Opinion

Katharina Flicker (TU Wien), Florina Piroi (TU Wien), Andreas Rauber (TU Wien), Peter Watts

This interview is also available for download:...Read more

The Rules of Participation Working Group chaired by Juan Bicarregui has released the Rules of Participation for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), now available on the European Commission website. The document defines a minimal set of clear rules that specify the rights, obligations and accountability governing EOSC activities.Read more

The EOSC Architecture Working Group, has released the final report on the EOSC Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI), produced by the EOSC AAI Task Force (TF). The document is now available on the website of the Publications Office of the EU.Read more

One more report has just been released by the FAIR Working Group, resulting from the work of the...Read more

The final meeting of the Sustainability Working Group took place on the 2nd November 2020...Read more

The EOSC Architecture Working Group, chaired by Jean-Franҫois Abramatic, has released the...Read more

by Bernd Saurugger (TU Wien)

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do outstanding research, and...Read more

The EOSC Working Group on Skills & Training has undertaken a study for EOSC...Read more

by Bernd Saurugger (TU Wien)

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do outstanding research, and produce high-impact research results? Moreover, how do they think could the EOSC support them in their research endeavors? Let’s see what archeologist Martin Carver has to say.

Interview with: Professor Martin Carver, University of York, United Kingdom

For further information on Martin Carver and his research, please see:
https://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/people/academic-staff/martin-carver/Read more

by Bernd Saurugger (TU Wien)

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do outstanding research, and produce high-impact research results? Moreover, how do they think could the EOSC support them in their research endeavors? Let’s see what sociologist Elena Esposito has to say.

Interview with: Prof. Dr. Elena Esposito, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna & Universität Bielefeld, ItalyRead more

By Jean-François Abramatic - Chair of the EOSC Architecture Working Group

The Architecture Working Group is releasing three documents delivered by its Task Forces on Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI), Persistent Identifiers (PID) and Scholarly Infrastructures for Research Software (SIRS). Open for comments until 10 November.Read more

By: Alizée Francey (Rapporteur of the EOSC Landscape Working Group), with contributions by Jan Hrušák (Chair of the EOSC Landscape Working Group)

On 28 and 29 September 2020, the EOSC Landscape WG Final Workshop took place at Thon Hotel Brussels with possibility of remote participation, and over 100 stakeholders took part in it.Read more

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do outstanding research and produce high-impact research results? Moreover, how do they think could the EOSC support them in their research endeavors? Let’s see what sociologist Valeria Pulignano has to say.

Interview with: Prof. Dr. Valeria Pulignano, Centre for Sociological Research, BelgiumRead more

Since the start of the EOSC initiative, the needs of potential stakeholders were put into focus – among them the wishes and requirements of researchers and research institutions. To understand what the research community requires to perform cutting-edge research, the EOSCSecretariat partner TUWien invited an experts in open research, public health and computer sciences as well as a Nobel Laureate to discuss their visions, requirements and needs for future research environments in the Healthcare domain.Read more

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do cutting-edge research? How do they think the EOSC could support them in their endeavors? Let;s see what Stephan Schiffels - group leader for population genetics at the Department for Archeogenetics of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena - has to say.Read more

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do cutting-edge research? How do they think the EOSC could support them in their endeavors? Let's see what Emanuele Campiglio, researcher at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, has to say.Read more

By: Cathrin Stöver, EOSC Executive Board Co-chair

Here we are. EOSC achieved a major milestone on Wednesday, 29 July 2020, at 10:32 local time in Brussels, when the notary gave his green-inked signature to the Deed of Association of the EOSC Association.Read more

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do cutting-edge research? How do they think the EOSC could support them in their endeavors? Let's see what Elise Muir, Head of the Institute for European Law of KU Leuven, has to say.Read more

By: Cathrin Stöver, EOSC Executive Board Co-chair

The EOSC Executive Board met (virtually, of course) last week on Thursday and Friday to discuss progress of our activities. Learn more on the next steps towards the establishment of the EOSC Association.Read more

By: Cathrin Stöver, EOSC Executive Board Co-chair

As a follow up from the recent EOSC Consultation Day (see here for the recordings: https://www.eosc-hub.eu/eosc-hub-week-2020/agenda), as well as discussions we had in the EOSC Governing and Executive Boards, I would like to take the opportunity of this blog to write a few words on the establishment of the EOSC legal entity and the steps we are now taking.Read more

