s national platform, with dedicated institutional support and direct connections to local services. 

E-Infra Assembly welcomes MoU between EOSC Association collaboration between EOSC Association and EOSC4ALL, EOSC-CONNECT, EOSC-Marine and EOSC Mesh

26 October 2026

The EOSC Association has formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding with four newly launched projects, marking a fundamental step toward eliminating fragmentation, streamlining federated service delivery, and securing a sustainable, multi-hub digital ecosystem for researchers across the continent. 

RAISE Observatory launches to help Europe explore AI in Science

15 October 2026

Discover where, how and by whom AI is being used across European Science.

10th OpenAIRE Open Science Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp

13 October 2026

OpenAIRE's train-the-trainer bootcamps aim at empowering trainers with the knowledge and the know-hows of Open Science so they can pass it onto the researchers and students themselves, and ultimately help create a more open, transparent and accessible research ecosystem.

Free Knowledge Africa and OpenAIRE Partner to Advance African Research Visibility

08 October 2026

Free Knowledge Africa and OpenAIRE have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the visibility of African research. 

Making Engagement Count: What’s Next for OpenAIRE’s OCE Standing Committee

30 September 2026

Gina Pavone and Irina Cojocaru have taken on the roles of Chair and Co-Chair in OpenAIRE's Outreach, Communication and Engagement Standing Committee. We sat down with them to discuss what what meaningful engagement should look like across OpenAIRE. 

Connecting Funding to Research: Broader Coverage, Stronger Connections

25 September 2026

OpenAIRE is scaling the way it identifies funders, grants and the research they support by combining trusted external infrastructures, persistent identifiers and our own enrichment and validation workflows to make those connections both broader and more reliable. 

PATTERN Completed: OpenAIRE-Led Training Work Leaves a Reusable Open RRI Learning Ecosystem

17 September 2026

After 42 months of collaboration, PATTERN – Empowering Open and Responsible Research and Innovation has reached completion, leaving behind a substantial and reusable training ecosystem for researchers, research support professionals and institutions across Europe.

OpenAIRE and the Next Phase of Open Research Information in the Netherlands

14 September 2026

In the Netherlands, a new wave of initiatives is turning long-standing ambitions around openness, interoperability, and digital sovereignty into concrete implementation.

Connecting Chinese Research to the OpenAIRE Graph: PubScholar Joins as a New Data Source

10 September 2026

The OpenAIRE Graph has expanded its global coverage with the integration of more than 1 million records from PubScholar, the public academic resource platform developed by the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) and its partners. 

OpenAIRE Innovation: Turning Open Science into Shared Value

03 September 2026

OpenAIRE has launched OpenAIRE Innovation, a new initiative bringing together its open research infrastructure, expertise and community to strengthen connections between research and innovation.

ARION: Turning Responsible Research Assessment into Everyday Practice

02 September 2026

ARION kicks off! This September, ARION, a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by OpenAIRE, officially begins. The project will help institutions move from commitments on research assessment reform to practical, sustainable change. 

Introducing REWIRE: Advancing Reproducibility Across the European Research Area

25 August 2026

REWIRE kicks off this September! This new project will support the wider adoption of reproducible research practices and strengthening trust in research outcomes.

OpenAIRE Annual Report 2025: A Year of Open, by Default

18 August 2026

Our Annual Report for 2025 is out! Capturing a year of growth, collaboration and change as Open Science becomes increasingly embedded in the way research is conducted, shared, assessed and monitored across Europe.

Save the Date: FAIR Research Data Management Train-the-Trainers Bootcamp for Data Stewards

29 July 2026

OpenAIRE is pleased to announce the upcoming FAIR Research Data Management (RDM) Train-the-Trainers Bootcamp for Data Stewards, an intensive four-day online programme.

New Member Spotlight: Petra Dickhaut on Open Science and Research Visibility

17 July 2026

As a new member of OpenAIRE, Eindhoven University of Technology brings extensive experience in research information management, Open Access, and the infrastructures that help make research more visible and reusable. To get to know the people behind our newest members, we spoke with Petra Dickhaut, Information Specialist at Eindhoven University of Technology.

From Principles to Practice: The CoARA OI4RRA Working Group's Tools for Open, Responsible Research Assessment

23 June 2026

At the latest CoARA Spotlight, the OI4RRA Working Group presented the three outputs the group has produced over its 24-month mandate, now endorsed and available in the CoARA Collection. The session set out why it matters for the research community trying to put responsible research assessment into practice through an infrastructural lens.

From Access to Reuse: What a New European Commission Study Means for Open Science

18 June 2026

A new European Commission study examines how Secondary Publication Rights and copyright exceptions could support a more open, reusable, and competitive European research system.