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...

Shared Challenges, Shared Solutions : Belgian OA Networking Event 2026

The Belgian OA Networking Event brought together members of the Belgian scholarly communication community to exchange experiences and discuss two timely topics: Diamond Open Access and the impact o…

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🎉 GhentCORR turns 1! With the efforts of many, a small initiative has grown into a community of researchers committed to improving research practices at @ugent. To celebrate, we're sharing a special message from our Rector @petradesutter.bsky.social and Vice Rector👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTt...

GhentCORR: Building a Community for Open and Reproducible Research at Ghent University

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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...

Research software engineering day (4th edition)

15 December 2026 - Ghent, Belgium

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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)?

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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...

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🔍 We are happy to announce that the 2026 International RSE Survey is now open for submissions. The survey will close on Friday 20 March, and can be completed in English, French, German or Spanish. Find out more about the survey and how to participate at 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

FRDN goes LDW26

The Flemish Research Data Network (FRDN) warmly invites you to celebrate research data during the international Love Data Week (9-13 Feb 2026). Explore the...

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

UGent Open Science@ugentopenscience.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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

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

Open Access Belgium

Promoting Open Science

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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/...

Open Access requirements of external funders

Many external research funders at home and abroad have Open Access (OA) mandates, requiring researchers to make scholarly publications resulting from their funding publicly available.

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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!

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...

Open Access Week Belgium 2025

3 days – 3 Webinars This edition of Open Access Week is dedicated to researchers and their need for guidance through open access publication models and projects. Join together, take action, a…

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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!

Open Access Week Belgium 2025

3 days – 3 Webinars This edition of Open Access Week is dedicated to researchers and their need for guidance through open access publication models and projects. Join together, take action, a…

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☕ 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

🎉 Kicking off ❤ #LoveDataWeek! ❤ This morning: Learn the basics about the FAIR principles and discover the Ghent University Research Data Community in Zenodo. Get started on your FAIR journey. Stay tuned all week for more! #OpenScience #FAIRdata

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

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