2026/03/27 – Typology of Data Uses: A tool to capture consistent, actionable insights into the uses of data – Make Data Count
“The development of practices and policies in support of data sharing has resulted in a growing number of open outputs being published every year. This has been followed by an increasing interest in understanding how open research objects are used, and efforts to track open science practices. An example of this is the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI), which has produced a list of monitoring efforts including for instance the national monitoring frameworks implemented in France and Japan.”
2026/03/23 – Connecting the dots – Insights from the Open Science Dashboards role-play event – Freie Universität Berlin
“Open Science activities have advanced considerably across the research landscape. Yet, without consistent monitoring, those activities often remain isolated and receive little recognition from key stakeholders. How far have we really come, and how do we connect the dots?
Open Science Monitoring is one way to address these questions. Initiatives such as the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) support development of monitoring approaches and frameworks, including promotion of the Principles of Open Science Monitoring. Visualisation of Open Science practices through well-structured dashboards, in particular, can help inform stakeholders about the state of Open Science at various levels: from an institutional, a disciplinary (e.g. the dashboard shown in Figure 1), up to national and international levels.”
2026/01/30 – Open science in academia: a framework for monitoring universities’ Open Science programs
“The monitoring framework we proposed in Section 4 represents a novelty in Open Science and research monitoring. Previous reflections by philosopher of science Sabina Leonelli (2023) inspired the idea behind this framework. From her approach, we take Open Science as firmly rooted in the daily practice of all research communities, in opposition to the concept of Open Science as a universal guideline applicable to every research field (Leonelli 2023). Our framework builds on Leonelli’s approach to a practice-oriented interpretation of Open Science in scientific research. This study is also informed by recent development in Open Science monitoring (such as the OSMI initiative and the PathOS project) and responsible research assessment initiatives (such as the CoARA initiative), as well as literature developed around Open Science monitoring case studies (Himanen and Nykyri 2024).”