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I am in Brussels today, at the final meeting I will attend as the Norwegian representative to the European University Association’s Expert Group on Open Science. I have been part of this group for more than six years now, which has been
In this blog post, I will reflect on what has happened during the six years and give some advise to those following me in the role.
The landscape has changed
Success stories
Coalition S
Research assessment
NOR-CAM
These things are not “solved” though. Even though policy documents have been developed and approved, there is still a lot of work to be done on infrastructure development, practical implementations in institutions, and culture change in among academic staff. Still, I believe that we have reached a point of no return; it will only take some time before the transition has been made.
Many open questions
Some re
When I came into the group Open Access (to publications) was where we started
Today, AI is a key topic
Research assessment Open Education Open Culture
EOSC and FAIR data
Norway (Alexander Refsum Jensenius, ARJ) – ARJ highlighted the progress that Norway has been taking in ensuring the engagement of universities with national and EU-level issues related to Open Science. In particular, one major achievement was the creation of the National Council for Open Science, where representatives from universities, research performing organisations and other stakeholders meet regularly to discuss and exchange on open science-related matters.
Another important national body is the National NOR-CAM Forum, where HR specialists from universities and university leaders meet to implement NOR-CAM, the Norwegian framework for assessing research and academic careers. The Forum is currently developing new hiring processes that are in line with the guidelines of NOR-CAM.