On 1 October 2025, researchers and innovators from the LUMEN and GRAPHIA projects gathered for a hybrid workshop “Mapping Cross-Project Functionalities – Towards a Service-Based Innovation Model” in Zagreb and online, exploring how shared technologies and approaches could strengthen collaboration across the social sciences and humanities (SSH). The workshop was designed as a strategic space … Continue reading Mapping Cross-Project Functionalities: When Innovation Meets Collaboration
Mapping Cross-Project Functionalities – an OPERAS Innovation Lab workshop for LUMEN x GRAPHIA
Towards a Service-Based Innovation Model 📍 Zagreb, 1 October 2025 How do we make sure that research infrastructures don’t just live in their own bubbles, but actually talk to each other? How can platforms built for discovery, knowledge graphs, and innovative services come together to spark something greater than the sum of their parts? On … Continue reading Mapping Cross-Project Functionalities – an OPERAS Innovation Lab workshop for LUMEN x GRAPHIA
Lab’s Framework for innovative SSH research outputs presented at DH Benelux in Amsterdam
At this year’s DH Benelux 2025 in Amsterdam, the OPERAS Innovation Lab presented its latest work on building a practical and inclusive framework for evaluating innovative research outputs in the social sciences and Humanities (SSH). Developed in collaboration with DARIAH-EU and based on international research assessment principles (such as DORA and CoARA), the framework is … Continue reading Lab’s Framework for innovative SSH research outputs presented at DH Benelux in Amsterdam
Join Us in Shaping the Future of the OPERAS Innovation Lab – Online Event in June
We are excited to invite you to a collaborative online event on June 26, 10:00 AM CEST, to discuss the action plan for the OPERAS Innovation Lab, a key initiative supporting innovation in open scholarly communication within the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). In November 2024, we published Guidelines on Publishing and Evaluating Innovative Outputs in Social … Continue reading Join Us in Shaping the Future of the OPERAS Innovation Lab – Online Event in June
Lab in the Big Open Science Podcast!
In a recent episode of the Big Open Science Podcast, our team had the opportunity to share insights into how the Lab contributes to the evolution of open science practices across Europe. The episode, hosted by Gabriela Manista and recorded during a study visit to the University of Luxembourg (read more here), features our colleagues … Continue reading Lab in the Big Open Science Podcast!
Recording from the workshop ‘AI and LLMs as tools for open scholarly communication’
If you missed the recent workshop on the OPERAS Tools & Platforms special interest group, you can now watch the recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNjvND3QGlg AI and LLMs continue to reshape the landscape of scholarly services, from discovery tools and notebooks to text editors and research analysis. The OPERAS Innovation Lab stays at the forefront of these advancements … Continue reading Recording from the workshop ‘AI and LLMs as tools for open scholarly communication’
Innovation Workshop: Shaping the Future of Research & Innovation
The OPERAS Innovation Lab is excited to participate in the Innovation Workshop, a dynamic hybrid event on March 25, 2025, from 14:00 to 1:00 CET at the DH Lab, C²DH, University of Luxembourg. This hybrid event, part of the SCIROS project—Strategic Collaboration for Interdisciplinary Research on Open Science in the Social Sciences and Humanities—aims to … Continue reading Innovation Workshop: Shaping the Future of Research & Innovation
Lab at the OPERAS Tools & Platforms SIG workshop
On Monday 24th of February during the OPERAS Tools & Platforms SIG workshop we will discuss the most pressing needs for the SSH community to innovate with the use of AI and LLMs. The workshop organized by OPERAS Tools & Platforms special interest group will take place at 14.00-16.00. Register Artificial Intelligence is a widely debated … Continue reading Lab at the OPERAS Tools & Platforms SIG workshop
Navigating Sustainability, Visibility, and Research Assessment
Key Insights from the OPERAS Innovation Lab Workshop in Zadar (OPERAS Conference, April 2024) Authors and contributors: Magdalena Wnuk, Maciej Maryl, Elena Sokolova, Françoise Gouzi, Ronald Snijder, Tomasz Umerle Reviewers: Karla Avanço, Frank Manista In the ever-evolving landscape of scholarly communication, innovators in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) often grapple with fundamental questions: How … Continue reading Navigating Sustainability, Visibility, and Research Assessment
Highlighting the Transformative Power of Citizen Science in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Authors: Kaan Yildirim, Kelly AchenbachReviewers: Karla Avanço, Alessia Smaniotto On October 19-21, 2023, in Paris, 200+ participants/attendees will gather to discuss Citizen Science and Participatory Research, with a focus on the social sciences and humanities and participatory approaches to research funding, at the Connect.Collaborate.Create. conference. Participants from a variety of interconnected domains will meet there—funders, policy … Continue reading Highlighting the Transformative Power of Citizen Science in the Social Sciences and Humanities