National Open Science Festival, 14 October 2026, TU Delft
Are you working on open science and eager to share your work with the wider community, engage in dialogue, or spark new collaborations?
Mark your calendar: the call for contributions to the 2026 Open Science Festival will open late May.
💡https://opensciencefestival.nl/pre-announcement-2026
However, it’s not me, but apparently Jeroen Schouten?
That would be 3-5pm CEST AFAIK…
Thanks, Jeroen. I feel the same and look forward to sharing the virtual podium with you.
Applying @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social #openscience retreat is open!
I’ll give an introductory talk about the resilience of open science in times of geopolitical tensions.
Thrilled to do this alongside @petersuber.bsky.social - and his work @defendresearch.bsky.social
Info: openscienceretreat.zbw.eu
We are inviting applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in a collaborative meta-science project on the effectiveness of data and code sharing policies in research-performing organizations. www.tue.nl/en/working-a...
Excited and happy to report that we (@ccmmody.bsky.social, Ewout Meijer, Marielle Prevoo, Yannis Stravrakakis, Penelope Bollini, and I) will be able to start the new project "Invisible knowledge work and the transformation and scaling of open science practices". This is a unique project --> 1/2
Voor iedereen die aan de slag wil met wetenschapscommunicatie: het Nationaal Expertisecentrum Wetenschap en Samenleving heeft een geweldige nieuwe website: https://wetenschapensamenleving.nl
#wetenschapscommunicatie #scicomm
🤝 PKP welcomes its new Managing Director Teresa Lee!
We're happy to celebrate Teresa's arrival and share her story with our communities in this interview segment of Archipelago, PKP's newsletter:
pkp.sfu.ca/2026/03/31/m...
#Leadership #PublicKnowledge #OpenAccess #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky
Project in the spotlight
Netherlands University Presses (NUPs) has received €300,000 from Open Science NL! Through 5 work packages, NUPs is working on diamond open access, international collaboration, knowledge sharing and visibility.
'In two years, we’ll be an established player' – Just de Leeuwe
👉 lnkd.in/eAjrnugn
Recently @opensciencenl.bsky.social awarded grants to 45 projects in the field of #OpenScience infrastructure. Among these are several projects aimed at improving open scholarly communication.
Here I describe how these projects fit into recent #OA developments.
www.openscience.nl/en/cases/ope...
Lekker morrelen aan de norm, alleen maar om exorbitante bonussen makkelijker te maken.
Gedrag wat je ook echt verwacht van een wetenschappelijke uitgeverij… #sarcasmoff
www.volkskrant.nl/economie/wol...
From the Artemis II mission:
The Moon fully eclipsing the Sun ❤️
23 Nederlandse kennisinstellingen hebben van Open Science NL elk €50.000 ontvangen om het erkennen en waarderen van open science in hun wervings- en bevorderingsbeleid te integreren.
Hoe staat het ervoor met de projecten die geld hebben ontvangen?
Lees het hier: www.openscience.nl/erkennen-en-...
Great move!
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social launches tool (for everyone to use) to assess vulnerabilities regarding digital autonomy.
www.uu.nl/en/news/utre...
Kijk, er bestaat nog wel zoiets als maatschappelijk betrokken ondernemen.
Graphic with the European Commission logo on a blue and teal gradient background, displaying the text “Next phase for Open Research Europe: broadening the reach of open access publishing.”
Open Research Europe (ORE) enters its next phase as a collectively funded open access scholarly publishing platform: link.europa.eu/Y4DwbR
Co-funded by organisations from 11 countries & the EU, it:
- Secures long-term stability
- Enables more researchers to publish without fees
Wonderful! Congratulations Claire!
OpenAlex (openalex.org) is rapidly closing the gap in funding metadata coverage. Re-using a dataset of NWO-funded papers we find they're now on par with Scopus and just slightly behind Dimensions.
Full analysis with @hldejonge.bsky.social : 🔗 bmkramer.github.io/SesameOpenSc...
Open Science NL awarded 5 citizen science hubs, such as PRO BONO, each €400,000 to strengthen the dialogue between science, society and policy over 4 years.
‘Citizens can provide additional knowledge for science,’ says Sabine Wildevuur from PRO BONO.
Read more: www.openscience.nl/en/pro-bono-...
Last week, the new phase for ORE was officially announced. The consortium backing the net platform is a unique collaboration between 16 funders and institutions, and @cern.bsky.social as the operating organization.
I’m proud to say that the Dutch Research Council is a member. Read our news item:👇🏽
Logo Weiß auf Blau mit Schriftzug: open research europe
Deutschland beteiligt sich an "Open Research Europe" #ORE. Über die Plattform können Wissenschaftler*innen aller deutschen Forschungseinrichtungen ihre Ergebnisse künftig kostenfrei veröffentlichen u. im offenen Verfahren begutachten lassen. Die DFG ist mit der Durchführung beauftragt:
sohub.io/rqll
New move in academic publishing:
The @ec.europa.eu is launching Open Research Europe (ORE), an open access publishing platform for research funded by all EU programmes.
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...
Front page of the Open Science NL evaluation report
If you are interested in the report, it's published on the Open Science NL Zenodo community page: zenodo.org/records/1913...
I am so pleased with and also very honored by the report. There is so much to be gained from it that can and will help us take the next steps in the years to come. For and together with the communities. Nationally and internationally.
In this regard, the committee emphasizes Open Science NL's unique role as a “system shaper”: a place where Dutch research institutions collectively shape what open science means in practice.
The committee praises the rapid progress Open Science NL has made: from ambition to concrete implementation, with a strong and cohesive portfolio in the areas of infrastructure, community empowerment, incentives, monitoring, and more.
The evaluation committee, led by Prof Paul Wouters, is clear in its conclusion:
"OSNL’s performance to date is immensely impressive. It merits strong commendation for delivering not just projects, but a working model of national culture change that others in Europe, and beyond, can learn from."
On Monday, March 23, @opensciencenl.bsky.social celebrated its 3rd anniversary at Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam.
During the celebration, the evaluation report “Open Science NL in its formative years” was officially presented to NWO President Marcel Levi.
Read more: www.openscience.nl/en/news/eval...