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.
Job Vacancy: Open Research Support Officer, National Open Research Forum (NORF)
Applications are invited for the position of Open Research Support Officer, National Open Research Forum (NORF), as part of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) team, located at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). This is a fixed term contract to support the National...
Project update: Pilot Training on Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM)
This blog post by Dr Colleen Thomas, Research Culture & Engagement Manager at University College Dublin (UCD), gives an update on the Pilot Training on Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM) project which is supported by the NORF Open Research Fund 2023...
National Open Access Monitor pilot highlighted in IReL’s Executive Report 2023/24
Congratulations to Irish Research e-Library (IReL) on the recent launch of their Executive Report for 2023/2024, which celebrates their landmark 20th anniversary. As a shared service providing universities across Ireland with access to online information, IReL is...
HEAnet Strategic Plan 2025-2030 commits to enhancing national research infrastructure
HEAnet, Ireland’s National Education and Research Network, plays a pivotal role in supporting the country’s academic and research communities. We welcome the launch of the HEAnet Strategic Plan 2025-2030 which seeks to address the ever-growing demands of the education...
‘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...
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...
NORF launches Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier Strategy and Roadmap
On Friday 25 October 2024, the National Open Research Forum launched Ireland’s National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy and Roadmap, Impact, Openness, Interoperability: Recommendations and a Roadmap for an Irish National PID Strategy, during a meeting of the...
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...
Engaging with Your Community to Effect Change: An Irish Case Study
The below case study is by Alice Meadows, a co-founder of the MoreBrains Cooperative. It was published in the Scholarly Kitchen on 3 October 2024. This case study coincides with ‘Interoperability, Openness, and Impact - Recommendations and Roadmap for an Irish...
ENGAGED : Collective Intelligence Workshop at UL
At the recent ENGAGED Collective Intelligence workshop at the University of Limerick, participants were invited to explore the often-unseen architecture of research culture - the policies, infrastructure, incentives and supports that influence how public engagement in...
CORD Partnership: National Criminology Conference
In June 2025, the Criminal justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership coordinated the delivery of two sessions at the North South Criminology Conference. North South is the all-island annual criminology conference, hosted by Maynooth University in 2025. This...
Workshop: Defining EOSC-Ireland
On 18th June 2025, HEAnet brought together key national stakeholders for a workshop aimed at shaping the future of EOSC (European Open Science Cloud) in Ireland. The event focused on advancing discussions around the definition and practical implementation of an EOSC...
ABOARD Self-Assessment Survey for Researchers: Summary Report
ABOARD are delighted to present the Summary Report of the ABOARD Self-Assessment Survey for Researchers in Ireland in relation to researchers' openness to and appetite for change in relation to Open Research and Responsible Research Assessment practices. The survey...
PublishOA Landscape Report Launched
On Tuesday, 10 June 2025, the PublishOA Landscape Report was officially launched at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. The event provided an opportunity for participants to explore the report’s findings, discuss the future of scholarly publishing in Ireland, and...