Blogs

This page predominantly features blogs from NORF-funded research projects and initiatives, along with workshop summary reports.

Highlights from QSA*Net: May Events

Highlights from QSA*Net: May Events

The month of May was a busy one for the QSA*Net NORF-funded project, with three workshops engaging both national and international audiences and aimed at strengthening practices around Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA). Workshop at RUN-EU: Building Skills in QSA On...

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Blog: ‘Standardising Funder Identifiers to ROR’

Blog: ‘Standardising Funder Identifiers to ROR’

Read the recent University of Galway Library blog post by Dr Cillian Joy,  Head of Open and Digital Research at the University of Galway Library, and member of the PID Task Force who helped prepare Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy...

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NORF All Projects Workshop 2024 summary

NORF All Projects Workshop 2024 summary

On 25 October 2024, the National Open Research Forum (NORF) hosted a meeting with the nineteen NORF-funded open research projects at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), Dublin.This event, which was predominantly in person, focused on progressing selected action areas...

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QSA*Net co-host event on Open Research Initiatives

QSA*Net co-host event on Open Research Initiatives

On 22 October 2024, during Maynooth University’s Research Week, the NORF-funded project QSA*Net: Promoting Open Research in Qualitative Social Science co-hosted a hybrid event titled 'Current Open Research Initiatives at Maynooth University'. The recording is...

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Connecting the evidence-for-policy and open research agendas

Connecting the evidence-for-policy and open research agendas

In this blog Patrice McCormack and Ian Marder of the NORF funded project, Embedding a culture of interdisciplinary open research in Ireland’s criminal justice sector through a national Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnership, report on the conference, “What next for Irish Public Policy Development?”, at ILAS Auditorium, University of Galway, 28 May 2024.

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Department of Justice hosts agenda-setting CORD Partnership workshop

Department of Justice hosts agenda-setting CORD Partnership workshop

In this blog, Ian Marder of the NORF funded project, Embedding a culture of interdisciplinary open research in Ireland’s criminal justice sector through a national Researcher-Practitioner/Policymaker Partnership, reports on the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership’s third workshop of 2024, held at the Department of Justice on 11 July 2024.

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Highlights from QSA*Net: May Events

Highlights from QSA*Net: May Events

The month of May was a busy one for the QSA*Net NORF-funded project, with three workshops engaging both national and international audiences and aimed at strengthening practices around Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA). Workshop at RUN-EU: Building Skills in QSA On...

Report Publication: Implementing EOSC in Ireland

Report Publication: Implementing EOSC in Ireland

A new report has been published detailing the implementation of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) in Ireland. This document outlines the strategic framework and actionable steps necessary to integrate EOSC principles into Ireland's research infrastructure,...

QSA*Net Online Workshop: Building an International Network

QSA*Net Online Workshop: Building an International Network

Join researchers, educators, archivists and funders from around the world for the QSA*Net Online Workshop: Building an International Network for Qualitative Secondary Analysis on 6 May, 2025, from 12:30–2:00 p.m.(GMT). This collaborative session explores how we can...