By: Iryna Kuchma, EOSC Skills & Training WG Rapporteur

We are happy to welcome the EOSC training project representatives who joined our EOSC Skills and Training Working Group, which now includes 38 members from 20 countries.Read more

Science is global: regional initiatives such as EOSC are coordinating with similar initiatives on a global scale to ensure that scientists can cooperate globally, within academia as well as with industry. Let’s see what Nobel Laureate Joachim Frank had to say.Read more

Science is a global endeavor: regional initiatives such as the EOSC are coordinating with similar initiatives on a global scale to ensure that scientists can cooperate globally, within academia as well as with industry. Let’s hear from Isabel Krug, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Melbourne.Read more

The official launch of the EOSC took place during the Austrian EU presidency in November 2018. Since then, representatives of TU Wien and the University of Vienna have worked with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science (BMBWF) in initiatives intended to shape the EOSC, such as the EOSC Café.Read more

By: Iryna Kuchma, EOSC Skills & Training WG Rapporteur
The first face-to-face meeting of the EOSC Skills & Training Working Group, which will work on building competence and capabilities for EOSC.Read more

The EOSC Landscape Working Group kicked off the new year in an active way in order to finalise the next draft of the EOSC related infrastructures and initiatives landscape report.

 Read more

By: Sarah Jones, EOSC Executive Board member and EOSC FAIR Working Group Chair

As we co-create EOSC we must set our work in the broader international context. Research is global and the standards we deploy in a European context to create a web of FAIR data need to align, or at least interoperate with parallel initiatives in other countries, continents and sectors.Read more

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do cutting-edge research? How do they think the EOSC could support them in their endeavors? Let's see what TU Wien professor and researcher Wolfgang Wagner has to say.Read more

Researchers are at the very heart of the EOSC: So what do researchers really need to do cutting-edge research? How do they think the EOSC could support them in their endeavors? Let's see what ERC grantee and physicist Toma Susi has to say.Read more

Discover how to get contribute to the EOSC Working Groups activies, submit your outputs or join as a member or invited contributor in the latest blog post by Sarah Jones, EOSC Executive Board member and EOSC FAIR Working Group ChairRead more

By: Rachael Kotarski, FAIR WG member and co-chair of the PID Task Force

Over the final half of 2019 a small taskforce has come together to draft a policy on persistent identifiers (PIDs) for the European Open Science Cloud. The initial draft of this policy is released today for community feedback and comment.Read more

By: Cathrin Stover, EOSC Executive Board Co-chair

Time for a blog from the EOSC Executive Board summarizing a bit what has happened over a very busy summer and giving you links to stay up to date with our EB activities.Read more

By: Iiris Liinamaa (CSC, EOSCsecretariat Contact Point for the EOSC Landscape Working Group), with contributions by Jan Hrušák (Chair of the EOSC Landscape Working Group)

On the 27th of August, we had the 2nd meeting of the Landscape Working Group as teleconference. The main point on the agenda was the work plan which will help the WG members in writing a Landscape analysis. The analyses will bring the picture of current situation in open data chain and related legislation.Read more

By: Saara Kontro with contributions from Jan Hrušák. 

Thursday, 18 July we had the 1st face to face meeting of the Landscape working group and saw our work kicking off in a good spirit of collaboration. We have 18 members representing Member States and Associated Countries on board.Read more

Thursday, 4 July was the inaugural meeting of the EOSC FAIR Working Group. We have 26 members representing 20 different Member States and Associated Countries and a remit which covers FAIR practice, a Persistent Identifier policy, defining an EOSC Interoperability Framework, metrics for FAIR data, and service certification. We have clustered into four teams to make it feasible to drive forward this work in such a large group.Read more

By: Cathrin Stover, EOSC Executive Board Vice Chair

During the EOSC Executive Board (EB) meeting last Friday I felt that now we really had found our feet...Read more

By: Cathrin Stover, EOSC Executive Board Vice Chair

The EOSC Executive Board met on Wednesday 17 April in Brussels for its second formal meeting. The members of the...Read more