CDH/CLARIN workshop: ParlaMint – An introduction to Multilingual Parliamentary Data In this hands-on workshop, you will explore and compare parliamentary proceedings from 29 European countries and regions with two user-friendly tools: the CLARIN.SI noSketchEngine concordancer and the TEITOK service. These proceedings are available both in the original languages and in machine-translated English. The session will be led by Anna Kryvenko and Kristina Pahor de Maiti […] Read more
National Conference: Autonomy in a Digital Era On Friday 30 January 2026, the focus areas Applied Data Science, Governing the Digital Society and Human-centered Artificial Intelligence are organising an interdisciplinary conference focused on the theme ‘Autonomy in a Digital Era’ at the Railway Museum in Utrecht. Autonomy in a digital era The event aims to foster engaging and informed discussions on the pressing topic of autonomy in […] Read more
UDCC Forum IX: iBridges How to create FAIR compute workflows with data “stores” based on iRODS e.g. YoDa The Utrecht Digital Competence Center (UDCC) network meets every second Tuesday of the month. The UDCC Forum is open to all Utrecht University colleagues interested in digital competences. These meetings usually consist of two parts. The first half is an open […] Read more
National Open Science Festival (The Netherlands) On 24 October 2025, the fifth edition of the Dutch National Open Science Festival will be hosted by the University of Groningen and the Groningen University Medical Center. The festival will take place at the latter. This festival is open to the entire Open Science community, and beyond. Professional research support staff and researchers across all disciplines are […] Read more
Do you have a collaborative research project idea? Apply now for Impact Project vouchers! 17/01/2025 Data School has published a call to action for Impact Projects: support for impact-focused research projects in the humanities with societal partners. Impact Project vouchers are available with a fixed individual value of €8,000. For the past 10 years, Data School has been at the forefront of researching the impact of AI in society. Working across […] Read more
UDCC Forum II review 13/01/2025 On 10 December 2024, the UDCC (Utrecht Digital Competence Center) gathered together for its second Forum. With both returning and new participants, this meeting served as an opportunity to build upon the momentum of the UDCC’s initial outreach activities toward democratic and inclusive community building. Having been in official operation for only two months, the […] Read more
New Open Access Toolkit supports UU/UMC staff with publication 11/12/2024 The Utrecht University (UU) Publishing Support department presents the Open Access Toolkit. This is a tool for UU/UMCU staff to get better acquainted with the possibilities of publishing a research article or book(chapters) open access. Each open access route has advantages and disadvantages, which are discussed in detail in the Toolkit. In addition, each route […] Read more
Interview: OpenAlex, a big step towards Open Science? 14/11/2024 Utrecht University has published an interview with Open Science specialist drs. Jeroen Bosman (Utrecht University Library) about OpenAlex, the new database for scientific output offering more than 250 million works. Its focus on full openness and availability is why OpenAlex fits in well with the principle of Open Science: the striving for an academic world […] Read more
FAIRer DH Software (Open Science Fund) The FAIRer DH Software project was set up to assure that all research software developed by the CDH Research Software Lab adheres to the FAIR software standards. […] Read more
Interview with Tijmen Baarda (CDH), Leonard Rutgers & Stefan Dingemans: interactive map of Jewish migration in Europe in Roman times 20/06/2024 “Digital research is the future, also in humanities” Professor Leonard Rutgers and his colleagues research how Jewish migrants spread over Europe in Roman times. Thanks to a grant of the FAIR Research IT programme, the team was able to digitise a large number of sources and incorporate them into an interactive map. Other scholars can now use […] Read more
Blog by Hugo Quené – Open art: Rudolf Stingel 02/02/2023 During the Christmas holidays, I was introduced to the work of Rudolf Stingel (1956). I saw fascinating similarities in his work to Open Science, and especially to two of its themes: FAIR Data and Software, and Public Engagement. FAIR Data and Software In 1988, Stingel started working on “silver paintings”, large canvases with monochrome backgrounds, […] Read more
