Do you have a collaborative research project idea? Apply now for Impact Project vouchers! 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 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 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? 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 “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 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
