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.
Strengthening Open Repository Collaboration in Ireland
Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) has recently strengthened their collaboration with IReL, forming a key alliance with the National Open Access Monitor. This partnership was formalised in September when Aaron Binchy, IReL’s Open Access Monitor Officer, assumed...
A Full House at NORFest 2025: Shaping the Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland
On 7 November, Day Two of NORFest 2025, OpenAIRE, IReL, and the NORF projects (ABOARD; MOSS-I and Sonraí, whose work touch on open research practices, infrastructures, or assessment) co-hosted a hands-on, discussion-driven workshop titled 'The Next Phase of Open...
Inside the ENGAGED project session at NORFest 2025
On 7 November 2025, Day Two of the National Open Research Forum (NORFest) 2025 in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the NORF-funded ENGAGED project hosted a community engagement workshop titled 'New Faces: The Future of Open Research and Public Engagement'....
National Open Research Festival 2025 summary
Ireland’s National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 took place on the 6-7 November, 2025 in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), Dublin. This two-day booked-out event had over 150 guests in attendance. It shone a spotlight on global open science, cross-cutting policy...
DARIAH-IE wants to hear from Arts & Humanities researchers in Ireland
DARIAH-IE is a national infrastructure for the Arts & Humanities in Ireland. It is the Irish node of the European-wide a research infrastructure, DARIAH-EU, which aims to enhance and support digitally enabled research and teaching. As DARIAH-IE continues to...
Dr Dermot Lynott awarded Open Research & Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Dr Dermot Lynott, Maynooth University (MU), lead of the NORF-funded TROPIC (Training for Open Research in an Irish Context) project, who was recently awarded the inaugural Open Research & Scholarship Award from Maynooth University, in...
Call for Feedback: Help Shape Open Health Research Ireland
Practitioners involved in health research without a formal academic affiliation are invited to complete a short online survey which will provide information to assist with the establishment of an Open Health Research Ireland Network (OHRIN). The project aims to...
SCOIR × PATTERN: A Cross-Border Collaboration for Open Research Futures
The SCOIR (Secondary rights, Copyright, Open Access, Institutional policies, and Rights retention) is proud to announce its newest partnership with PATTERN, a project funded by the European Union, focused on advancing open research competencies across Europe. Through...
NORF welcomes landmark statement on Open Science
The UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) has adopted a landmark statement on Open Science, led by the International Science Council (ISC). The statement recognises open science as vital for advancing research, linking science with policy and society,...
Dr Michelle Doran presents Ireland’s National PID Strategy at IDW2025
Under the theme ‘Data for Positive Change: Empowering Communities and Advancing Research’, International Data Week 2025 (IDW 2025) is taking place this week, 13-16 October 2025, in Brisbane, Australia. IDW 2025 will combine the Research Data Alliance 25th Plenary...
Open Research in the Humanities
The project team behind the Cultivating an Open Research Culture in the Humanities and Social Sciences project has recently published an article in the special issue, "Open Research for the Humanities and Social Sciences" of the Journal of Electronic Publishing[1]. In...
CORD Partnership launches range of services to support research-policy-practice engagement in criminal justice
The Criminal Justice Open Research Dialogue (CORD) Partnership aims to embed a culture of interdisciplinary open research in criminal justice in Ireland. It achieves this by bringing together criminal justice researchers, policymakers and practitioners to decide...
New collaboration for NORF-funded Open Research networks in Ireland!
Sonraí, the Data Stewardship Network has teamed up with Open Repositories Ireland (ORI) and the Irish Reproducibility Network (IRN) to sign a Memorandum of Understanding from the 27 March 2026 that helps to strengthen Ireland’s Open Research ecosystem. Through this...
IReL to Host the National Open Research Forum (NORF)
The Irish Research eLibrary (IReL) has been appointed as the new host of the National Open Research Forum (NORF). This transition follows a formal mandate issued by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS), which...
The ENGAGED Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap Roadshow
The ENGAGED Roadshow is well underway, and the conversations happening across the country have been energising. Over the past number of weeks, we have had the opportunity to bring the ENGAGED Roadmap to colleagues and communities at Trinity College Dublin, South East...