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.
Developing a National Action Plan for Open Research in Ireland
This update introduces a new phase for Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF), marked by a revised structure and the beginning of a process to develop a National Action Plan that supports the National Framework on the Transition to an Open Research Environment....
Joint Workshop by the National Research Integrity Forum and NORF, 8 March 2019
A Joint Workshop by the National Research Integrity Forum and the National Open Research Forum Friday 8th March 2019 at The Clock Tower, Department of Education and Skills, Marlborough Street Dublin 1 This workshop explored the linked topics of Research Integrity and...
Funders sign up to ORCID Open Letter
A funders’ open letter published on the ORCID website, which was published and signed yesterday by 9 funders. The letter acknowledges the benefits of ORCID and represents a commitment on the part of the signatories to adhere to ORCID’s best practice guidelines.
Advancing Ireland’s Open Repository Landscape: Webinar 1 and Where We Go From Here
On 30 June 2024, the National Open Access Repository Project hosted its first webinar, gathering key stakeholders, experts, and community members to discuss one of Ireland’s most important initiatives for enhancing open access to research. Funded by the National Open...
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.
Draft model legislation for Secondary rights, Copyright, Open access, Institutional policies, and Rights retention (SCOIR)
We are delighted that the NORF-funded SCOIR project has a Draft model legislation to ensure open access to major Research Outputs produced by researchers and academics at Irish Institutions. SCOIR aims to unharness the power of open research by assessing and...
Commoning the Humanities and Social Sciences at RESSH2024
The Fourth Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference (RESSH2024) took place in Galway on 23rd - 24th May 2024 as part of the NORF-funded project, Cultivating an Open Research Culture in the Humanities and Social Sciences, led by Dr Lai Ma at...
TROPIC project presented at RESSH 2024 and Sonraí Data Stewardship Conferences
Talks by Dr. Dounia Lakhzoum, at RESSH 2024 in Galway, and by Dr. Dermot Lynott, at the Sonraí Data Stewardship Conference in Cork Dr. Dounia Lakhzoum presented some of the key findings from the NORF-Funded TRaining for OPen research in an Irish Context (TROPIC)...