News
This page includes news from NORF, its associated research projects and initiatives and the broader open research community, featuring opportunities such as calls for papers and awards, both nationally and internationally.
Save the Date – Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit 2026
Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit is a national gathering for publishing and open access professionals taking place on Thursday 3 September 2026 at the McNeill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Diamond Ireland Press is Ireland's national diamond...
Share your thoughts on outreach for open research initiatives
OSPARK is an OSCARS funded project developing outreach and communications training for open research initiatives. Following their first Bootcamp in Belfast, the OSPARK team are conducting research to learn about experiences, barriers to engagement, and training needs...
Developing RDM expertise: A Librarian’s Review of the Introduction to Data Stewardship Micro-Credential
In a recent LibFocus guest post, Margaret Irons (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) reflects on her experience of completing Sonraí’s Introduction to Data Stewardship micro-credential. She shares how the course strengthened her knowledge of research data...
Advocacy for Data Stewards: It’s about people too, not just data
Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network recently hosted a Masterclass on Advocacy Skills for Data Stewards with DANS, the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data, and CaSDAR, the Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research Network+ in the UK....
Data steward competencies: findings from a European job description study
Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network is pleased to share the outcomes of a recent UCD MLIS Service Learning internship hosted in partnership with Asiera. Over four weeks, Ruoxin Liu, collected and analysed 43 data steward job descriptions from 13 European countries,...
NORF-funded CORD Partnership showcased at DFHERIS conference
On 25 June 2026, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) organised a conference entitled, Strengthening the Impact of Research and Data on Policy Development. Invited to present on the work of the previously...
Dr Dermot Lynott contributes to Nature paper on research reproducibility
Only half of the published research findings in disciplines such as economics, psychology and education can be replicated by others according to new findings reported in Nature by Dr Dermot Lynott, project lead of the TROPIC project and chair of the Irish...
New publication exploring open research viewpoints from the humanities
Lai Ma and Claire Davin from the Cultivating an Open Research Culture in the Humanities and Social Sciences project recently published an article in the Open Information Science Journal: ‘Ticking a Box’ or Transforming Practice? Open Research Viewpoints from the...
Putting Ireland on the map
On June 1, Ireland was represented at the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) 2026 Conference by a delegation from the University of Galway and IReL. Cillian Joy introduced the work underway at Open Repositories Ireland to build a national infrastructure...
Latest news from TROPIC and the Irish Reproducibility Network
Dr Dermot Lynott, project lead of the TROPIC project and chair of the Irish Reproducibility Network, presented at the Open Research and Research Integrity Workshop, hosted by the Department of Psychology, Mary Immaculate College. The event also included a focus on...
Save the Date – Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit 2026
Diamond Ireland Publishing Summit is a national gathering for publishing and open access professionals taking place on Thursday 3 September 2026 at the McNeill Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Diamond Ireland Press is Ireland's national diamond...
Share your thoughts on outreach for open research initiatives
OSPARK is an OSCARS funded project developing outreach and communications training for open research initiatives. Following their first Bootcamp in Belfast, the OSPARK team are conducting research to learn about experiences, barriers to engagement, and training needs...
Developing RDM expertise: A Librarian’s Review of the Introduction to Data Stewardship Micro-Credential
In a recent LibFocus guest post, Margaret Irons (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies) reflects on her experience of completing Sonraí’s Introduction to Data Stewardship micro-credential. She shares how the course strengthened her knowledge of research data...
Advocacy for Data Stewards: It’s about people too, not just data
Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network recently hosted a Masterclass on Advocacy Skills for Data Stewards with DANS, the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data, and CaSDAR, the Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research Network+ in the UK....
Data steward competencies: findings from a European job description study
Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network is pleased to share the outcomes of a recent UCD MLIS Service Learning internship hosted in partnership with Asiera. Over four weeks, Ruoxin Liu, collected and analysed 43 data steward job descriptions from 13 European countries,...