Still planning events the same old way? Rows of chairs, endless slides, awkward networking?
Unorgodox offers another way, rethinking events as spaces for collaboration and innovation.
Travel covered.
Apply here: buff.ly/F32Jqxv
Want to grow visibility for your OS initiative?
Registration for OSPARK Bootcamp closes 10 May! Learn outreach, communication & community-building for Open Science.
For libraries, research support, infrastructure & community leads.
6 weeks online + 2 onsite days
Register now:
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First publication on your mind but unsure where to start?
Join Scholarly Publishing 101 with Rashmi Shetty- a practical 90-min workshop covering publishing basics, Open Access, copyright & moving from manuscript to publication.
21 April 2026
14:00–15:30 (Europe)
Online via Zoom
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Before the main #OSR26UK retreat begins, our group is on the go!
The hackathon kicks off this morning with a dedicated group of open science practitioners who arrived a day early to engage in meaningful conversations and collaborate extensively to find solutions.
Follow along today with #OSR26UK
Huge thanks to Open Life Science for supporting the Open Science Retreat Global 2026 as fiscal host & partner! 🙌
They help build spaces for collaboration, openness, and meaningful exchange.
The retreat starts tomorrow and excited for what emerges!
Learn more about their work: buff.ly/TU5Ci04
I can't believe it's almost been a year since the Open Science Retreat in Switzerland #OSR25CH! Now I am already getting ready to go to the next two.
Two?! Yes.
A Dutch-centered retreat in the dunes and the Open Science Retreat Global in the wonderful green nature of Wales #OSR26UK.
Out of Office email reply is now on! Bring on the Open Science Retreat! 🎉 🌳 🛌 🥾
#OSR26UK
Another huge thank you to the UK Reproducibility Network for not only supporting the pre-retreat hackathon, but also for co-organising the Open Science Retreat Global 2026! www.ukrn.org
The retreat starts in a day excited for the ideas, collaboration, and energy ahead.
Witty Wednesday #3.
FAIR data = Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.
What else could FAIR stand for?
We'll start: Forgot Absolutely everything, It's Resubmission time.
Your turn.
#WittyWednesday #OpenScience #FAIRdata
A huge thanks to the UK Reproducibility Network for supporting the pre-retreat hackathon at the Open Science Retreat Global 2026! 🎉
With the support of UKRN, participants will come together to find solutions and start the retreat with loads of energy and creativity.
know more: www.ukrn.org
A huge thanks to the Center for Open Science for supporting the Open Science Retreat Global 2026!
From building tools like the OSF to being at the forefront of advancing openness and reproducibility in research globally, they continue to shape open science.
Learn more about their work: www.cos.io
Witty Wednesday #2.
Explain your job or research topic. Wrong answers only.
We'll start: shouting about open science until someone shouts back.
Your turn!
#WittyWednesday #OpenScience
Huge thanks to the Society of Research Software Engineering for supporting the Open Science Retreat Global 2026! 🙌
Their work on research software strengthens open and collaborative research.
Excited to get started!
Learn more about their work: buff.ly/0PZBYCZ
No time for a 6-week bootcamp? Here’s the TL;DR
Try OSPARK Online: Ensuring your Open Science is seen, used, and sustained a 2-hour workshop by the DRA & OLS.
Get a quick intro to outreach, share ideas, and contribute to a research study.
26 March | 13:00–15:00
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/IWzo296
Huge thanks to the Software Sustainability Institute for supporting the Open Science Retreat Global 2026!
Their work on research software and reproducibility fits perfectly with the retreat spirit.
Excited to get started!
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Starting something new today- Witty Wednesday.
Every week, one question or prompt and unserious answers only.
Week one: Why did you become a researcher?
We'll go first: someone told us it was a stable career path and now its your turn.
#WittyWednesday #OpenScience
Great Open Science work deserves to be seen but visibility is often the hardest part.
Join the OSPARK Online workshop
26 March | 13:00–15:00 (online)
Co-organised by the DRA & OLS, this session helps you tackle outreach, communication & engagement.
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A big thank you to our amazing sponsor ResearchEquals for supporting the Open Science Retreat Global 2026! 🎉
Their support helps bring together a community passionate about open, transparent, and collaborative research.
The retreat begins soon and we can’t wait!
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Many Open Science initiatives and infrastructure do amazing work but visibility and outreach are often the biggest challenges. How does your work reach widely?
Join OSPARK Online: Ensuring your Open Science is seen, used, and sustained on 26 March (13:00–15:00).
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Our Community Manager Danny Garside will speak at the Online Meeting on Electronic Research Notebooks: Implementation & Adoption Success Stories on March 12.
For researchers, lab managers, and institutions exploring digital lab notebooks and research workflows.
Online | Free
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Some glimpses from deRSE 2026!
DRA had an amazing time connecting with the Research Software Engineering community, exchanging ideas on Open Science and meeting many inspiring people at our booth.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat and grab some merch. We loved the conversations!
OSPARK Bootcamp #1 starts today!
Before the bootcamp we shared short outreach resources on short-form videos, finding your niche, scriptwriting and editing.
Watch them here:
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Missed this round? The next edition comes to Munich (June–July):
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DRA is going to deRSE 2026!
Stop by our booth for pins & goodies and chat about open education, reproducibility and research data communities.
Heidi will also moderate the panel “Structuring the research software ecosystem in Germany.”
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See you there!
@forrt.bsky.social
Love Replications Week (2–6 March)
Daily online Talks on reproducibility & replication across disciplines and further programs where you learn how to run replication studies, prepare reports and integrate replication into teaching.
Because repeatability strengthens science.
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Our DRA community member, Lisa Spitzer & the RDM Compas team invite RDM professionals to complete a survey on RDM skills & training needs.
Your input will shape future training offers.
It takes 15–20 min
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Confidential and voluntary
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Applications for DRA Train-the-Trainer #8 are open until Feb 20 (midnight CET) 🎉
Part 1 (March): Didactics, evidence-based training & peer-teaching
Part 2 (Apr–Jul): Teach your own course, get feedback & publish
Apply now
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LAST DAY to apply for Train-the-Trainer #8.
Strengthen your teaching, train researchers better, get feedback and turn your expertise into reusable open materials.
Starts 2 March 2026 (fully online).
Apply now: buff.ly/l9eEPjF
You have an amazing open science project or endeavour but did it reach the right audience?
The OSPARK Bootcamp helps you turn good work into visible and community-driven impact.
And there’s only one day left to apply.
6 weeks online + a 2-day onsite workshop in Belfast
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Love Data Week 2026 is about community 💜
DRA highlights the inaugural rainbowR virtual conference, bringing together LGBTQIA+ R users and allies to showcase their work, collaborate and .
Talks and workshops from 25–26 Feb
Register by 21 Feb
conference.rainbowr.org