Events
This page features National Open Research Forum (NORF) and NORF-funded projects events, other relevant open research events both nationally and internationally, along with past events.
Open Insight Sessions: One Year with the Irish Monitor
On 18 November 2024, the Irish Research e-Library (IReL) confirmed the extension of their agreement with OpenAIRE to develop and roll-out the National Open Access Monitor. The original contract, which ended in June 2024, has now been extended for a further ten (10)...
Webinar: ‘Ten Approaches to Rights Retention in Europe’
On Thursday, 20 February 2025 at 12 p.m. (UTC) SPARC Europe, under the Retain project as part of the Knowledge Rights 21 programme, hosted a webinar which aimed to empower institutions who are considering facilitating legal Open Access (OA) publishing by supporting...
Dr Michelle Doran presents the National PID Roadmap and Strategy at the ROR Annual Community Meeting 2025
On Wednesday, 5 February 2025, Dr. Michelle Doran, National Open Research Coordinator, participated in the ‘National PID Policies and Practices’ online session during the Research Organization Registry Annual Community Meeting 2025. She discussed the National...
Dr Lisa Griffith presents National PID Roadmap and Strategy to Danish ORCID Consortium
On Monday, 27 January 2025, Dr Lisa Griffith, Director of the Digital Repository of Ireland and Chair of the NORF PID Task Force presented the motivation behind Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier (PID) Roadmap and Strategy, and Cost Benefit Analysis to the...
Calls for submissions and upcoming events
Be part of the latest open research conversations by submitting your work or attending the below upcoming events! Submit your abstracts for the RESSH2025 conference, contribute to the WOOC workshop, or attend other key gatherings in Dublin, The Hague, and online. Call...
SCOIR webinar series: ‘Shaping the Future of Humanities: Research Outputs and Open Access’
Join the NORF-funded SCOIR project for 'Shaping the Future of Humanities: Research Outputs and Open Access', a two-part webinar series on Wednesday, 4 December 2024 and Wednesday, 15 January 2025. During these online discussions, the SCOIR team will present their...
Open Repositories Ireland Launch Event
Monday, 2 December 2024, 10:30 - 15:30 (GMT) In-person | THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway Join the launch of Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) and become part of a collective effort to shape the future of Green open...
‘Reform of Research Assessment: Impact on Doctoral Students’ Workshop summary
Event illustration by artist Beth McComish On Tuesday, 5 November 2024, the Higher Education Authority (HEA), National Research Integrity Forum (NRIF), together with the National Open Research Forum (NORF), the National Framework for Doctoral Education (NFDE) Advisory...
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...
Save the date: Launch of the National Persistent Identifier Strategy and Roadmap
25 October, 10:00-10:45 | Online We are delighted to announce that Ireland's National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy and Roadmap, Impact, Openness, Interoperability: Recommendations and a Roadmap for an Irish National PID Strategy, will be launched during a...
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...