UGent Open Science

Diamond Open Access is an important part of the Ghent University policy on scholarly publishing. Supporting @ojcollective.bsky.social fits perfectly in our portfolio. The #OAweek, with the theme The Cost of Knowledge, is the ideal moment to announce it!

📢 Deadline approaching! Got insights on research software, coding, workflows or models? Share how you build or use research software reliably, reproducibly and sustainably! Submit a talk, poster or demo to RSE Day in Ghent by October 25! www.vibconferences.be/events/resea...

Did you miss our webinar on reproducible R workflows with Nix + {rix}? Catch up in our new blog post and watch the recording. Big thanks to @felipefv.bsky.social 🙌 He’s open to contributions to the rixcheck package (link in blogpost). 🔗 ghentcorr.github.io/blog/2026/PC...

Want your R analyses to run the same way across computers, OS, and time? Join our webinar on reproducible computing in R with {rix}, a package that makes the power of Nix accessible to R users. tinyurl.com/3555uwza With @felipefv.bsky.social, co-author of a {rix} tutorial #rstats #Reproducibility

June 2nd we discussed Diamond OA and the impact of AI bots on repositories in the OA Belgian network event "Shared Challenges, Shared Solutions : Belgian OA Networking Event 2026". Read the blogpost : openaccessbelgium.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/s...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜? Join researchers, software engineers and practitioners at #RSEng26 on 15 Dec. 2026 in Ghent to find out. Submit your contribution before 25 Oct. www.vibconferences.be/events/resea...

New GhentCORR blog post on the reproducibility crisis in science 👇 Why so many published results look “too good to be true”? ghentcorr.github.io/blog/2026/PC...

🚨 Calling Flemish researchers interested in Open Science!🚨 Are you appointed for at least 50% of your time as an independent academic staff member at a Flemish university and would be willing to support an application for an International Coordination Action at FWO (lnkd.in/eiWWjFvj)?

Why do so many scientific findings fail to reproduce? Join us for a short webinar on the reproducibility crisis in science 🗓️ 30 March, 15:00 CET 🎙️ With Denis Bourguet (INRAE / Peer Community In) 👉 Register & learn more: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0a27c7...

If you develop software for academic research as part of your work, the Research Software Engineering community could use your voice! Share your experiences & help shape funding, training, policy, and support for the RSEs community. 💻 www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

💙 Love Data Week 2026 is coming! 📅 Feb 9–13 | 🌐 Online & free Join researchers, data stewards & open science fans for a week of talks and workshops on all things research data. 👉 Register now: fwo.idloom.events/love-data-we... #LoveDataWeek #ResearchData #OpenScience

Continuing on the subject, Ghent University provides an OA journal platform, openjournals.ugent.be . Check out the research shared by the different journals!

The last session of the Belgian Open Access week on Diamond OA just ended. Journals editors @clementdessy.bsky.social, Geoffrey Compère and Jonathan Dumont shared their experiences in setting up and maintaining an OA journal. 💻 Materials will be shared on openaccess.be

Want to know more? Check out the online support on Open Access in Horizon Europe on the website of Ghent University www.ugent.be/en/research/...

It's International Open Access week, the time of the year to update your knowledge on Open Access! Check out the Belgian Open Access week 👁️‍🗨️ Next up are sessions on copyright - Wed. Oct 22 and Diamond Open Access – Fri. Oct. 24. You can still register! openaccessbelgium.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/o...

It's International Open Access week, the time of the year to update your knowledge on Open Access! Check out the Belgian Open Access week. 🗣️ Today Victoria Tsoukala explained the Open Science requirements in Horizon Europe. The recording will be available soon!

☕ Curious about preregistration but not sure where to start? Join GhentCORR’s “Preregistration & Coffee” on Nov 4th at UGent. Learn from colleagues & share experiences—in a relaxed setting with coffee & cookies. 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/2jv94rcy #GhentCORR #OpenScience #Reproducibility #UGent

📢 UGent researchers: curious about Open & Reproducible Research? Join the GhentCORR Launch Event! 🤝 Connect with peers 💡 Get inspired by other colleagues 🌱 Be part of a growing community Register now: event.ugent.be/registration... #GhentCORR #OpenScience #UGent #ReproducibleResearch

Why is it important to share data and why are data repositories so important in the dissemination of your research? 🤔 Join us 🗓️ Feb 10–13 to discover data repositories tailored to your discipline! Check our programme and register: ghentcorr.github.io/news/LoveDat.... ❤#LoveDataWeek!❤ #FAIRdata

The symposium 'Qualitative Open Science: Challenges, Opportunities, Tensions, and Synergies' brings together those working with qualitative data. DANS'er Ricarda Braukmann will lead a workshop about archiving & publishing qualitative data. Sign up 👉 https://edu.nl/j7qth

Excited for 💗#LoveDataWeek!💗? At Ghent University, we’re exploring how you can share your research data responsibly and make it FAIR. 🗓️ Feb 10–14. Register here: ghentcorr.github.io/news/LoveDat...

Our team is now on Bluesky! 🎉 Follow us to stay updated on what our team is working on and join the dialogue about shaping the future of #ResearchDataManagement and #OpenScience