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.
iFrame workshop: Building the national RDM framework
We would like to invite you to participate in the final iFrame workshop on the 25th March at the Asiera offices (formerly HEAnet) in Dublin (93/94 North Wall Quay) The iFrame project is a NORF-funded investigation into the support for research data management in Irish...
Launch of the Irish Reproducibility Network
As part of the NORF-funded TROPIC II project, the end of January saw the official launch of the Irish Reproducibility Network, which is a national, peer-led network rooted in collaboration that connects researchers, librarians, and research offices to strengthen...
Research Output: Sharing Arts Practice FAIRly workshop 10 November 2025
The Sharing Arts Practice FAIRly project hosted its workshop on 10 November at the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick, disseminating its best practice guidelines on the digital preservation and dissemination of arts practice research outputs to colleagues in...
ABOARD Capstone Event
The ABOARD project is delighted to invite you to the ABOARD capstone event: "Responsible Research Assessment & Open Research: Why they matter and how we can make them happen!" at the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin) on March 27, 2026. The ABOARD project is funded by...
NORFest 2025 Registration Now Open
Ireland's National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 will be held on 6-7 November 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. This two-day event will spotlight global open science, cross-cutting policy agendas, and emerging themes in open research and innovation....
SCOIR Roadshow Series
As part of their national outreach under the SCOIR (Secondary rights, Copyright, Open Access, Institutional policies, and Rights retention) project, the team are thrilled to announce their Autumn Roadshow Series - a set of dynamic, in-person conversations around...
Event: Launch of PublishOA Landscape Report
The PublishOA Landscape Report will be launched at a dedicated event on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. This event offers an opportunity to explore the findings of this important new publication and to engage in discussion about the future...
Sonraí Masterclass on the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
RESIN and Sonraí, the Irish Data Stewardship Network, invite you to a Masterclass on the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance, with a special focus on the Irish Traveller experience of research. Date: Wednesday, 21 May, 2025Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (GMT)Where:...
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...
ENGAGED: Collective Intelligence Workshops
ENGAGED is a national initiative hosted by Trinity College Dublin in partnership with Dublin City University and funded by the National Open Research Forum. ENGAGED believes that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges. By making...
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...